Proposed Marriage at 72.
(Per Press Association.) Dunedin, July 27. At the Supreme Court to day, after evidence was heard, a settlement was arrived at in the breach of promise case, Martin v. Smellie, a jdaim for £500 damages. The plaintiff is a widow 55 years old, and the defendant a widower 72 years old. The defendant proDOsed marriage, telling the plaintiff he was worth £1200, and that he had an income of 23s per week and a dividend of £20 per year trom ironworks. The marriage was to have taken place in May last at the Registry Office, but on the plaintiff arriving there, defendant failed to put in an appearance, but went away to Christchurch. The breach of promise was admitted, hut for the defence evidence was sjiven that the defendant was not in a position to maintain a wife; that his total income for the last five or six years was only at the rate of 14s per week, and that was precarious. Ho had 1200 shares in a rolling mill, but they were only of nominal value. At the suggestion of Mr Justice Williams, settlement as to damages was arranged, but the amount was not stated in Court.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 25, 29 July 1896, Page 2
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