RUSSELL DIVORCE SUIT.
PETITIONER GRANTED DECREE
CHILD'S STATUS NOT DECIDED.
iA. and N.Z. * LONDON. March 19. A decree nisi was granted the Hon. John Hugo Russell, heir to Lord Ampthill, on the ground of his wife's adultery with an unknown man. This does not i decide the question of the succession to l the Ampthi.ll title. The verdict means j that the child is not Russell's, hut furj ther proceedings are necessary formally !to declare the child's legal status. An ! appeal has been lodged on behalf of Mrs. I Russell. The costs of 'the two trials ap- ; proximately total £25,000.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18353, 20 March 1923, Page 7
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100RUSSELL DIVORCE SUIT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18353, 20 March 1923, Page 7
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