SUED HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW.
FOR CAUSING WIFE TO DESERT HEM. [By Electric Cable—Copyright.] [Aust. mid N.Z. Cable Association.] (Received Thursday, 8.20 pm.) LONDON, Maxell 15. The first such case for 200 years was tried at the Court session at Edinburgh. Captain Adamson sued his mother-in-law, Mrs Gillibrand, a wealthy woman of Lutterworth Hall, Leicestershire, for £SOOO damages for causing his wife to desert him. Adamson alleged that his mother-in-IaAV ejected him from her house. Avhere he was liA'ing Avith his Avife, and used her dominating influence and threats to compel his wife to refuse to live Avith him. The case Avas dismissed.
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Manawatu Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 2597, 16 March 1923, Page 5
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