Goodner v. Goodner
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM HAMILTON. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hamilton County. Hon. Oscar B. Yarn ell, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. T. H. Malone, Special Judge,
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Mrs. Sarah E. Goodner sued her former husband, George W. Goodner, for breach of promise of marriage, and was given a verdict of $1,000 by the jury.
Defendant’s motion for a new trial having been overruled, he took an appeal in the nature of a writ of error to the court of civil appeals, which affirmed the judgment in an opinion delivered by Mr. Justice Faw ; and the case comes here on petition for the writ of certiorari.
The case is a most unusual one on its facts.
The parties (who will be styled as they were below) were married…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Illinois Cent. R. v. MoriarityTennessee Supreme Court · 1916
- Grant v. Louisville & Nashville Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1913
- Allen v. . BakerSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1882
- Payne v. PayneSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Sanders v. ColemanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lambert Bros. v. LarkinsTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Stepanek v. StepanekCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1961