OCTOGENARIAN PLAINTIFF.
SUES FOR MAINTENANCE. Christchurch, March 31. An application for the issue of a , maintenance order against Ellen Catherine Rainbow, aged 71 years, in respect of her husband. William Rainbow, aged 85, came before the Magistrate’s Court to-day. Defendant denied that she was worth £2400, and said she had taken rooms and offered her husband a home. The latter, who was living with a grand-daughter, refused to live with his wife. In reply to Mr. P. Jones, maintenance officer, the defendant said she would not pay maintenance; she would go to prison rather than pay. The case was adjourned for a week to allow Mr Jones to apply for a charging order.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 90, 1 April 1926, Page 7
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113OCTOGENARIAN PLAINTIFF. Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVI, Issue 90, 1 April 1926, Page 7
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