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WORTHY v. MAJOR

No. 5391.

275 A.2d 244 (1971)

Walter WORTHY, Appellant, v. Bernice MAJOR, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 22, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Berlin, Washington, D. C., with whom Ernest M. Shalowitz and Frank Smith, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Alvin Gordon, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before KELLY, KERN and PAIR, Associate Judges.

KERN, Associate Judge.

After a jury trial appellee recovered a verdict in the amount of $15,000 against appellant for his breach of promise1 to marry her. Appellant and appellee, who are 60 and 51, respectively, were the only witnesses at trial. Their testimony agreed in certain respects: They were fellow workers at a government agency; each had an unhappy marriage and sought solace from the other in conversations at work; and, after she...

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