BREACH OF PROMISE

Hokitika Guardian, 16 October 1925, Page 1

BREACH OF PROMISE

[ Australia A N.Z. ( able Association.] -1 |;>TA \il AI. DAMAGES. SYDNEY, tat II Amu he, oriel \ ; IV".. h ot promise heard Im-I:- > . \|r EL fin- M.via Henderson. a ■.,,ui,g willow, sued \latlh"n Jefferson E;,: r. the ymil hi ill - wealthy I a i ini t ■ f,.r i.’-Ti lltl Ida 'uages. Plaintilf~ ca.-e was that under repented |,i inoi e. of marriage, defendant 1,,,!, advantage of the engagement injur.- her .-ci lotiaiy and then repudiate | the pi-niui-r Ni, evideme lor dnleiice was called inrv awar.led plaintiff D-’tHHI LONDON. Del. It. Eve Mil I. a -hop employee, was awarded £|oO against Maiuindra Matii. a sin ies-iul Indian barrister. for lireei nof promise. I'eurteen wars ago -,],(> e-ave evidence that she lived in the -ame hoarding house a- hint in 1911. v. lien he was a law student in England. She was then 25. They became friendly, and -lie mok an interest in hi' work. n they became engaged, and sho •nili-e j lieu 11 v gave birth to a. son. W hen Matri pas-ed Tiis law examination with honours, he went to India, where lie had an Indian wife. She had mu heard of him since. Hence her delay in taking; action. ()iie-1 ion- in the Com I revealed that ike only present -die had reicived from him was a half-penny Christmas card. ■ || r a, V, r I i.tight me -weot -. ” 'he -.aid. Matl'i. in his evidence, said that lie dii| t,ot premise marriage. The girl's um' a rum**{tion nr {»»•».