Thursday, 24 July 2008

In Passing

1930 called...


We knew they want to bring back prohibition.
Well, why not breach-of-promise, too?

A Hall County [Georgia] man owes his ex-fiancee $150,000 for breaking off their engagement, a jury decided Wednesday...

[Defense attorney Hammond] Law said earlier this week that he could find only one prior instance of someone suing over a broken wedding engagement in a search of 25 years of Georgia case histories.
- Gainesville (Georgia) Times


(And then there are the folks yelling, “Hey, it’s a depression!”  Which would make it 3-for-3.)

“Breach” via Gannett Blog.  For “Depression,” HT Instapundit.

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