Dismukes v. Burt

MASSEY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment for a defendant in a suit for damages for breach of contract to marry.

Judgment affirmed.

Quare: May a defendant, who has agreed to marry a plaintiff at a time when the defendant was single and the plaintiff married, be held responsible in damages for breach of that agreement in a case where the plaintiff obtains a divorce in reliance thereon?

Answer: No.

In our opinion it matters not whether the promispr who enjoys single status at the time the promise is made might be the man or the woman. What does matter is the fact that the…