The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-21
BOTH FOOLED THEIR LAWYERS.
Samuel carried Ills Rachel While
suing for treaoh Of .romise.
Now Her Father Nlny Have to PAY
tic Costs uf Court.

The celebrated case Of Samuel Grun-
farb, son OF the learned ana eminent
Bdruch Gruntarb. against the learned
and eminent solomon Hansen, father OF
the uralseworthy maiden, Mrs Esther
/ Rachel Hansen, is no more. After drag.
Eing its weary length along the cUlcn.
dar of the city Court Tor fourteen
months, It has vanished IN II shower OF
orange blossoms. the high CuntesunS
parties have sounded the CLARION notes
OF peace, and happiness again pervades
their homes.
The suit was brought for the recovery
of 500, the pcnai sum mentioned I'm n
! c ,ntract mule Aug. /, 1890, In Kamsh,
| Russia. The pdrurs to ms contract
we're solomon ilsusen and Baruch
| Grunfarb me lprmcr promised to pIy,
his daughter, Esther Rachel Hansen. m
IudrrIuse 10 samuel brunlaru, the son
| OF the latter. ANA each bound himself, in
| case OF ueihuit 10 turlell to the utnet
| just OHe-hIlf the amount OF tac uuwer,
which was to be 5000 rUubles, the equiv :
alcht OF ABOUT @i,oVJ.
ine phraseOiosy ot the contract was
| Respondent witu bricntai ngures OF
speech. anu thtoushJut referred to
s enhS me ,,,,s i4 r 1t IN term. OF
parties themselves invariably apply To
each other the op.tnets learned and
eminent while 'prd iseworthy" IL the
adjective that goes before every nlrn-
ton OF the BRIDE or the bridegroom s
| name.
Now, with all the attar-of-roses-
scented promises contained in this
tenoyim, us the marriage contract is
! termed In Hebrew, there arose ZONE
obstacles to their fuinllment What the
stumblng-b block was does not quite
clearly sp p,sS At all events vents the mar,
fifteenth day In the month of Shebet
in the year 1851 tt'eb. N, lS9D in good
luck and In fortunate hour" did not
The bride was. instead brought to
this country by her parents. But
oceans OF distance could not qucnch
the ardor OF ssmuers love. He, too
came TO America, and after Nainly
urging the carrying out, OF the teno.
YIN. he brought suit In the City Court
as has been told.
Lawyer u. kurzman was Samuel's
champion, while Lawyer Abraham Levy
of the Pulitzer Building, protected The
interests OF Rachel's father.
the lawyers fought the case tooth and
nall for fourteen months. Every nov
and then motions, counter motions ant
app: ications for this and that would he
made In court. Yesterday. X. Henry
c.erk, moved that the case be dismissed
for want of prosecution. incidentally
also, Mr. Rosenberg urged that .such d
contract AS this particular, tenoyim wa,
that on this ground, also the case should
be dismissed.
Judge Enrich before whom the motion
was made, decided that Mr.. Rosenberl
was right, and accordingly dismissed the
| case with $50 costs. And now comes the
, funny part OF the story. ....
Just about fourteen months ago the
discarded lover. soon after bringing his
action. again found favor In the eyes II
the praiseworthy maiden, the bride, MisI
| Esther Rachel Hansen" and the "twaiT
! we're made one" and are now living will
their fve-mont hs-old baby at 42S Eas
Seventy-seventh street, and Happiness.
parades every corner Of their litt''
home.
The only shadow that falls across
their rose-strewn path Of domestic bills
is perhaps that the defendant may hay
to pay the $50 defeat sustained by tn
plaintiff. his son-in-law.