WIDOWS CLAIM.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. The Court of Appeal to-day' heard further legal argument as to the enforceability of alleged promises to marry in the appeal of York Hutchison, of Gisborne, a sheepfarmer, against Catherine May Davis, of Gisborne, a widow. The Court reserved ite decision. The case was heard before Mr. Justice Smith and a jury on May 31 and June 1 and 2 last, when £1250 damages were awarded against appellant for breach of promise of marriage. At the conclusion of the case a motion that judgment be entered for defendant was dismissed by the Judge, and. from this diwnwfla.l the present appeal is brought.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 69, 21 March 1940, Page 10
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109WIDOWS CLAIM. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 69, 21 March 1940, Page 10
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