Original upload date: Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Sat, 11 Dec 2021 02:39:29 GMT
NFSA title number 5229. From the National Collection. 'The Resch-Lauzanne Breach of Promise case of 1925 is the most sensational breach of promise case of its kind in Australian legal annals.' Arnold
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Resch, heir of 180,000 pounds in a brewing company met fashionable French woman Andree Lauzanne at the races in 1921. "They loved, he waned, she sued, and the amount of her claim is 25,000 pounds, balm for her wounded heart". "Before meeting Resch she worked at Farmer's World store earning 10 pounds a week, now she lives at the Ritz Hotel". "At the Sydney Court House her legal team are the Hon D.R Hall, Mr Mack and Mr Tucker, his Mr Shand K.C and Mr Bloomfield K.C. The public are fascinated with the story in the newspapers, with Frank Dunne of "Truth" carrying out the court drawings, and reporters Virgil, the famous "Guardian" and "Smith's Weekly" artist arriving in court with special reporter E. Natusch". The "Guardian" newspaper reports the out of court settlement to Lauzanne of 2,000 pounds on 1 October 1925. Includes shots of Randwick Racecourse, the Sydney Court House, Farmers Department Store, the Ritz Hotel (Cremorne Point), the Botanic Gardens, the Resch's "Waverley" Brewery on South Dowling Street (Redfern) and the Resch's family mansion "The Swifts" (Darling Point).
