BREACH OF PROMISE
AN UNREASONABLE GIRL. A girl in England who wrote to her fiancee a few days before her wedding day that she would refuse to marry him if he did not cease to be friendly with his relatives, lost a breach of promise case at the Brighton County Court. She was Miss Florence Haarnach, who assists her mother in a confectionery business, and her action was against Francis Edward Page, an A.B. in the Royal Navy, for £lOO, including £35 special damages, the cost of preparations for the wedding. It was stated that Miss Haarnach took objection to Page’s relations, and accepted him only on the condition that he broke off all connection with them. Page said nothing, and everything progressed smoothly until a few days before the wedding, when Miss Haarnach wrote to him that she would refuse to marry him if he did not cease to be friendly with his relatives. The judge .ruled that there was no case for a jury, and found for Page, with costs.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1927, Page 12
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172BREACH OF PROMISE Greymouth Evening Star, 21 July 1927, Page 12
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