"It seems to be what gentlemen in an uncivilized country would treat as scrap of paper, said Judge P. Grant Jones in H.M. Supreme Court yesterday when referring to a separation agreement between a husband and wife, which was produced for his inspection during the hearing of the wifes claim for payment of maintenance arrears.
Mrs. Anna Perry, who filed the dain, asked for payment for the months of November, December, 1939, and January, 1940, at an agreed rate of $150 a month. The husband, Mr. Herbert Perry, did not appear.
It was explained to His Lordship that the agreement had been signed on March 1, 1938, in the presence of both parties and two lawyers and that Mr. and Mrs. Perry had added their signatures to it Asked why she had signed the agreement, Mrs. Perry stated that she had been hungry for six months and had signed it knowing that the paper was against her.
Addressing Mrs. Perry, who gave her evidence in Russian through an interpreter, His Lordship stated "This agreement puts you absolutely in your husband's power. You should not have signed it" He advised her to proceed, as soon as possible, with her suit for judicial separation. On that suit your rights will be adjusted between yourself and your husband," he concluded.
Conference of Baltic States in March Riga, Feb. 25.
The next meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Baltic states will be held here from March 14 to March 16.—Havas,
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