BREACH OF PROMISE.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLVIII, Issue 10943, 15 June 1927, Page 6

BREACH OF PROMISE.

TYPISTE AWARDED £I2OO. COUPLE WRITE 4000 LETTERS. LONDON, May 29.. Mr Justice Swift and counsel discussed a trousseau when Agnes Graham, aged 30, a typiste, sued James MacKechnie, formerly of Singapore, for breach of promise of marriage. Tho couple had been engaged for six years, during which period 4000 letters passed betwen them. MacKechnie, who had been greatly interested in the trousseau, pointed out that two changes daily would be necessary in the tropics, and at least 14 afternoon frocks would be required. Later he married a woman with whom he had made the voyage home. Miss Graham gave evidence that her trousseau now was hopelessly oldfashioned, especially the dresses, on which she had spent £llß. Mr Justice Swift: You could cut a bit off. Miss Graham, replying to counsel s suggestion that she had lost only the £2BO spent on' the trousseau, asked, "Are my feelings nothing?" Mr Justice Swift, summing up, said that even to-day marriage was an honourable profession, and most women preferred looking after a husband and children. The jury awarded plaintiff £I2OO.