Campbell v. Crampton

Wallace, D. J.

The plaintiff having recovered a verdict for $10,000 for breach of contract of marriage, the defendant now moves for a new trial, alleging error in the rulings upon the trial.

The plaintiff is a half-sister of the defendant’s mother. She was temporarily residing at Mobile, Alabama, which was the domicile of the defendant, when the marriage engagement took place. Subsequently the plaintiff returned to the state of New York. The evidence authorized the jury to find that at the time of the engagement to marry the parties did not contemplate an early marriage; that it was not until…