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Breach of promise is a common-law tort, abolished in many jurisdictions. It was also called breach of contract to marry , [ 1 ] and the remedy awarded was known as heart balm . From at least the Middle Ages to the early 20th century, many jurisdictions regarded a man's promise of engagement to marry a woman as a legally binding contract .
The Cecily Jordan v.Greville Pooley dispute was the first known prosecution for breach of promise in colonial America and the first in which the defendant was a woman. [1]: 29 June 1623 [2]: 107–108 This case was tried in the chambers of the Virginia Company, and never went to a civil court, for the plaintiff withdrew his complaint.
In the year of Samuel Jordan's death, she set off the first breach of promise lawsuit in English North America when she chose the marriage proposal of William Farrar, who was bonded to help settle her estate, over that of Greville Pooley, who claimed his proposal had already been accepted. In 1625, Cecily prevailed when Pooley withdrew his claim.
Heartbalm actions in the United States typically include seduction, criminal conversation, alienation of affection, and breach of promise to marry. [1] Of these, criminal conversation and alienation of affection are marital torts, originally restricted to husbands but in many states later made available to spouses regardless of gender. [2]
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Ruth Lucille Trufant (née Stuart; 1886 – April 26, 1914) was an American actress and an aspiring opera singer.She was also known by her stage name Maida Athens.She is known for a lawsuit she filed against a married suitor for breach of promise.