DID NOT KNOW WIFE’S NAME
DIVORCE PAPERS AMENDED COMMENT BY JUDGE (By Tel* era Dh —Prciw Association.) WELLINGTON, Nov. G. “Some of these men are pretty casual when they do not even know their wives’ names.” remarked Mr Justice Blair in the Supreme Court to-day when he was asked to amend divorce papers in which the Christian name of the female respondent was wrongly stated. It appears that the petitioner had instructed his solicitor that his wife’s name was Annie, the name by which she was generally known. When the marriage certificate was produced, however, it was found that the woman had four Christian names, none of which was Annie. Counsel explained that the respondent had herself given him the name Annie and he had acted for her under that name.
In granting the amendment his Honour referred to the necessity of papers being accurate and said that "trouble would have been experienced if the error had not been discovered and amended.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 7 November 1935, Page 5
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