ALL OVER A KISS
ACTION FOR £IO.OOO DAMAGES BROOKLYN (N.Y.), August 28. The price of kissing reached a new high level when Margaret Maypes, aged 18, asked £IO,OOO damages for one soulshattering caress. She says that Hal Kemp, who softly croons sentimental ballads over the radio, exacted the kiss without her consent two years ago, and asks the court to assess its value at the stated figure on a number of goods. It is suggested that Kemp may declare that it was not worth 10 cents, let alone £IO,OOO, but such an unchivalrons attitude might lose him the sympathy of the court. The kiss was so ravishing that it had a secondary effect upon Margaret’s mother, who claims injury from it, too. She wants £4500 for the loss of her daughter through worry, shame, and mental anguish.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21432, 5 September 1931, Page 12
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137ALL OVER A KISS Otago Daily Times, Issue 21432, 5 September 1931, Page 12
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