The evening world., 1894-08-21
BOTH FOOLED THEIR LAWYERS.
Samuel Married His Rachel While
Suing for Ereaoh of Promise.
Now Her Father May Have to Pay
the Costs of Court.

The celebrated case OF Samuel Grun.
! farb, son OF the learned and eminen,
Baruch Gr,inferb, against the learned
and eminent Solomon Hausen. father of
the praiseworthy maiden. Miss Esther
Rachel Hansen, is no more. After drag.
cling its weary length along the calcn.
dar OF the City Court for fourteen
months. 1t has vanished in "a shower OF
orange blossoms. the high contesting
parties have sounded the clarion notes
of peace. and happiness again pervudes
their homes.
The suit was brought for the recovery
of $50, the penal sum mentioned In a
contract made Aug. !, 1880. in Kalush,
Russia, The parties to this contract
We're solomon Hansen and Baruch
Grunfarb. The former promised to xiv,
his daughter, Esther Rachel Hausen IN
marriage TO Samuel Grunfarp, the son
OF the latter. and each bound himself. In
Just one-half the amount of the dover,
which was to be 3.OpO roubles, the euuiv-
hlent OF about 81 .bUv
the phraseoiosy Of the contract was
Respondent with Oriental figures of
speech. and throughout referred to
everybody mentioned in it In term, OF
unbounded eulogy. The contracting
parties themseires invariably Apply to
eminent" while "praiseworthy" is the
adjective that goes before every men
ton OF the bride or the bridegroom =
name.
Now. with all the attar-of-roses-
scented promises contained In this
tenoyim, us the marriage contract is
termed In Hebrew, there arose some
obstacles obstacles, to their fulhllment. What the
clearly appear. At all events. the mar
riage, which was set down for the
fifteenth DAY in the month of shebet,
In the year 1851 Deb. Is. 1891, in good
luck and In u fortunate hour" did not
take place.
The bride was. instead, brought to
this this -. country by her parents, But
the ardor OF Samueis love. He, too.
came to America. and after vainiy
urging the carrying out OF the teno-
YIN. he brought suit in the City Court,
Lawyer z. kurzman was samuels
champion, while Lawyer Abraham Levy.
interests Of Rachels father
The lawyers fought the case tooth and
nal Tor fourteen months. Every now
and then motions, counter motions and
s app "a for this and that would be
R Rads IN court ,w1 Yesterday X Henry
Clerk, moved that the case be dismissed
f9r want OF prosecution. incidentally.
also. Mr.. Rosenberg urged that such a
Invalid on grounds of public policy, and
that on this ground, also, the case should
be dismissed
Judge Enrich, before whom the motion
was made, decided that Mr.. Rosenberg
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 If
The praiseworthy maiden. the bride. Miss
were made one" and are now living with
their flve-months- old baby at 42S East
Seventy-seventh street, and happiness
parades every corner of their little
home. .... ...
The only shadow that fails across
| their rose-strewn path OF domestic Bills,
| Is perhaps that the defendant may have
to paw the $50 defeat sustained by the
plaintiff his -in-lhw.