UNUSUAL CASE.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 11 February 1925, Page 7

UNUSUAL CASE.

WIFE’S SUCCESSFUL CLAIM

BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT LONDON, Feb. 9.

An unusual matrimonial case was before the King’s. Bench, when the wife of the author. Ford Madox Hueffer. obtained a: perpetual injunction against Missi Violet Hunt to prevent the latter describing herself as Mrs. Hueffer. The applicant explained that her husband left her with two children in 1909, and in the following year her hunband and Miss. Hunt lived together. Though, there were grounds for divorce, Mrs. Hueffer could not seek one because she was a Roman Catholic. It was stated on behalf of Miss Hunt that Hueffer gave her to understand that he had obtained a divorce in Germany from his first wife. They went through a. marriage ceremony, which Miss Hunt believed to be legal. The applicant brought the case because Miss Hunt, who is a writer, had signed letters to the press with, the name “Violet. Hunt Hueffer.” Ford Madox Hueffer. who is 52 year’s of age, is the author of numerous hooks, including several written, in conjunction with the late Joseph Conrad and others written in conjunction with. Miss Violet Hunt, who is referred to in the case. He has also composed numerous poems.