Peters v. Lake

Citations

• 66 Ill. 206

Syllabus

<p>Criminal conversation—evidence of pecuniary condition of parties. In an action on the case for criminal conversation with the plaintiff’s wife, exemplary. damages being recoverable, evidence of the pecuniary circumstances of the parties is proper; but where such a case is tried several years after the injury complained of, it is error to admit proof of the plaintiff’s bankruptcy at the time of the trial.</p>