CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - VALIDITY OF STATUTE ABOLISHING BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION

Authors

Emma Rae Mann, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Plaintiff sued for damages for breach of promise to marry and seduction, after the enactment of a New York statute which abolished such causes of action. The court held for the defendant, basing its recognition of the validity of the statute on the ground that the legislature has plenary power to deal with the subject of marriage. Fearon v. Treanor, 272 N. Y. 268, 5 N. E. (2d) 815 (1936).

Recommended Citation

Emma R. Mann, CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - VALIDITY OF STATUTE ABOLISHING BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION, 35 Mich. L. Rev. 1173 (1937).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol35/iss7/14