Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1869-09-23
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DrcncIl or Promise or Marriage Heavy
Damages.

Damages.
From tho London Times. August H.
A breach Of promise case. in which ben-
Wy damages were obtained. has been tried
at tho Liverpool Assizcs. Tho plaintiff was
Miss knte Fleming, young lady ~ years
Of age, the second daughter OF the lato Mr.
Fleming, of, Glasgow, q well known accoun-
tant, who died in 1868. Tho defendant was
Mr.. james Il. Thompson, tho SOIL of tho
eminent slipbuillcr, of Sunderland, and
was ~ years Of ago. While MI. FlcnlinS's
lito lasted his means wcro good and his
daughter was consequently sent to good
school in E.linburg, whore sho was aschool-
follow OF tho defendants sister, who there ho-
came her intimate friend. She was therefore
invited to stay Mt Thompsons house in
Sunderland, and spent Christmas of 1865
there. and made the acquaintance Of tho
defendant. In tho summer Of 1867 sho
was asked by her friends family to join n
Continental trip, but her father having died
in tho meantime, and contrary to expecta-
ton. having left his family i'll somewhat
embarrassed circumstances, sho was COM
PEELED to decline tho invitation from fail
IRE of means. Iu tho meantime sho had
been offered homo by her sister and hcr
husband, gentlemen named Acbeson, and
lived with then, ut n residence called Wind
sor Ledge, near Dublin, and sometimes ut
q shooting box which no rented, called Kip
qua Park. in the county of Wicklow. She Wis
ited the Thompson's, however, again at the
Christmas of 1867, spending several weeks
With them there, and thon it was that her
engagement with the defendant occurred.
She returned homo in tho spring OF 1865
and obtained her brother in-law's consent
to the engagement, and the correspondence
then commenced. 1t was very voluninous,
extending into February OF the present
year, and contained in all one hundred as1
eleven letters. but comparatively few of
them wcro used in court. They began in
tho usual gushing style, md went on so
until tho defendant wished to havo the
marriage day settled in November. But the
plaintiff would have it put off until Feb
rnary. After that tho correspondence on
tho plaintiffs side was q triiio cooler. By
and by the time came for buying the furni-
ture; and in the letters between tho couple
on this subject tho plaintiff charged his
s'darling Kate with being unconcerned
about the future She replied that she was
not 80. She was not 40 enthusiastic about
getting the linen, bed or table, rs he had OK
pected. What he would seem to have want
cd was to have produceda GOODNESS on Miss
Fleming's side such % existed on his own
part: In this, however, be was not success
inl She declared har Willingness to do
what she could, and charged him with being
cool towards her. by and by he brought
matters to conspmmation by a letter. in
which he said I received your two let
ters, also ono from Acheson. I am sor-
70 say that / nm. disappointed in tho way
this engagement. has turned out. think l
hnvc been deceived about many things. In
linen (there was hers again much laughter
as tho council read tho letter. understood
you had great portion oft, and it now
table napkins would have to be
bought. The list Of the silver
would not be sufficient. Ache
son and You gave me to understand that
Won had the whole Of it, and you have Of
ten told my sisters that you got the whole
your father had, end know no had q great
deal. How about antiMacassars, NC 2
lGreat laughter.) You did not say any
thing about them, and these things you
could have worked yourself had You felt at
all inclined. Had known you were maxi
ing no efforts to do things for yourself |
might have got my sisters to have worked
them. Was it .Acheson who told you to
ask me for. fifty pounds to buy linen and
spend the remainder on yourself? lam
thoroughly disguised. L was not aware
until lately that 1 was expected to
provide clothing for the lady before
marriage. cannot express to you
how much I am disappointed, and I
think it better for both parties it this mar
riage were broken off. 1 regret it very
much and cannot see any prospect of hap
piness for tho future. You ought to have
dealt canilidly with NO." Upon this letter
both Mr.. Acheson and his portege wrote
protesting against the defendants cruelty.
Thompson wrote back asking Miss Flcm-
ing whether she did not think it better
under the circumstances for their engage
ment to be broken. She refused to
consent. lilo then admitted that he had
cooled down considerably, and refused to
marry the plaintiff, marrying soon after,
another lady instead. For the defence it
was urged that the defendant had not acted
So as to incur the necessity for great dam
ages. The plaintiff was still young, and
ming up Of his lordship, the jury dolibera'
ted for some time, and returned q verdict
for the plaintiff, with Ell 500 damages.
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