A Breach of Promise.
According r.o the daily papers, an Indiana judge has decreed that if a man dies while he is engaged, his fiancee can claim compensation for breach of promise. That is rather rough on the young man, considering that it isn't his fault at all that he doesn't toe the line. And he cannot get out of the difficulty by marrying the girl on his deathbed, because if he dies after the marriage — which is extremely likely, if he hasn't died before —and the law is logical, he should be imprisoned for wife desertion. There are funny things in a toy-shop. But there are funniar things still among the laws of the United States, and this caps the lot. The best thing for the Indiana young men to do is to die before they get engaged or not get engaged at all.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 17, 24 April 1902, Page 19
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145A Breach of Promise. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 17, 24 April 1902, Page 19
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