JUSTICE FOR THE JILTED.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 6, Issue 251, 16 February 1917, Page 1 (Supplement)

JUSTICE FOR THE JILTED.

\ LI'ITLE LEGAL LECTURE BY A KC.

'l'lm Mn,zi strata ;it Hampstrad srd i < ■ cut! v that if <'Very fi'i'l who has 1 <v " jilto I icfuso 1 to lie 11oino nearly o'vciy home would bo tirllcss 1 I his is porlia ps taking n U o jh»>- 11111--ti • view of man's constant y, bi.t, all tim same, it, is certain t! at manv promis.ll'i VOIIIIL' nun 'ln "ve an I ridoawa.v r( .rjnrdloss of thof» o itips < f tho t nba p\ jihrd Thor fore. it is onlv linlit that i hose'of ill,, fair Si X\\b: i suffer should ho entitled to 'omo nin'vn-aU n, : nd t!m im st < ffectivo way of icao-luny; tho stonv-hearti'd through tip* p cket. S* ivlx-i'i a, iT'n si I'd a- woman to mari'T-—■> verb 11 agreement is s ffieiont —if the agreement is In ken by citb" I ', l|;nv allow the natty not at lauit to sun t :r ntlior f' I dama.os in a !r n h of iir'jiui o action. An agreement. to manv m;tv loir >kin It one uarty to tlm a< romunt marrying someone oho. < r not main in : at tio' i gree I timo, ir Tvitli • n a i«un nnblo tim*' As 1.1 ready stated, t-l'o prom no to marry nro 1 net Ik; in writin<r <<r even ui :,o Tunny i\'a, for tfi<* < omlm t< f tno

M!i;:lo mav constitute a |>romis\ Ii ii v.e'l to i: ;to that tin- law d:ie« o t lo il< ::t 1 n; ingngomi nts Tvtve n young cos Jos from tl;o samo point oi viow i's long engagements let we mi t!x!-o i f i.ipcr years. A ,NK( B-SARY i.KTTKIt. If | iirtii* are youne, and it tan l* y'-nwn that the |M'ind during v.biih tlii-v iiuriMti] lo remain -ingle «a< noi i Tt '«• all. I n ', flic contrji't is byn Miu> i:|)0!i i! cm : but if Ibov are. advaneod in ye.-m i-tid the ti re fixed for ib - mir-i-jji-r- is too reniot', t'on the iontraoi is Ridable at tlio option of • ithor p-jrt> If no time 's lix d for th" i' nrrhge. Ihi n von i r ■ t .x)>. otod by law to main '"ivitliin a reasonable per! d afi«r re. rjiost.'' : i d T ,ilt; r sin n a p. que t : inrty refiiso o- neglects to n.-uiio tin ! tippy dav, tin n i 1 o pu'ty c.'.llrig at 11 n'l • •••!■ to : ulfil • bo ■ nn'i■!)'•! in iy eon .'dor '.ho mgaremont "off"'and %-r> fo. I'runagi m for I n non of promise. If b t'i pi rtie-i Ii ■ T tv- tor on i nr ai r irt'ilo time, ,-nd do i ol in rnv « 'y i- n tin ;:> 11.0 riq aintinee or i •• 15 Tor tb , srocutioii ' f tlio promise lo awry, thoi in < •njiavreinpnl will ho i'o m il t> b abandoned by nititnal ronsont, and oiol will I e frot> lo n:ari> whom they pV"* I ft rs siipnnso that yoti have boor jilted. II: fore leg"] p-oco 'dings ar nnfiwD ed ii let'or should 'e written to

I tho gentleman who hjis broken the agreement by the lather or brother of ti:o jilted lady, asking him to fulfil his engagement. <opy of this lettci sliould ho kept. WHAT IT COSTS. I | l'li# letter 't-.-elf sho-ild he ddivered j by >omo pe son who can prove that ne i v.id actually deliver it, md lie -hotrd 1 also make, a noto (>f any remarks or c nrersation at the time, j This done, a "soli itor shiiul Ibe foenil j to manage the whole affair to its terin- •; in :tirn • | Iho first pro e di.ig (t'ie writ and : ser-.ice of the writ, and so on) costs ■ frcm £2 to L'o. Hie next —• from a fortnight ti a i ii onth after the ser.i o of "flie writ—j 1 osts mother i's, and the whole costs to_ ihe verdict < f the jury fom £3~> to .{.'so, besides t' o expln es of the lady's w itnes-cs. If she wins the day the other side will ha\o to pay her <o ts, wi h the excep- | tinn <f about Clo. II she lo°c.s, sue j wil l have to pav her opponent's «osts - - . i r ilnbiy fGO to t'7o. It was at one timo thought that an a tion lor breach of promise of marring* was such a pers< nal pr.,cerding that if tho breaker of the promise died then tho_ right to dajnages a so. Now, however, th e estate of' such a person may ho liable to the jilted party, j if that inno-ent party has sustained wfiat is called in law "special d .mave. ' For instan e, if a gi-1 has been put to tho expensa of preparing a marriage trousseau in expectation cf tho event.