DUNN v. SUTHERLAND

24 VLR 749·A’BECKETT, J.
24 VLR 749
24 VLR 749
DUNN v. SUTHERLAND Supreme Court of Victoria A’BECKETT, J. 22 March 1899 Practice — Particulars — Action for breach of promise of marriage — Sexual intercourse — Admission — Alleged unchastity before breach — "Rules of Supreme Court 1884" — Order XIX., r. 7 .

In an action for breach of promise of marriage the plaintiff alleged that relying upon the defendant’s promise she permitted him “to debauch and carnally know her and as a result thereof” she was confined of a child. The defendant admitted the promise and intercourse, but alleged that before breach he discovered plaintiff to be unchaste, and that the intercourse occurred on a date which precluded a child from being the result of that intercourse.

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