Lunt v. Philbrick

Jun 5, 1879
Reporters:
Before:
Doe
Doe, C. J.

General damages are such as ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‍may be presumed to result necessarily from the wrong complained of. The ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‍plaintiff’s suffering from wounded feelings, including a sense of personal and family disgrace, ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‍being inferred as a natural and necessary consequence of the seduction of his ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‍daughter, a special averment of such damage is unnecessary.

Judgment on the verdict.

Foster, ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‍J., did not sit: the others concurred.