Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-01-26
Collection Laws.

Men 60 10 law to get justice. Frequent
ly they might as well go to Guinea TO gel
ice. The cost of a thing, ~loreover, ought
to be taken into the account, as well as the
acquisition of it. One could hardly afford
TO buy good razor to open an oyster she'll
win; nor can sutton afford to spend ten
dollars Tor the recovery of five. A dollar
lost by injustice is worth only half as much
as two dollars paid away to get Justice
Litigation makes men unconscicntious and
INSCRIPTIONS. owes b Ten dollars, A
will not be likely 10 deny the debt, unless
and Is get into a law suit, in which case,
A says, 1t | owe you anything prove it.
The law must decide between US. Con-
science has gone TO bed and left the law in
custody of my affairs" Law suits make
men dishonest. Where is the sutton who
will not use every artificc TO conceal the
weakness OF his own cause? lie reasons
thus; if | use candor, if expose in evil
dence the weakness OF my cause, my adver-
sary will DO no such thing on his pert, and
| shall be ruined by my ingenuousness."
Litigation Is game of concealmen;s and
misrepresentation. Beat them if YOU can,
says the client. Beat them | will, saws the
attorney. They will torture the truth into
lie, says the client. That is a game for
two TO work at, says the lawyer. They
will try to impeach our principal witnesses,
says the client. Then, says the lawyer,
you must be ready to serve their witne :ses
the same. They have trunped up ficti-
tlous account book for evidence, saws the
client; then, says the LAWYER, they cannot
gaInsay your engaging i'll the same kind of
manufacture by way of offset. They will
manoeuvre to pack a jury on us. We will
take good care to pack also. Their lawyer
will dlstort facts and misrepresent the law
My dear sir, says the lawyer, what do YOU
fee me for, but to use all legal advantages for
you, and to head eff your adversary and his
lawyer III their villanous attempts 10 cir
cumvent you?
When a sutton gets beat he never thinks
of charging his defeat 10 the badness of his
cause, end he is sure to be dissatisfied.
Well, now, let US take into consideration
the cost of little law suit; and by way OF
illustration, we will take The first case we
come to on the docket of the nearest Justice,
and examine the details Of expense. A
sues out writ OF attachment against b for
SIT, balance due on the purchase of a claim
and the rails and Improvements OH it. b then
gets his danderu up, and determines to defend.
Each party fees an attorney at So. Alter
one continuance, the issue goes to trial be-
fore a jury of six. The plaintiff RECEIVERS
verdict, judgment is rendered and an exc
cuton issued. Without considering what
further cost may be made, let us sec what
is already made:
Affidavit. 23 Serving atachn ent 50
Writ and filing 81 Eight niles na,el 4e
Two subpunas and Taxing charge of
filing G3 property & bond los
Filing other papers 50 Serving subponls
Docketing suit 23 on witnesses rs
Ad ouinment l. Twenty cghtmies
enre 25, travel 16S
Swearing jury anl Serving yeuire 81
witnesses G6 Mileage 80
catering judgment 70 Attending on jury %
Taxing cost l. Jury zee. 800
Two attys fees 1000 Five witnesses at
81 cents each 3,3J
Slj,l9 Time fparIies two
days each 400