Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM COURTROOM- Hit by Fire Escape Wins Suit By Will Bernard LL.B. May a Pedestrian Collect Damages if Bumped By a Fire Escape I At the end of at a movie matinee several of the patrons in the balcony decided to make their exit by way ol of the fire escape They stepped out onto the platform platform and and the drop ladder ladder lad lad- der swung slowly down to the street The end of the ladder struck an unsuspecting unsuspecting un un- suspecting woman passerby knockIng knockIng knock knock- Ing her down When she later sued the theater for damages the I 1 I 7 tor insisted that he was not responsible responsible sible for the misbehavior of the pat pat- rons However he admitted that customers customers' customers customers' customers customers' cus cus- often had used this same exit in the past For this reason the court held him liable saying that it was up to the theater management manage manage- ment nent to take reasonable precautions against such a n dangerous practice S S Maya May a Father be Jailed for Spanking His Child too Hard Missing a cent 25 piece from his pocket a father concluded that his year old son was the thief He gave the boy a terrible beating and left him locked in an attic room his hands tied tog together ther For two days the child was kept that way fed only on bread and water At last his his' cries attracted a neighbor neigh neigh- bor bar and the boy was rescued by police Arrested for assault and battery battery battery bat bat- tery the father was held guilty by l the court A fife fife- S S May a Husband Annul AnnulA A Marriage After Alter 28 Years A husband went to court for an annulment 28 years after his wed wed- ding He claimed he had just found out that at the time of the marriage ceremony his bride was already the law common wife of another man To make the story still more remarkable he alleged that the theother theother theother other man was was no one else but his own brother However the court refused to grant an annulment The judge said he didn't believe itS it S S S May Maya a Wife Get an Annulment because Her Husband Doesn't Have lave a College Degree After Alter several years of married life lie a wife went to court for an annulment on the grounds of fraud She told the jury fury Before the wedding wedding wedding wed wed- ding her be husband said he had hada a medical degree and was planning to apply for a license to practice But afterward he kept postponing the application and finally admitted admitted ad ad- that he had never finished I 1 L. L rT j 4 I I I his medical studies The court however decided this thi'S deception wasn't bad enough basis for an an an- He compared the wife's wite's situation to that of a bride who discovers that her bridegrooms bridegroom's teeth are false false or or a bridegroom who discovers that his brides bride's blonde hair is dyed In all these cases said the judge the deception is is' not serious enough to justify an annulment |