Myrtle St. Pierre with her sister Mildred McCaffery at the County Courthouse, Los Angeles, 1932
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Text from negative sleeve: St. Pierre, Myrtle (Joan), brought suit against David Hutton for betrayal in '34?, Handwritten on negative: L & R Myrtle S. Pierre. Mildred McCaffery, Photograph of breach of promise plaintiff Myrtle St. Pierre crying and comforted by her sister Mildred McCaffery during the court proceedings., In 1932, Myrtle St. Pierre brought a breach of promise suit against David Hutton two days after his marriage to the evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson. The jury awarded her $5,000