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CAHOON v. PELTON

No. 8976.

9 Utah 2d 224 (1959)

342 P.2d 94

HOWARD B. CAHOON, PLAINTIFF AND RESPONDENT, v. ROBERT P. PELTON, DEFENDANT AND APPELLANT.

Supreme Court of Utah.

July 15, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Clifford L. Ashton, Leonard J. Lewis, Salt Lake City, for appellant.

McBroom & Hanni, Salt Lake City, for respondent.

WADE, Justice.

Defendant, Robert P. Pelton, appeals from a jury verdict judgment in favor of plaintiff, Howard B. Cahoon, respondent here, on two counts: the first for alienation of his former wife Dorothy's affections, and the second for criminal conversation with her. There were two trials: in the first the jury found no alienation of affections but that there was criminal conversation, assessing $20,000 compensatory and $5,000 punitive damages. After the first...

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