Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1888-08-25
DIR. ALLING SUED FOR $40, 900
BY Rutherford Trowbridge-The Tex
of the Legal Document

BY Rutherford TrOwbridge-The Text
of the Legal Document.
Yesterday afternoon Lawyer James T.
Moran handed Constable Jonathan Pond the
legal payers representing suit which Ruth
erford Trowbridge has brouaht against DR..
Willis G.. Alling to recover of the defendant
$40, 900 in damages. Constable Pond left a
copy of the writ on file in the town clerks
Office and then made an attachment of DIR.
Alllng's property.
The writ is signed by Justice James T. Mo-
ran. Platt & Tyler are the plaiAtiff's attor-
neys. The principal part of the writ is as
follows:
hereby commanded to attach to the value Of SO
summon to appear before the Superior court to be
held at New Haven the first Thursday of October,
Trowbridge, of New Haven, in a civil action where
upon the plaintiff complains ana says:
of the wrongful acts hereinafter complained Of
resided in New Haven and had family consisting
his wife, Alice A. Trowbridgo, and one minor child.
Second-The defendant is and for many years has
been physician and surgeon in said New Haven
and has had an Office consisting Of two connecting
apartments at No. $40 Orange street in said city.
That the defendant held himself out and repre-
scented himself to be possessed of competent de-
gree of skill in his possession aforesaid and
having good moral character. and thereby acquired
a good standing among the people of New Haven
and vicinity and was freely admitted into families
and had the confidence of the community, and was
treated as man Of honor, virtue and skill in his
profession.
Third On or about - day of July, 1887, the
said Alice A. Trowbridge, the wife OF the plaintiff
without his knowledge, but afterwards when in
formed of the fact without dissent his part.
suited the defendant physician,and on or about
said time the professional relation OF physician and
patient was established and the defendant became
and his family, and SO continued on or about the
day OF June, 1888.
Fourth-On divers dsYS and times between the =
day Of July, 1887 and the day OF June, 1888, the
defendant continuing and intending to ipjure the
plaintiff and deprive him of the society and COM
fort of his wife and subject him to humiliation
and disgrace and In violation Of his the defendants
duty in that behalf gave 10 Jonathan Ingersoll OF
said New Haven the of one OF the apartments of
said office for secret and stolen interviews between
him. the said Ingersoll, and the said Alice A. Trow
bridge, and known by the defendant to be the wife
of the plaintiff.
Fifth That said Jonathan Ingersol and the plain
tits said wife without the knowledge Of the plain
tiff met frequently in of the apartments Of the
defendants said office during the period between
the - day OF July, 1887, and the - day OF June,
1885 the knowledge and with his assent and con-
nivance and while he was present in the other apart
ment of his said Office. That at each of the meet
ings 30 held the said IDgerson and the plaintiffs
said wife remained together alone for about the
space of one hour, and said meetings were TO the
knowledge of the defendant held for improper pur-
poses and in violation of the rights of the plaintiff
and that the plaintiff was deprived Of the comfort
and society Of his said wife and subjected to humi
The niSintiff claims $40 600 damaees