($2000 Damages awarded)
"Those are the words of a decent and honest suitor an: not of a too easily successful seducer," said Judge P. Grant Jones, referring defendant's Jetters when he gave judgment in LIN. Supreme Court on April 13 favour of the plaintiff in the breach of promise ction brought by' Miss Nadia Vassiclevsky, 20 years old, who fed through her mother, Sub-Inspec-for A. Sansom of the Shanghai Municipal Police; she was awarded the amount claimed, $2,000, but hor claim for $500 for special damages, covering half the amount spent on her trous-sean, was not granted. Mr.
Newman appeared for the plaintiff. fand Mr, J. R. Jones for the defendant.
Judge B. Grant Jones, in his Jude The plaintiff in this action is an fan nationality suing as next friend; the Municipal, Police Force of the Foreign Seitioment. The. statement of claim alleges that during the month of July in the ye-r 1934 the plaintitt fand the defendant verbally promised to marry each other; that relying on the defendant's promise the plaintiff allowed him to seduce her on or about Auyust 20 of that year; that during the following September they verbally agreed to marry each other on October 20 next ensuing; that on October 15 the plaintiff contracted typhoid fever and was in hospital for of four months; that on 27 after her return 0 her home the defendant' wrote to mother that he was unwilling. and refuses, to marry her. For this breach of the defendant's promise the plaintiff claims the sums of $500 as special damage in respect of linen, lingerie and dresses purchased
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