Show GIVEN AS DAMAGES fOR LOST WifE Divorce Case in London ondon Brings Out Ruling By Milton Bronner European Manager Manag i- i iN N N E E. E A A. A LONDON May 19 Just Just what is the monetary ry value of ot a wile wife Is Is a Judge to fix the amount just as asIt asif asif if It he were were the tho assessor in some of ot the markets of ot the eastern world where wives are brought Just as any other chattels I These are the startling questions that questions that t were recently raised by Justice Henry HenryA A A. McCardle McCardie of the English high courts And he personally found no very satisfactory satisfactory satis satis- factory answers answers SUES FOR FOR DAMAGES Justice McCardie McCardle was moved to his remarks by a a. a divorce a-divorce case In in which a British army colonel who had won the coveted Distinguished Service Order sued for divorce naming as his wife's paramour a a ayoung young second lieutenant Un ler English law the injured husband husband hus bus band also sued for damages for the loss of his wife wile Justice McCardie McCardle said he wished he could avoid the unpleasant duty of assessing the actual value of ot a woman as wife to the husband mother to his children and chat chatelaine of t his home It is founded on the notion that a husband has a a prop property in hi the body and services services' of ot his wife wife This had its origin o over over r years ago agot t ALLOWS 1250 He said he found It difficult to fix fixIn fixin in financial phrases the amount which should be given as legal s solace lace to a aman aman aman man who claimed compensation for tor a hurt to the and most sacred feelings But the law required him to fix the damages So he put them down as 1250 H He added that he often found it difficult difficult dif dit- dif dif- to realize how a man of ot sensitive sensitive tive honor or o of recognized rank could seek to recover recover- money for tor his wife's dishonor |