The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-25
nv WILLIAM TRUE HAWTHORNE.

BY WILLIAM ThUE hAW
 London, Aug. 24-A married man wno heguiles a woman into proHise oi '
 riage is liable for damages Ihis new vraceaent in British justice has just been set hv Lord coleridge. of the Kings 6ehch and. accordingly. Sidney B. carnley' iesal gentleman. must pay Miss Florence Whso" 1ne xuineas the jury awarded her in re- markable breach of promise case.
 Counsel for MT. Carnley argued that hiles ~ wilson could not recover damages aSai,s' rnarriea man, as it was contrary to puonc nol,cv that a contract should be enter ed into for marriage contingent upon
 .,.,.a.s death. The tendency of such nroroise it was argued. mght be to leao a,,a, to murder to clear the way to ruitIi- ment of the promise. Lord Colerioge' lh ue ciding the case, said that whatever ms pe
 sonal opinion mght be in regard to ms to- VI of action, he shrunk from holding that seen M contract of marriage was void aS oeiae s,ainst public policy. If he was wrong m asa,.,s. t..,- rrecedent he could be set right 1,, .nneal to the House of Lords. He snouio 's.-atora give Judgment to Miss Wilson, with costs. =. ~r. His I.ordship also decided against HAi l cernlev on his petition for costs in hpei M .,,tt against Miss Wilson. wherein the Jury | had awarded him one farthing oanlas
 rbe costs. therefore. amounted to a consiu l erabIe sum. adds that much 10 lns N-0 | oe vrennature wooing and winnins- Anothar ease illustrating the elastieity oi l x,,,isb law in the matter of protecths u,oroen from a marrying man of scant Sotu -. -, .s dtsnosed of in the divorce coure r,nAr Miss Maria Birch was granted ~ o, ratification of her marriage to | roar from India on the ground that ne nay l hAen married seventeen years p[eVios l ohuA in accordance with the indian eus I a l s ,,nar Miss Birch met him. and when .s Uon ,,ara married he told her he was | ,,,,aovsr If was later discovered that the | ,t,s-u,tFa he had welded when he himseu | 1vas q mere tot was still living. Ahoueh l s+to,, renurnant to English law and GUS 1 tom the child marriage In lndia. was "ei .
 to he valid, and that therefore the secOnu N'Sl marriage to Miss Birch should De se' ,o
 as ruT and void The nullified husDano is
 as "u Todta living with the bride of nis | infanthood. ,., ,,,aer
 stil more unique case arising unoer l ,ha law of rnatrimony is one inNoiVlnE 'n l cuastion-hitherto unheard Of Tn eou
 ! Iaw-'shall a man pay for the man hte.'H.'N. .N 1 o+ bis wife after her deathE' A Hah.o'euo'. ' | roar named Broomfield, had been paylhs ~, l tha maintenance of his wife in SrooA"'"O
 ,ne ,4i. Cor inward of thirty years AS | S nae over eighty years of age, an eltor' | o n,ade the other day to get the coS' | s vnatDtanance reduced and durlns tn' | ragot,ations 1t transpired that Mrs' Dlooi'
 I,eId had died in the asylum In oe'opeI 4Ia.
 ,aoI The records of the asylum show Una. a
 notification of the WUmans oe@'n
 mada to the asylum authorities by the at
 tendants at the time, but by curious unr pun,
 sar tbe official who collected the money
 rom the aged husband failed to notiry mn mn
 of the fact The asylum board or guatul '.-, |, I sa,aaa that they could not legaly reIilr
 o,e1a.a,,,rt Rroonfield had paid since hi'
 's,,- .ne death and that his only recourse
 was a suit at law.