Legal Opinion

Poster v. Andrews

Court of Appeals of Tennessee

Decided November 27, 1942No. 3PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBurnett, J.

This is an action of damages for an alleged breach of contract of marriage. Seduction is averred in aggravation of damages and not as a separate canse of action. There was a jury judgment in favor of plaintiff for $15,000'. The court below on motion for new trial directed a remittitur of $7.,500.

The defendant below, appellant here, prosecutes this appeal. He has adopted his grounds of motion for new trial as his assignments of error, but in argument he relies primarily on the failure of the trial court to sustain his plea of accord and satisfaction.

The plaintiff below is a Gentile. The…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Henderson v. McRaeMichigan Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Lytle v. CloptonTennessee Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Helms Willis v. Unicoi CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 1933

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Bowater North America Corp. v. Murray Machinery, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  2. Poster v. AndrewsTennessee Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Poster v. AndrewsTennessee Supreme Court · 1946
  4. Douglas v. General Motors Acceptance CorporationTennessee Supreme Court · 1959
  5. Universal CIT Credit Corporation v. WoodmanseeTennessee Supreme Court · 1964

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