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Robert Kemp Philp
564
1561.
Breach
of
Promise
of
Marriage.
Oral
engagements
and
promises
to
marry
will
sustain
an
action,
unless
the
marriage
is
limited
to
take
place
upwards
of
a
year
from
the
making
of
the
contract,
in
which
case
the
agreement
to
marry
must
be
in
writing.
No
plaintiff
can
recover
a
verdict
unless
his
or
her
testimony
shall
be
corroborated
by
some
other
material
evidence
in
support
of
the
promise.
The
conduct
of
the
suitor,
subsequent
to
the
breaking
off
the
engagement,
would
weigh
with
the
jury
in
estimating
damages.
An
action
may
be
commenced
although
the
gentleman
is
not
married.
The
length
of
time
which
must
elapse
before
action
must
be
reasonable.
A
lapse
of
three
years,
or
even
half
that
time,
without
any
attempt
by
the
gentleman
to
renew
the
acquaintance,
would
lessen
the
damages
very
considerably--perhaps
do
away
with
all
chance
of
success,
unless
the
delay
could
be
satisfactorily
explained.
The
mode
of
proceeding
is
by
an
action
at
law.
For
this
an
attorney
must
be
retained,
who
will
manage
the
whole
affair
to
its
termination.
The
first
proceeding
(the
writ,
service
thereof,
&c.)
costs
from
£2
to
£5.
The
next
proceeding--from
a
fortnight
to
a
month
after
service
of
the
writ--costs
about
£5
more.
The
whole
costs,
to
the
verdict
of
the
jury,
from
£35
to
£50,
besides
the
expenses
of
the
lady's
witnesses.
If
the
verdict
be
in
her
favour,
the
other
side
have
to
pay
her
costs,
with
the
exception
of
about
£10.
If
the
verdict
be
against
her,
the
same
rule
holds
good,
and
she
must
pay
her
opponent's
costs--probably
from
£60
to
£70.
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