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BKLACM OF PROM1SJB I ACTIONS.

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BKLACM OF PROM1SJB I ACTIONS. INTERVIEW WITH MR. FRANK I LOCK WOOD, Q.C., M.P. 44 No; I am not In favour of the entire abolition of trench of pro-ruse act ionil," said Mr. Lockwood, Q.C, M.P., to Globe interviewer, "only of a verv cfiller »ble limitation. Ti at is to say, I would kuiit the ilaitage reeoverabo to the actual pecuniary 1 ss which the p'.aintift could prove, flowing nothing f >r so-called injury to the feelings or contingent loss. For insUucv, if a governed a nurse purchases a trousseau and reigns hir »)finti<>u in order that she may -rry man who aHerwards throws i,?, (I\"é, h., i?..Id htO aWe to retovni- from him the money expended and compellati\Jn for the loss of lier situation. At present there is NO PROPKll MgASUBK OF DAMAGKH at .11. It all depends upon the caprice of the jury, thi* pre;tinesa of the plaintiff, or other extraneous The idea in tlH tnind* of most juries is that the plaintiff must bo compensated for what she has lost by not mitrrying the defen- oJant, and in fixing the amount of comp -nsa ion ail :orul of 6xagerated estimates of the man's means ure accepted. For instance, jt is said by the phintiff that 8h but the defendant not coring to go into the wit- r.e"b{)z and submit to cio^-extuiination, it goes io tti- jury tiiat the plaintiff has lost a husband vit i £ 500 a year. Then, if ti e man's conduct has been veiy bud, sloe will get still heavier damages; vhereia In tlillt CéUØ tJ11t has r »l)y ioal D0t"illg at •11. but is well rid of hits." "Yes; but iu such a ac has not. tii- 1., W A HKALTHY PKTKHHKNT KFFKCT —indirectly, of ourse, in dettrrjng of her men 'r»m making pio »i*es whic\ tht-y never iOfenrlw ultil?" "You inean in nie same way that capital moishinent is said to hVd a deterrent effect 'i It b"Y b sl," added Mr. Lockwood dubiou^y, Then, with al the vigour of hi. tine voice, "Hut the oi'j. ct of tiie civil law is not t, punish the wrong-doer, but ti m »kt» amends for the wrong. Without any dertnitu pr;nc;pld before the'n, juries, in assessing damages natur»lfp act upon the ffeltij £ that the man who ha* behaved very ladly should be well punished and consequently a gir, is heavily compensated because she has not become the wife of a Lian with whom she would probably have b"elllo. >t unhappy. On the other hand, to ùt!ct"nt, le¡;¡1H'ctab) man, who, bavin; cOQunithd an error of judgu nnt, ha* done his beat to make amends, is let off lightly, and for the loss of II really good iiusiani tli. girl g«is the sunal?e*t compel\s\li,)II. Were the limitatim I suggest adopted, the law would only attempt to give com- pensation for a Iou that a, well UutiQed and ch" If proved." "Bat 1-1 CASKS OF 1.010 I!SGAOE1IFNT, When girls Insp, perils V" tuuch of their youth nnd beauty, would you make no allowance for what IS called '103; of 01'1'°.' unity?' u I think it would be scarcely practicable. You couldn't say that there should be HO uuuh com- pens ition for a year's engagement and so much more for a two years* engagement. At the present time, as you know, juries do take into account loss of o¡,p"rtuoit. "lid what is the result Tile pretty and clever gill in tears KOVKS T8Jo: HEARTS, and although sJie could easily marry someone else, sue gets three tlmetllhe amount that is awarded to her piain and uninteresting 8istr, who will pro- babJ'r never have another chance/'—" FrnIÐ your own experience, Nir. Lockwood, do you think that there are ma iy cases, as i* sometimes asserted, in which-an action probablv meaning tJankruptcy- men ate coerced by the law irto unhappv mar- liae9?" Yes, I am sure of it, and of the misery that follow4 But a worse evil of the present law is THE it enables the adventurer to practise, of which there I. much more than IlIlIhY people may suppose. Only the other day I was consulteu by a matried maa who was threatened with an actiou by a woman who had been 11 gonrness 10 his house. According to her story, she submitted t" him on his promising to obtain a divorce from liii wife and marry her. Well, I don't believe any jury in the kingdom would have believed the story, but the mall shrank from the social disgrace and stopped the action by the pay- ment of a larce sum. You'll say the man had acted shamefully, and o lie had, but if you are going to punIsh htm, it should be by a speci.1 enactment and not by such extortion. Of course, the whole of the law as to seduction is Riiotualous and in need of reform."

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