THE GAY WIDOW.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9104, 25 March 1908, Page 2

THE GAY WIDOW.

BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. London, March 1. Mr Walter Lazarus Phillip, who claimed damages for breach of promise against Mrs Flora Goodman —■ who is a grandmother and a woman of means —was yesterday awarded £SO damages. Mrs Goodman, however, had paid 100 guineas into court, and judgment was entered in her favour. “There is an older right for women than ‘votes for women,’ ” said Mr Yachall, K.C., who appeared for Mr Philips, “and that is indicated by her unvarying success in breach of promise actions, whether as plaintiff or defendant. This is not founded on reason, however. There is no more legitimate ground for h«r success than in such cases for men.” . _ , . There was laughter in Court when Mr Yachall declared that Mr Goodman was “‘like the clinging ivy, which must have something to support it.” . Mr Justice Darling, in summing up, said that the case had reminded him of a production at the Stage Society, ‘ ‘ Cupid and Oommonsense. ’ ’ CounsePmight decide between them which was Cupid and which was Oommonsense. “A man has just as much right to sue for breach of promise as a woman,” he declared.