Charlotte, October 9—Not for balm or a broken heart, nor for the performance of an agreement, but the return of one diamond engagement ring, is asked by F.B. Harton, in a civil suit started against Miss Adail Fisher in Mecklenburg Superior Court.
The suit is a novel one, say local attorneys, and nobody recalls before where a disappointed lover has sued to get back property from his fiancée.
The Plaintiff alleges that “on or about May 15, 1923,” he “and the defendant began to associate together and in furtherance of their friendship the plaintiff called upon a number of occasions in the evening to see the defendant.” The complaint declares that the plaintiff became in love with the lady, proposed marriage, and was accepted. The engagement was forthwith sealed with the bestowal of a diamond ring, it is alleged.
The court of love oft fails to run straight and according to the complaint, about September 1, the lady broke the engagement and refused to permit Mr. Harton to call upon her and to answer his letters, keeping the ring in contemplation of marriage and accepted by the defendant after the engagement.”
When persuasion failed to move the fair heart, claim and delivery papers were served upon the lady on September 14. She declined to relinquish the circlet, gave bond and still retains it, the document declares.
From page 8 of the Moore County News, Carthage, N.C., Oct. 18, 1923
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