An extraordinary breach of promise case recently came before the Vienna courts, the plaintiff being a servant girl and the defendant a railway worker. The latter did not deny promising marriage, but said that the promise was made on condition that he and his sweetheart lived together for six weeks to see if they suited each other. On two occasions during the trial when he returned from work she was not in the house, and he deduced from this that she would not look after his interests. The judge found for the' defendant, on the ground that he had attached a condition to Hi, promise, and after the trial had come to the conclusion that the marriage would «iot he a happy one.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 118, 5 October 1912, Page 10
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