BROKEN ENGAGEMENTS.
DISPOSAL OF THE RING. ' The law is that if the girl breaks the engagement she has to return the ring, but if the man-does so, she can keep it. also if the engagement la broken off bv mutual - consent.” This observation was made in' a London ccart recently by Judge Owen Thompson, K.C., when William Rowe, labourer, sued his former sweetheart, Miss Annie Pick, to recover £5 which he had entrusted to her toward the purchasing of their home, , a dress mg, and an engagement ring, or their value, £l3 15s. . Rowe stated that Miss Pack ended the engagement. Judge Thompson pointed oat. that a dec•mon of the High Court laid it down the action had to be brought- in the High Court, and he bad no jurisdiction to try tnfc case. Therefore, the action would have to be dismissed and Rowe would nay costs, * '
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20704, 30 April 1929, Page 12
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147BROKEN ENGAGEMENTS. Otago Daily Times, Issue 20704, 30 April 1929, Page 12
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