The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1907-08-14
Disappointed bridegroom sues.


John B. Kori. a disappointed bride
groom, has instituted suit against Jacob
Nadar Hazouri, to owe damages in
the sum of 1863.
The suit, which has begun in the
county court, is an action in assumpsit,
the plaintiff seeking to recover the de-
post made as evidence of the sincerity
OF his intentions, the money value of
the gifts he lavished upon his prospec-
tive bride, and the expenses incidental
to the trip taken TO New York for the
p"rpose of marrying.
The defendant, Jacob Nadar Hazouri,
is the father of the young Syrian wo-
man that Kori thought was to be his
bride. He it was, according to the
plaintiff, who put an end to the ro-
nance, and who, after promising Kori
his daughters hand in marriage, refus-
ed to carry out his part of the agree
ment, and still refuses to sanction the
marriage.
FOLLOWING SYRIAN CUSTOM.
Both Kori, the plaintiff, and Hazouri,
The defendant, are Syrians, and when
Cupid wounded the heart of Kori, he,
following the custom that prevails in
his native land, went to the father of
the object of his devotions and asked
for her hand in marriage.
In Syria, according to the allegations,
all nuptial matters are arranged be-
tween the prospective bridegroom and
his prospective father-in-law direct.
the bride-to-be has no part in these
preliminaries. Another Syrian custom
requires the groom to deposit with the
father of his bride-to-be a sum of mon
ey, a sort Q alimony in advance, as a
guarantee OF his good intentions.
If he keeps to his agreement and
marries her for whose hand he has ask
ed, the money is returned to MIN vino
deposited it, at his option. If the par
ent declines to allow the ceremony to
take place this advance deposit must be
returned at once.
KoRI MADE DEPOSIT.
Kori, in his bill of complaint, alleges
that on April 5, 1906, Hazouri promised
him the hand of his daughter, the we'd
ding to take place a few months there
after, and in accordance with the GUS
tom outlined above, paid $1OO in cash
as a guarantee of good faith.
Then, says the bill, with plans all
settled and the wedding a seeming GER
tainty, Kori lavished gifts on his pros
pectiver bride and upon her parents.
The engagement ran from April to
September, and in addition to gifts Of
jewelry, Kori says he presented the
family with merchandise, groceries and
money.
All this he did with the understand
ing that the daughter of Hazouri was
to marry him in September.
II ROMANCE ENDS.
On or about September 25, 1906 says
Kori, he %journcyed from Jacksonville
to Troy, N. Y, to celebrate his nup-
tials. Troy was then, he AYERS, the
temporary home of Hazouri, and he
maintains that he took the trip at the
express request of Hazouri, and with
the understanding that the wedding
would take place Immediately after his
(Kori's) arrival in New York city.
At the appointed time he appeared
ready, willing and anxious to keep his
part of the marriage agreement. But
Hazouri, according to Kori, had expert
enced a change of heart, and would not,
under any conditions, consent to the
marriage.
And this was not all, for, as the bill
alleges, Hazouri chung to the 500 de-
posted, declining absolutely~to return
it, refused to reimburse Kori for expen-
ses of the trip to Troy, or to pay him
for any of the articles that he had Civ
en- him during the engagement period.
BILL OF PARTICULARS.
Now Kori, all other meanings falling,
brings his suit to recover what he lost
through the shattering of the man
He wants first the 500 which he de-
posted as a guarantee Of good faith.
Then he wants another 500 as rcim-
bursement for his trip to Troy, which
he AYERS cost him that amount.
For gifts given the family, and he
mentions ladies' wearing apparel, CO.
logne, soap, paint, valise. meat, dishes,
medicine, groceries, bedding and other
things as among the gifts, he asks $169,
the cost thereof.
The outcome of the suit will be
watched with interest, owing to the
unique grounds on which it is brought.
Kori, whose address is given as No.
207 Bride street, is represented in the
proceedings by Attorneys Stewart G.
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