Saunders v. Alford

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining this Court’s right to expand upon or abolish common law causes of action
• abolishing criminal conversation because a woman is no longer the property of her husband; the tort has no deterrent,effect; a cause of action may be brought for vindictive purposes; the potential for abuse is great; the tort is devoid of any defenses; and determining damages is difficult.
• abolishing criminal conversation because a woman is no longer the property of her husband; the tort has no deterrent effect; a cause of action may be brought for vindictive purposes; the potential for abuse is great; the tort is devoid of any defenses; and determining damages is difficult.
• “The purpose of a cause of action for alienation of affection is the ‘protection of the love, society, companionship, and comfort that form the foundation of a marriage. . . . The right sought to be protected is that of consortium.”
• abolishing the tort of criminal conversation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).