Young v. Corrigan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio; John M. Killits, Judge. Action by Georgian Young against James W. Corrigan. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Per curiam
Plaintiff sued defendant for breach of an alleged promise to marry. Defendant denied the promise. The case was submitted to the jury, which rendered verdict for defendant, thereby neg*443ativing the alleged promise. The principal errors assigned are: (a) That the court in commenting in the charge upon plaintiff’s failure^ to produce a certain witness exceeded the limits of proper comment or expression of opinion, and entered the field of argument, and (b) that the court should have instructed the jury to consider certain evidence only in mitigation of damages.
[1] Neither of these criticisms is…
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