BREACH OF PROMISE CASES.
A Victorian young lady r-cenbly recovered heavy dama ,-,<-•« from M;ire»s William Oldham for breach of promise o£ marriage. Another lady is now seeking damages for Oldham's alleged failure to carry out a promise to pro-
vide her with a houfce, furniture, and .an annuity. Application was made to •4hs Court the other day to allow substituted service of the writ, as defendant was believed to bo in New Zealand. Mr Justice A'Beckett, in declining the application, said that witb-
ia a reasonable time a fresh application could Ijo made. The. defendant, ■a you"g man, puccedi-d to a part of the wealth of the hit- Mr Silas Harding, a very rich Western district landowner, who resided at Geelong. Harding in his old age married a handsome young woman, JUiss Oldham,
atated to have been an actress, whom he first saw while performing at the Geelong Theatre. On his death he left her his fortune. She was killed a year or two ago in a vehicle accident, and the Harding fortune then went to her brother.
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Lake County Press, Issue 1066, 28 May 1903, Page 7
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178BREACH OF PROMISE CASES. Lake County Press, Issue 1066, 28 May 1903, Page 7
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