LITCHFIELD v. COX

No. 33.

146 S.E.2d 641 (1966)

266 N.C. 622

Claude Davis LITCHFIELD v. William Harvey COX.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

March 2, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Wilkinson, by James R. Vosburgh, Washington, for plaintiff.

Aydlett & White, Elizabeth City, for defendant.


PLESS, Justice.

To establish a case against the defendant for alienation of his wife's affections, the law imposes upon the plaintiff, Litchfield, the burden of showing, by competent evidence, the following: "(1) That he and his wife were happily married, and that a genuine love and affection existed between them; (2) that the love and affection so existing was alienated and destroyed; (3) that the wrongful and malicious acts of the defendants produced and brought...

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