A Singular Action for Breach of Promise
. v The trial of an action for breach of '■ promise of marriage, in which the plaintiff was of the male sex, terminated on June 19 in Dublin, before the Lord Chief Baron and a special jury. The action was by Mr Thomas B. Moore, of Leyhin Bridge, county Car- \ low, and the defendant was Miss F. M. Bartholomew, of Montrean Lodge, Blackrock, county Dublin. The defendant admitted the promise, but pleaded that it was conditional, and her case was that after actually order- ! ing her marriage dress, she heard from her mother what she considered a hitch in the marriage, that the plaintiff was a drunkard and a man of immoral character. Subsequently she heard that he had been confined in a lunatic asylum. For these reasons she broke off her engagement. The jury awarded the plaintiff £100 damages.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 29, 19 August 1886, Page 4
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146A Singular Action for Breach of Promise Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 29, 19 August 1886, Page 4
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