What is the test for an action for criminal conversation?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Pepin v. Lamoureux, 1917 CanLII 194 (SK QB):
In an action for criminal conversation a plaintiff must establish a contract of marriage binding upon both himself and upon his wife, and show the fact of adultery during the continuance of that contract: Catherwood v. Caslon, 13 M. & W. 261; 13 L.J. Ex. 334; 8 Jur. 1076.
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