THE LIES OF LOVERS.

Mataura Ensign, 26 September 1913, Page 4

THE LIES OF LOVERS.

Fictitious autobigrnphies furnished to young women bv suitors was the subject of a i-aso tried in the Supreme Court of New York in which the plaintill', a young married woman, sought the annulment of her marriage on the ground thai her husband in the days of courtship was guilty of false representation both as to his financial standing and his prospects. In refusing to grant the .annulment. Justice (Juy observed that the law provided no relief from the marriage contract even when the husband lured the wife to the altar by grossly misleading and 1 rauduletu assertions regarding his ability to support her. "It is," said the judge, "a well-m-ognised principle that iu tho state of mental exaltation accompanying courtship the statements made as to the mental, moral and tinancial quajilications of the parties shall not bo too closely scrutinised."

Ho proceeded to denounce this law as based on sentimentality and unfair to woman, since the marriage contract imposed on the husband tho duty of supporting the wife and the children of the marriage. Ail innocent woman induced to enter marriage bv fraudulent representation had to suffer under this anomalous condition of the law.