GIRL AWARDED £5000.
BREACH OF PROMISE ACTION. Miss Con a Maude Clarke recovered a verdict for £5000 in the New York Supreme Court recently in her suit for breach of promise against John Leon Martin, who is a married man, living in New Rochelle. She sued for £10,000. and Martin having admitted on the stand that he made the promise of marriage in 1907, there was nothing to do but assess the damages. Mr. D. Steur, attorney for Martin, said in his summing up that his client had been a mere child in the hands of Miss Clarke. He referred to Martin as a " race-track tout," which he intimated Martin became through his association with the plaintiff. Mr. Steur said his client was a man "with a bran that would not hold down a feather." He added that Miss Clarke had avoided marrying Martin while he did not have actual possession of his share of the £200,000 which his father left.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15482, 13 December 1913, Page 2 (Supplement)
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