Von Storch v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county: Of January Term 1874, No. 817. This was an action of assumpsit, brought August 16th 1869, by Adelia Griffin against William Yan Storch. It was to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. The plea wras nonassumpsit.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne county: Of January Term 1874, No. 817. This was an action of assumpsit, brought August 16th 1869, by Adelia Griffin against William Yan Storch. It was to recover damages for breach of promise of marriage. The plea wras nonassumpsit. The case was before tried, aud the judgment of the court below reversed by the Supreme Court; it is reported in 21 P. F. Smith 243. It was tried the second time before Dana, J., on the 11th of February 1873. The plaintiff gave evidence of an express promise of marriage, and of deportment of plaintiff and defendant when…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Woodward
Under the evidence given on behalf of the defendant below, a different verdict from that rendered would have seemed the obvious and natural result of the trial of this cause. The jury, however, were the exclusive judges of the value of the testimony, and that they fixed that value justly is to be presumed. On the part of the court, the record exhibits entire accuracy except in a single particular.
In the defendant’s third point, instruction was asked that u if the jury believe that the plaintiff is and was a person of lewd and immoral character, she is not entitled to recover, unless they find…
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