...this appeal is whether the claim of breach of promise to marry is still a viable legal cause of action in Kentucky. Recently, the Jefferson Circuit Court granted summary judgment to appellant...for Breach of Promise to Marry (BPM). Following Ms. Barkes' deposition, Dr. Gilbert filed a motion for summary judgment, which the trial court granted. Ms. Barkes appealed the decision of the trial.... I. HISTORY OF ACTION FOR BREACH OF PROMISE TO MARRY. The right of an individual to sue for Breach of Promise to Marry is a...

...) dollars for the defendant's willful breach of his promise to marry their minor daughter. In response to the plaintiffs' complaint, the defendant filed a motion seeking both a...contention being that the plaintiffs' action, based as it was upon a breach of premise to marry, was prohibited by 14 M.R.S.A. § 854. 14 M.R.S.A. § 854. Actions for breach of promise to...marry prohibited No action or proceeding to recover damages for breach of promise to...

...: This cause comes here on direct appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of De Kalb County sustaining appellee's motion to dismiss an amended complaint for breach of promise, and...refused and continues to refuse to marry the plaintiff, and that plaintiff did send a notice to the defendant stating these facts in compliance with the statute relating to breach of promise, to.... Count Ill adopted all of the allegations of count 11 of the amended complaint and further alleged in paragraph 7 thereof that as a result of defendant's breach of his promise to...

...suit designated Civil Action 4878-A in this Court. Count I of the complaint asks damages for the breach of promise to marry and charges that the defendant breached that promise on and after June 29...inflicted as alleged on June 29, 1966 in Count II. In the depositions of the plaintiff, it has been developed that the breach of promise to marry and the bodily injury, if any, actually...occurred on June 25, 1966 and not June 29, 1966 as alleged. The defendant moves to dismiss Count I of the complaint (Breach of Promise) on the grounds that any recovery therefrom...

...only good count of the declaration was for breach of promise of marriage, the writ was served by arrest, but contained no affidavit. Held, that the action rested on contract.... The "additional count" is a count for a breach of promise of marriage, but the service of the writ being by arrest, and there being no such affidavit as is required by statute to.... TRESPASS ON THE CASE. On demurrer to the declaration. The writ in this case ordered the arrest of the defendant, describes the action as "case for seduction and breach...

...Laws of 1935 a new article (2-A) was added to the Civil Practice Act, by which civil actions to recover damages for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, seduction and breach of promise to...the act. This action is to recover damages for a breach of promise to marry and seduction occurring after the act became effective. A verdict was directed in favor of defendant by...determination is whether the act, in so far as it abolishes the cause of action for breach of promise to marry, is constitutional. The allegation of the complaint in which seduction is alleged is not of...

...is highly excited over a threatened breach of promise suit against John E. Morey, Jr., a stockholder in the Union and Advertiser, and prominent in society circles. A prominent society belle will be...correspondent, and on the trial the defendant offered to show by him, substantially, that he had heard that the breach of promise suit had been commenced against the plaintiff, and how and where he obtained the...receive no advantage from the fact that he was imposed on or innocently mistaken. The defendant also offered to prove that an action for breach of promise of marriage was actually...

...action arises for "breach of promise of marriage." However, the language of the code section indicates that it was only intended to abolish causes of action based on an alleged breach of contract. The.... In my opinion plaintiff's alleged cause of action is essentially one for damages for "breach of promise of marriage," within the meaning of section 43.5 of the Civil Code, which...actions ex contractu, but it abolishes all actions for "breach of promise of marriage" regardless of the form which the action may take. In this connection, it is significant that actions for "breach of promise of...

...Court order denying defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiff's causes of action for breach of promise to marry and intentional infliction of emotional distress as obsolete and nonjusticiable...damages based upon theories of breach of promise to marry and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Brown moved to dismiss the claims as obsolete and anomalous. The trial court denied his motion...because this court has previously recognized breach of promise to marry as a valid cause of action. See, e.g., Wilsted v. Nation, 99 Utah 76...

...WIDENER, District Judge. PER CURIAM: A breach of promise to marry accompanied...the dismissals have also been consolidated. We affirm. The first question is whether the expired time limit for the breach of promise suit had been extended by claims for "special...date of the commencement of the breach of promise action, which was within the two years immediately following the assault. The amendment was declined because, as the trial judge said, it could not...

...Youth Camps claimed title, and to remove the deed of trust as a cloud on American Youth Camps" title. Asserting breach of promise by Mrs. Vickrey, they further prayed for recovery of certain funds... Betty J. VICKREY, Petitioner, v. AMERICAN YOUTH CAMPS, INC., et al., Respondents. No. B — 5605. Supreme Court of Texas..., Jr., Respondents, brought this action against Betty Vickrey, Petitioner. Respondents sought to prevent Mrs. Vickrey from foreclosing, under a deed of trust, on certain real property to which American...

...          Action for breach of promise by Adah Poole against Isaac A. White. On Defendant's motion for bill of particulars...breach of promise. Defendant has moved for a bill of particulars, stating (1) where, precisely, in the State of New York the plaintiff resides, and when, exactly, she became a citizen of that state; (2...) the month of the year and the day of the month, and the time of day or night when the plaintiff and defendant promised to marry each other, and the breach of promise occurred; (3) the particular place...

...Gilbert sketched his operetta Trial by Jury which lampooned lawsuits for breach of promise of marriage. In Gilbert's story, the defendant was...page 47: "Monster, monster, dread our fury — There's the Judge, and we're the Jury!" If there was a serious "legal" point behind Gilbert's satire of breach of promise cases...breakup of a "relationship" (to use the modern term). This potential was to be well noted by the 1930's in more prosaic legal literature discussing breach of promise suits...

...action to recover damages for breach of promise to marry are abolished and barred and the commencement of such actions is prohibited. (Civ. Prac. Act, §§ 61-b, 61-c, 61-d and 61-e.) These provisions...be correct, then any action based upon a breach of promise to marry could be turned into an action for misrepresentations by merely alleging that the promise of marriage was a sham, made solely for the purpose of taking advantage of the plaintiff. Such facts have been shown in a breach of...promise case. ( Wells v. Padgett, 8 Barb. 323.) The plaintiff claims that this is not a breach of...

...court. Defendant appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of McLean County upon a jury verdict in an action for breach of promise to marry. It is alleged in...notice of her intention to sue as required by Section 4 of an Act relating to actions for breach of promise or agreement to marry (Illinois Revised Statutes, 1953, Chap. 89, Par. 28...). The complaint further alleges that by reason of defendant's breach of promise to marry her, she has been deprived of any and all financial benefits naturally to be expected from a marriage to...

.... May 5, 1950. Action in the district court for Polk county to recover damages for breach of promise to marry. The case was tried before Paul A. Lundgren...evidence of a marriage license issued to plaintiff and a third party 11 months after defendant's breach of promise was not prejudicial...discretion of the trial court. Breach of promise of marriage — recovery of damages notwithstanding subsequent marriage to another. 6. A...

...representations to enter into a contract of marriage with him, arose from his breach of promise of marriage and was barred by G.L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 207, § 47A, inserted by St. 1938, c. 350, § 1. A plaintiff.... Reinig, 135 Wis. 194. While damages for seduction may not be recovered in an independent action, they may be included in the measure of damages in an action for breach of promise of...an incident to an action for breach of promise of marriage if, as will presently appear, she cannot maintain such an action. The plaintiff contends that she can recover on this...

...plaintiff. Clifton L. Moore and Rivers D. Johnson for defendant. 1. Breach of Marriage Promise § 2...— The fact that at the time of the breach of promise of marriage, license for the marriage of the parties could not be lawfully issued, chapter 314..., Public Laws of 1939, is a defense to an action for damages for breach of promise of marriage. 2. Same — Unchastity of plaintiff...

...Banc. June 2, 1977. Nature of Action: Action to recover damages for the breach of a promise to marry. The plaintiff sought.... Supreme Court: The court holds that the common-law action for breach of a promise to marry should not be abolished but that damages should not be allowed in such an action for loss of...— Breach of Marriage Promise — Common-Law Action — Damages. Public policy continues to justify a common-law action for breach of a promise to marry and such an action will continue to be recognized...

..., for appellee. 1. BREACH OF MARRIAGE PROMISE. In action for breach of promise of marriage, plaintiff...was not entitled to a peremptory charge in her favor where record disclosed a completely disputed issue as to whether alleged promise was ever made. 2. BREACH OF MARRIAGE PROMISE. One...of elements of damage for breach of promise of marriage is the loss of reputation. 3. BREACH OF MARRIAGE PROMISE. In action for breach of marriage promise, evidence...