The way out of it.

Kaikoura Star, Volume VII, Issue 85, 21 October 1887, Page 4

The way out of it.

A young couple have recently been sentenced to matrimony in a rather curtou* way. A young man and a young woman were contesting possessioa of a piece of property, the one claming under an old lease, the other old will.' “ It just strikes mej* said .the Justice, “ that there is a pleasant and easy way to terminate this lsw suit. The plaintiff appears to be w very respectable young man, and this is a very nice young woman. Tbmr can both get married and live If they goon with the llaw-proceedings,. it ■ will all be frittered away between the lawyers, who, I am ate not ungallant enough to wish the not to come off.” The

young Isdy blushed, and the young man stammered “ they liked each other a little”; so a verdict-was returned- for . the plaintiff, on condition of ,hi* promise to- marry the defendant within two months —a stay of execution being put to the verdict till the marriage ceremony should be completed. This is about the first match ever made in a court of law.