BREACHES OF PROMISE.
~ A story.oncetold ihl Punch of 1 a.f litigioug person who'"used to- send all his dinner-invitations db So’rifet’sreP house to be stamped, andifany of the dinners were postponed he used to bring an action against- the peoplewho invited him for breach of contract. This whs. Carrying things h little too Tat*; r bixt'; doubtless,'.a'., deal - of- trouble and ” legal • iexpenses. -might, be saved by using simple contracts. In a xecent n dinher' of thh ’ St. James’ Gazette, in the course of . a letter from F.5.L.,” a suggestion concerning-; breach- oh promise is made.. The writer proposes that “it should he'-' necessary y . before - any marriage; could ■' h‘e ' performed* von action' for breach Of pi’bmise. commenced, , for ah', engagement contract; to he produced which had'heen signed by both parties at either .some GovOrnnierit or' ' municipal office,'such document to bear, say, a £1 stamp.”
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Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 17, 22 July 1893, Page 11
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144BREACHES OF PROMISE. Southern Cross, Volume 1, Issue 17, 22 July 1893, Page 11
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