Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-09-08
LEGAL SAYINGS AND DOINGS

Fee simple-Money given to quack
doctor.
Does COW become landed property when
she is turned into field?
A big case of Christopher Co.
lumbus setting off from Palos in 1902.
A Kentucky legislator sent up the follow
ing memorandum to the clerk: "Leeve is TO
be given to bring in A Bill to altar the time
for the Legislator to meat. Referred TO
the comfy on Religen."
"Prisoner," said Squire Jones, in award
ing judgment, sit is maxim of the law
that it is better to err on the side of mercy.
This the court has made up her mind
which side she viii err on, and nothing re-
mains but to err on that side"
Where else than in Cork could such de-
licious legal bull as this be erected? We
copy from the Telegraph offhat city: "Tim
Field was fined % 81 for attempting to
drown himself, the magistrate believing
that he had no intention of committing su-
icide."
There was one of the Louis family of
France who must have ebeen very keen
observer. His gardener at Fontainbleau
came to him one day with the remark that
there was one empty spot in the garden
where nothing whatever would grow.
"Bring in crop of attorneys" was bis or
der, "they will thrive anywhere"
Quite recently Coroner's jury in Con-
necticut were celebrating over the body
of man whose prediction for strong
drink had brought him to quiescent state,
and they had just concluded TO bring in a
verdict of delirium tremens, when the sup
posed defunct rose to a semi-recumbent
posture and playfully exclaimed, "Here's
one of your jury as votes NO."
At trial not long since, one of the wit
nesses, an old lady of some eighty years,
was closely questioned by the opening
counsel relative to the clearness of her eye
sight. "Can you see me?' he said. "Yes,"
was answered. SHOW well can you see
me?" persisted the lawyer. "Well enough
responded the lady, ''to see that you are
neither negro, an Indian, nor gentle
man."
Randolph, secretary to Gov. Andres,
writes TO Povey, in England, under date of
January, 1868: 81 have wrote you OF the
want we have of two or three honest attor-
neys, if any such thing is in nature. We
have buttwo; one is Vests creature, come
with him from New York, and drives all be-
fore him. He also takes extravagant fees,
and for want of more the country cannot
avoid coming to him, SO that we had better
be quiet without them than not to have
more"
A newly appointed official thought he had
done his duty when he had ''stated" upon
the back of the writ, ~ made service By
giving copy in hand of the written writ
to defendants wife. met her on the street
after hunting all over town for the said de-
PENDANT, he not having any place of abode
as could discover. further state that the
said Mrs. s. told me that she would
give the same to. her husband, though she
would not tell me where be was to be
found"
An Irish counselor having lest his cause,
which had been tried by three Judges, one
of whom was esteemed very able lawyer,
though the other two were Indifferent, some
of the barristers were merry on the occa-
sion. swell, now" said he, "who could
help it when there were hundred Judges
on the bench? ga hundred" said a by
stander; s'there was but three.'' "By st.
Patrickl' replied he, 'sthere were one and
two ciphers."