Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-01-15 | Page 5 | Girl Gets Damages from Business Man

GIRL GETS DAMAGES ; FROM BUSINESS MAN j Miss Margaret Waddell of Los Angeles Wilis Suit Against A. B. Manby of Taos, N. M. . , SANTA FE, N. M., Jan. 14. A verdict ver-dict for tho plaintiff awarding $16,700 damages was returned early tonight by a -jury in the $50,000 breach of promise suit of Miss Margaret Waddell of Los Angeles agaim-t A. R. Manby, a business busi-ness man of Taos, N. M. The verdict, as returned, answers nine specific: cmcstions contained in the charge made by Federal Judge W. H. Pone, who heard the case. The verdict lixes the value of tho plaintiff's trous- scan at 700: decides that Miss Waddell ' spent $'HI on iransportation incidental to the conrtsl.'.V, and that Manby so- cured a total of $1Sj0 from her. Expenses Ex-penses incidental to awaiting ;Manhy 's arrival for the wedding, which had been Mf, according to the testimony at the U trinl in 1!I2. were placed at $i(W0, and j.::.-,0 was. li ted as (lie sum spent in the -nst trving to dispose of ft painting for ;ho defendant. Homages for mental anguish an-guish were fixed at $12,000.