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Show JUDGE SETS ASIDE SYMPATHETIC VERDICT WEW YORK. Justice Eriaager lathe la-the eupreme court declared the vet-dies' of 10,000 awarded by a jury to Mia1 Henrietta Freseh of Pierre, S. D.,' against David H. Decker, Jr, of New. . York, a civil engineer, exeeeetv. Miawj "ra-a MaCKWICTTA pm-j-ataj fcngymmia I CCVU aft . .OeefU Jf ..TV French sued for $25,006, alleging braaek of promise. "It is a sympathetic veTdiet,, thi court said. snd ia based entirely oa sentiment. It has aot beenshowa here that the plaintiff wae put to any monetary mon-etary expease because of the breach of promise. She did aot elaim that she bought a troueseao or expended nay money aa a result of the alleged prom iae to marry. - "There waa ao proof that any of th 20,009 persona ia aer homo tow a knew that there was an engagement or thai it was broken off." eJustica Eriaager aaid he weald receive re-ceive briefs oa tue education of reducing tha verdict. |