BREACH OF PROMISE

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 10 June 1927, Page 3

BREACH OF PROMISE

TYPISTE AWARDED £I2OO

LONDON, 29th .May. Mr Justice Swift and counsel discussed a trousseau when Agnes Graham, aged 30, a typiste, sued James MacKechnie, formerly of Singapore, for breach of promise of m'arringe. The couple had been engaged for six, years, during which period 4000 letters passed between them.

MacKechnie, wlio had been greatly interested in the trousseau, pointed out that two changes..daily would he necessary in (he tropics, and at least 14 afternoon frocks would he required. Later ho married a woman with whom he. had made the voyage home. Miss Graham gave' evidence thai her trousseau now was hopelessly oldfashioned, especially the dresses, on which she had spent £llß, Mr Justice Swift: You could cut a bit oft'.

Miss Graham, replying to counsel’s suggestion that she had lost only the £2BO spent on the trousseau, asked, “Are my feelings nothing?” Mr .Justice Swift, summing up, said that even to-day marriage was an honourable profession, and most women preferred looking after a husband and children.

The jury awarded plaintiff £I2OO.