[21]. Berry v. Da Costa, L. R. 1 C. P. 331; Collins v. Mack, 31 Ark. 684; Hattin v. Chapman, 46 Conn. 607; Graves v. Rivers, 123 Ga. 224; Tubbs v. Van Kleek, 12 Ill. 446; Tyler v. Salley, 82 Me. 128; Sauer v. Schulenberg, 33 Md. 288; Sherman v. Rawson, 102 Mass. 395; Kelley v. Riley, 106 Mass. 339; Bennett v. Beam, 42 Mich. 346; Schmidt v. Durnham, 46 Minn. 227; Green v. Spencer, 3 Mo. 318; Musselman v. Barker, 26 Neb. 737; Coil v. Wallace, 24 N. J. Law, 291; Kniffen v. McConnell, 30 N. Y. 285; Spellings v. Parks, 104 Tenn. 351; Daggett v. Wallace, 75 Tex. 352; Giese v. Schultz, 69 Wis. 521 Accord.
Weaver v. Bachert, 2 Pa. St. 80; Wrynn v. Downey, 27 R. I. 454 Contra.
[22]. But see 4 Blackstone, Commentaries, 65; 1 Bishop, New Criminal Law, § 38.
[23]. Beseler v. Stephani, 71 Ill. 400; Woodward v. Anderson, 9 Bush, 624; Paul v. Frazier, 3 Mass. 71; Welsund v. Schueller, 98 Minn. 475; Robinson v. Musser, 78 Mo. 153; Hamilton v. Lomax, 26 Barb. 615; Weaver v. Bachert, 2 Pa. St. 80; Conn v. Wilson, 2 Overt. 233 Accord. See Desborough v. Homes, 1 F. & F. 6.
An action is allowed by statute in some jurisdictions. Marshall v. Taylor, 98 Cal. 55; Swett v. Gray, 141 Cal. 83; McIlvain v. Emery, 88 Ind. 298; Verwers v. Carpenter, 166 Ia. 273; Watson v. Watson, 49 Mich. 540; Hood v. Sudderth, 111 N. C. 215; Breon v. Henkle, 14 Or. 494. The Scotch law is to the same effect. Smith, Law of Damages in Scotland, 128. Under these statutes it has been held that there must be a real seduction: “Consent must be procured by some trick or artifice other than mere solicitation.” Brown v. Kingsley, 38 Ia. 220. Compare Breon v. Henkle, 14 Or. 494.
Even without a statute a guardian is liable in damages for the seduction of his ward. Graham v. Wallace, 50 App. Div. 101. See also Smith v. Richards, 29 Conn. 232.
[24]. Boulter v. Clarke, Bull. N. P. 16; Reg. v. Coney, 8 Q. B. D. 534, 538, 546, 549, 567; Logan v. Austin, 1 Stewart (Ala.) 476; Cadwell v. Farrell, 28 Ill. 438; Adams v. Waggoner, 33 Ind. 531; Lund v. Tyler, 115 Ia. 236; McNeil v. Mullin, 70 Kan. 634; Galbraith v. Fleming, 60 Mich. 403; Grotton v. Glidden, 84 Me. 589; Commonwealth v. Colburg, 119 Mass. 350 (semble); Lizana v. Lang. 90 Miss. 469; Jones v. Gale, 22 Mo. App. 637; Morris v. Miller, 83 Neb. 218; Stout v. Wren, 1 Hawks (N. C.), 420; Barholt v. Wright, 45 Ohio St. 177 (explaining Champer v. State, 14 Ohio St. 437); McCue v. Klein, 60 Tex. 168 (semble); Willey v. Carpenter, 64 Vt. 212; Shay v. Thompson, 59 Wis. 540; Miller v. Bayer, 94 Wis. 124 (procuring an abortion with plaintiff’s consent) Accord.
Reg. v. Coney, 15 Cox, C. C. 46 (semble), per Hawkins J.; Hegarty v. Shine, L. R. 4 Ir. 288, 294 (semble); Goldnamer v. O’Brien, 98 Ky. 569 (procuring an abortion with plaintiff’s consent); Lykins v. Hamrick, 144 Ky. 80, Contra. If the plaintiff is injured by the defendant, both being engaged in an illegal charivari party, he cannot recover damages from the defendant. Gilmore v. Fuller, 198 Ill. 130.
As to injury in the course of a “friendly scuffle,” see Gibeline v. Smith, 106 Mo. App. 545.
[25]. McNay v. Stratton, 9 Ill. App. 215; Price v. Bailey, 66 Ill. 48; Hildebrand v. McCrum, 101 Ind. 61; Smith v. State, 7 Humph. 43; Sorenson v. Dundas, 50 Wis. 335 Accord.