Weber v. Weber
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Freeborn county to recover $10,-'000 for malicious alienation of affection of plaintiff’s busband. The answer was a general denial.
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Action in the district court for Freeborn county to recover $10,-'000 for malicious alienation of affection of plaintiff’s busband. The answer was a general denial. The case was tried before Kingsley, J., and a jury which returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff for1 $5,000. From an order denying defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and denying a new trial, provided plaintiff would accept a reduction of the verdict to $2,500, which she did, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, T.
This action is brought by plaintiff against defendant, her father-in-law, for alienating the affections of her husband. The trial resulted in a verdict of $5,000 for plaintiff. The defendant made the alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or for a new trial. The motion was denied on condition that plaintiff consent to a reduction of the verdict to $2,500. Plaintiff having so consented, the defendant appeals to this court.
Plaintiff and William Ray Weber were married in February, 1908; he being then twenty-five years old, and she three or four years older. They at…
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