French v. Venneman

The appellee, who was the plaintiff below, brought an action against French, charging him with having had, at divers times, criminal intercourse with one Eleanor Venneman, the plaintiff’s wife., The defendant answered the complaint by a general denial. "With this answer he filed various interrogatories, propounded to the plaintiff, among which is the following: “ How often, within the last five years, did you carnally know any woman or girl, other than the said Eleanor?”

Upon the filing of this interrogatory, the plaintiff moved to strike it from the files." The Court sustained the motion, and…