Show fUR FORMER MER WifE IFE 01 DENNISTOUN WINS London Jury Awards Pounds to Mate Ex-Mate of Army Man Now Husband Husband Hus Hus- band of Lady Carnarvon LONDON March 24 Mrs Dorothy Dorothy Dorothy Doro Doro- thy Muriel Dennistoun today was awarded pounds sterling In her suit for against Lieutenant Col Colonel nel Ian Dennistoun her former husband The award is expected to end the tho case which has been one of the reigning scandals of ot England for weeks I Mrs l Denni toun sued h her l former er husband alleging that the money was advanced to him by her from funds she received privately and that It was used for his personal expenses I She not only su sued d for the return of ot money she had advanced him but for damages alleged tam failure re to carry out an agreement to support support support sup- sup port her j i QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED i u The khe case was submitted this i I morning and the jury soon return returned d ready neatly with to a series of ot otI often j I ten questions propounded by the judge The award followed the anSwers answers anto an an- to the questions The first question dealt with the al alleged eged verbal agreement regarding separation between Dennistoun and I Mrs Dennistoun n. n The jury ani answered an- an j i that there thore was verbal agreement agreement agree- agree i ment but specified it was not the 1 agreement outlined by Mrs Deni Dennistoun Den- Den I i i in her testimony I The answer to the ques- ques Iton was that th the all alleged ged agreement I meant that Dennistoun intended to toj j j assist in the support of r Mrs DenI Dennistoun Dennistoun Den Den- I in case of necessity as far faras faras 1 as he could afford hat That Dennistoun's Dennis pennis- I toun's statement regarding this matter constituted a legal binding I contract was the jurys jUry opinion MISTRESS BARRED The foreman explained that the j agreement did not mean that DenI Dennistoun Den Den- was to support the plaintiff plaintiff plain plain- I tiff tift if It she became the mistress of ot ofa otI a wealthy man I Abstention from alimony under the French divorce served as consideration consideration consideration con con- for the alleged agreement agree e ment merIt the jury decided In answering I question No 3 The ju jury held the agreement was wa-j. not collusive in the sense that It was an agreement for fora ar ara r ra a collusive divorce The Jury also i held that the agreements agreement's conditions had been fulfilled when the present suit was filed j When the seventh question which was as to the amount of ot the award was reached the foreman announced an an- I an-I l the jury had not considered consid consid- red ered it and the Jury retired again reporting the award a few minutes later LOAN UPHELD UPHELD The Jury decided that Mrs Dennistoun Den Den- loaned the 1616 pounds sterling about bout and that she also loaned him pounds pound's about 1400 during 1920 and 1921 It was decided Mrs Dennistoun loaned her former husband husband hus bus band pounds pounds- sterling about during 1919 or 1920 Legal arguments regarding the jurys jury's finding will be heard tomorrow tomorrow tomor tomor- I row morning after which judgment will be issued I |