Stockhaus v. Lind
Stockhaus v. Lind
Opinion of the Court
The defendant appeals from an order denying his motion to dissolve a writ of attachment.
The action was brought by the plaintiff for the alienation of the affections of his wife. Among other allegations appropriate to the character of the action is the charge that the defendant debauched her. Counsel for the defendant forcefully urges that the action is within the statute excepting an action for seduction from those in which an attachment may issue. We have given the defendant’s contention careful consideration and have reached the conclusion that it should not be upheld. The complaint easily identifies the cause of action alleged as an ordinary one for alienation of affections. The plaintiff may recover without proving that the defendant debauched his wife. The legislature might well enough have included an action for the alienation of affections with those excepted from the attachment statute. It did not and it is not for us to put it in.
Order affirmed.
[G. S. 1913, § 7845.]
Reference
- Full Case Name
- ANDREW STOCKHAUS v. ELLIS A. LIND, ALSO KNOWN AS ELLIS CARLSON
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- Published