DENNISTOUN CASE

Greymouth Evening Star, 26 March 1925, Page 5

DENNISTOUN CASE

EXPENSIVE .LITIGATION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) LONDON, March 24. In the Dennistoun case, Mr. Justice McCardie, in sqpuning up, said:—“lf the plaintiff’s story was time, at means that Dennistoun had agreed to support her, even though she might marry t or rerriajin Bolitr’s mistress.” He, pronounced the marriage of Dennistoun with, Lady Carnarvon binding, because the plaintiff’s divorce was valid under the, French law. The jury deliberated for three and a half hours. Then they found that Dennistoiin verbally had agreed to assist the plaintiff, according to his means, in case of necessity. This assistance Was in lieu of alimony,- and it was not part of the arrangement for collusive mam,age. Dennistoun had fulfilled this agreement until the writ was served. The plaintiff’s payments to Dennistoun, totalling ' £1055; . w«l e loans, net gifts. Mr Justice McCardie hears legal argument. It is estimated that the costs in the case will total thirty thousand pounds.

BANKRUPTCY THREATENED ■ ' ' LONDON, March 25. Mr. Birkett announced that Dennistoun had abandoned his counterclaim on the furniture left in Mrs. Dennistoun’s flat. justice McCardie announced that he j was unable to give a complete judgment favouring the defendant, as the statute of limitations barred the plaintiff’s recovery of £176 which the jury decided was a loan. ' Sir E. Hume Williams urged it was vital to the plaintiff to have a verdict carrying costs, otherwise she would be made bankrupt. GENERAL COWANS DEFENDED. LONDON, March 25. Considering that the Denn isto tin case has besmirched the late MajorGeneral Cowans’ reputation, xiord Birkenhead, in a letter, declares tnat those knowing Cowans' best, simply cannot believe that he acted as alleged. Cowans’ interests were absolutely ignored. None of the parties cared a brass farthing about his reputation. “ft is our duty to watch the interests and safeguard the reputation of a soldier who was greatly lover, and greatly served his country.”

LADY ALMINA’S FORTUNE. LONDON, March 10. The “Star/’ discussing Lady Almina, Countess of Carnarvon’s fortune, recalls the fact that under the will of Mr Alfred de Rothschild she received £500,000 cash and. a shave of £500,000 a« a marriage settlement. She also received Mr Rothschild’s London mansion in Leamore Place, and the valuable works of art’ and furniture it contained.