Hannah Gavin of Takapau Domestic Servant PLAINTIFF. Edward Elliot Snowball of Lepperton Taranaki Farmer DEFENDANT. [item]
Production date
1922
Description
Documents pertain to a case filed by a domestic servant (Gavin) against a farmer (Snowball) regarding damage suffered via a breach of promise made by the defendant to marry the plaintiff. It is evident the plaintiff has had a baby. The defendant offers several statements of defence including denial that he agreed to marry the plaintiff, denial that he carnally knew the plaintiff, and accusations that the plaintiff threatened to commit suicide if he did not marry her. Includes a notice of motion for dismissal of action for want of prosecution, affidavits of A. A. Bennettt[i. e. Bennett],an affidavit of documents by Hannah Gavin, an affidavit of Bernard Joseph Dolan, an affidavit of L .A Rogers, affidavits of B. J. Dolan, a list of interrogatories, copies of correspondence pertaining to the case, an affidavit by the defendant, answers to interrogatories, an affidavit of W. L. B. Helleur, further answer to interrogatories, copies of correspondence between the plaintiff and the defendant, an affidavit of the defendant, an affidavit of the plaintiff, a memorandum of terms of settlement of action, and information on the birth date of the plaintiff's infant son. Also includes extracts from evidence with original letters from the defendant to the plaintiff, and testimony from the plaintiff, the defendant, the plaintiff's mother (N. Gavin), the plaintiff's brother (J. Gavin), the defendant's brother-in-law (Fairbrother), and the defendant's father (Edward Snowball).
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