Shalit v. Shalit

The wife of Harold M. Shalit brings this suit against -his mother. In her writ the plaintiff declares that the defendant did “by arts, enticements and inducements alienate the affections of the said Harold M. Shalit from her, said plaintiff.” The jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for seven thousand dollars. The case comes to this Court on two motions, one general and the other grounded on newly discovered evidence.

The record is voluminous. Not to speak of depositions, letters and documents the oral evidence taken out before the jury filled 735 pages. Much of it is sharply…