"HEART-BALM" SUITS
ABUSE OF COURTS IN U.S.A. REFORM IN LEGISLATION NEW YOP.K'March 31. The Governor, Mr. Lehman, has signed a Bill outlawing so-called "heart-balm" suits in New York State courts, making damages in actions for alienation of affection, ; breach of promise, seduction, and criminal conversation illegal. - ■ The Bill is similar to one recently passed in Indiana and those pending in many other States to curb a "blackmail racket."
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Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 9
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68"HEART-BALM" SUITS Evening Post, Volume CXIX, Issue 78, 2 April 1935, Page 9
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