Asheville, Aug. 13 (AP)—Three thousand dollars as punitive and compensatory damages late this afternoon was awarded to Dr. Nicholas A. Mandelos by a jury in Buncombe Superior Court in a $50,000 suit against Wallace C. Murphy, former county superintendent of education, for the alienation of Mrs. Mandelos’ affections. The jury received the case at 3;45 o’clock and returned its verdict at 4:40.
The verdict brought to a close one of the most sensational cases to be tried in this section of the state in a number of years. The fact that public trust and public office were directly concerned in circumstances of the case had aroused wide public interest and attention in this county.
The case had its genesis last March when Dr. Mandelos through counsel filed the bill of complaint after which Dr. Murphy resigned his position.
In rendering its verdict the jury found that the defendant was guilty of the alienation of affections of the wife of the plaintiff and that the defendant was guilty of immoral relations with the plaintiff’s wife.
From the front page of the Goldsboro News, Saturday morning, Aug. 14, 1926
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