BREACH OF PROMISE
AN UNREASONABLE GIRL,
“NO CASE FOR A JURY.”
A girl in England who wrote to her finance a few days before her wedding day that she would refuse to marry him if he did not cease to be friendly with his relatives, lost a breach of promise case at the Brighton County Court. She was Miss Florence Haarnach, who assists her mother in a confectionery business, and her action was against Francis Edward Page, an A.B. in the Royal Navy, for £IOO, including £35 special damages, the cost; of preparations for the wedding. It was stated that Miss Haarnach took objection to Page’s relations, and accepted him only on the condition that he broke off all connection with them. Page had nothing, and everything progressed smoothly until a few days before the wedding, when Miss Haarnach wrote to him that she would refuse to marry him if he did not cease to be friendly with his relatives. The judge ruled, that there was no case for a jury, and found for Page, with costs.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3670, 26 July 1927, Page 3
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177BREACH OF PROMISE Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3670, 26 July 1927, Page 3
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