BREACH OF PROMISE.
VERDICT FOR £275. [BY TELEGRAPH. ASSOCIATION.? Dunedin, Wednesday. The breach of promise case, Thomson v. Murcott, was concluded to-day. Mr. Justice Williams, in summing up, said the decision must turn upon a careful consideration of the correspondence. The verbal evidence bore but to a comparatively small extent on the issues. The jury had to consider whether the letter of September 20, in conjunction with previous correspondence, was one plaintiff was justified in taking as a refusal on the part t>f defendant to perform his contract to many. The jury retired at a quarter-past eleven a.m., and returned at five minutes past five p m with a verdict for £275. Leave was given to move for a nonsuit, and stay of execution for 14 days, and if within that time the money is brought into Court, a further stay till the motion is disposed of.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 11536, 22 November 1900, Page 5
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