AN EMPTY HUSK
JUDGE ON WOMAN’S LIFE
LONDON, Oct. 27
Major Sir Edward Durand, former ly of the Indian Army, was unsuccessful in his application to the High Court for a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights against Lady Vera Helen Durand, who is a daughter of the late Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth, The couple, who arc childless, separated in March, 1082. Evidence was given that after 1022 the husband and wife spoke only about business matters, and, though they lived in the same house and had meals together, the husband had not kissed his wife since 1010.
The husband is comparatively poor, while his wife inherited £SOOO a year from her father, though her fortune had shrunk during the world crisis. The judge said that Lady Durand was a person of intelligence and spirit. Hers was an empty husk of married life. The test in this case was whether the husband desired to resume cohabitation, but the court had decided that he did not intend to treat his wife kindly and well, so the petition would be dismissed.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18547, 6 November 1934, Page 7
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