The evening world., 1894-08-21
BOTH FOOLED THEIR LAWYERS.
Samuel Married His Rachel While
suing Tor Lreach Of Promise.
Now Her Id,ktr May Have to pal
tie Cost. OF Court.

The celebrated case OF Samuel Gruu-
farb, son OF the learned ana eminent
Baruch Gruutarb. against the learned
and eminent solomon lIIuscu, father OF
the trustworthy maiden, Miss Esther
Rachel Hauscn, Is no more. After drag
ging its weary length along the calcn-
dar of the city Court for fourteen
months. II has vanished in shower Of
orange blossoms the high coutcStirg
parties have sounded the clarion notes
of peace. and happiness again pcrvades
their homes.
The suit was brought for the recovery
Of 500. the penal sum mentioned in a
contract made Aug. |, 1880, In knlush.
Russia. The parties to tnis contract
were Solomon HauScn and BaruCh
Grunfarb. The former promised To give
his daughter, Esther Rachel lInuscn. IN
marriage to Samuel iruntarh, the son
OF the latter, and cnGh hound himself. In
case OF default to forfeit to the other
just one-half the amount of the dover
which was to be 5000 roubles. the equiv
alpnt OF about 81 900.
The phrHseology of the contract was
respondent with oriental figures OF
speech, and throughou referred to
everybody mentioned In 1t in term. OF
parties themselves invariably apply TO
each other the epithets learned and
eminent" while 'praiseworthy" is the
adjective that goes before every men
ton OF the bride or the bridegroom's
name.
Now. with all the attar-of-roses-
scented promises contained In thta
tonoyim. MS the marriage contract liz
termed In Hebrew, there arose some
obstacles to their fuliillment. What the
stumbling block was does not quite
clearly appear. At all events, the mar
riage. which was set down for "the
fifteenth 1nN li the month of Shnhpt
In the year 56tl Heb. Is, lSD, in good
luck and In fortunate hour" did not
take place,
The bride was, instead, brought to
this country by her parents. hut
oceans of distance could not quench
the ardor Of Samuefs love. lie. too,
came to America. and after rainl,
urging the carrying out OF the teno-
YIN. he brought suit In the city Court.
Lawyer T.. kurzman was, samuers
OF the Pulitzer Building, protected tn,
| interests OF Rachels father.
The lawyers fought the case tooth and
nail for fourteen months. Every now
applications for this and that would be
made In court. Yesterday X. Henry
Rosenberg. Lawyer Levy's managing
Clerk. moved that the case be dismissed
| for want of prosecution. incidentally
also, Mr. Rosenberg urged thst such q
contract AZ this particular tenoyim was
| invalid on grounds of public policy, anC
| that on this ground. also the case shoult
! be dismissed
Judge Enrich before whom the motor
was made, decided that MIR. Rosenbert
was right, and accordingly dismissed thu
| case with $50 costs. And now comes Thu
| funny part of the story.
| Just about fourteen months ago Thu
discarded lover. soon after bringing hi
action, again found favor IA the eyes o
Els her Rachel Hansen" ana the "twaii
were made one" and are now living wit!
| their -months-old baby at An Eas
Seventy-seventh street, and happines
parldes every corner OF their llttl
home.
The only shadow that falls acros
their ros--strewn path OF domestic bills
Is perhaps that the defendant may hay
to pay the So, defeat sustained by tn
plaintiff, his son-in-law.