DIVORCE AND DAMAGES.
Assessing a "wife. ' ; 1 Z.OXDOX, February A-,, " the DlvonK Court, deliverwl au important uonsiueietl judgment regarding the damages to which a- husoand is entitled wuen his wife is lured away. He laid down that damages should be based on tne following consiuerations: First, the actual value of the wife to her husband as a house-1 keeper and a hefp in business; second, the proper compensation for injury to the husband's marital honour; third, if the wife was of a wanton disposition this lessened her value: fourtn, damages should not be given against a eo-respond-.ent who was not aware that the woman was married. A wife who posed as single must be deemed valueless. The Court I had no right to punish misconduct. j Damages should never be punitive. Mr. Justice McCaxdie added that a I woman could not sue another woman for taking away her husband. The law held that a wife had no such right to her husband's services as a husband possessed regarding his wife's services.—(A. and XZ. Cable;.).
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 38, 13 February 1920, Page 5
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