The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-05-03
acknowledgement.
curIous Information.

wc of,ep find in the financial columns
the Journal Of Commerce curious and
'nr,ines valuable information in the
,nc Of answers to the letters of inquiring
',tesDopdents. From this source we
Dnlcpse the following;
IyovuY.-whoso Is, by right claw, OF
ni,yl he fruit Of 70 tree, which, grow
having It's root and trunk on Az
"a extends a branch Tor branches on
hich fruit Is borne, over BIS dividing
rCeo lineg .., ,ho
RErLY.-Every landowner owns 70 me
y above him, and may lawfully claim
the fruit that overhangS his estate; AN
Stempt has been made TO claim also q
rht IL a tree, part Of which spreaIs ".
n over a dividing line. The claimant
forth that although the trunk reached
ID ground on anot6er's soil, ne roofs
bread out from that trunk into MS Terri
srv and The branches grew 10 maturity
|b9ye his acres, The neighboringo owner
kS,ened a rope to the tree top, and sever.
nr The body, pulled the entire structure
y Il that Il lSy prone on his soil. 1t was
M frnlt tree, but the branches were
cSIuable for ships GkndesI in the days
Eben such natural timber was the only
feljance for the construction Of vessels.
Tbe claimant lost his case, however, after
bolh parties had spent In law far more
.tbSn The value Of the tree. But all the
INIT upon a tree which overhangs the
property on the other side Of a dividing
ipe can DO legally claimed by the owner
n the soil beneath it In courtesy, how
yer, no one should insist on such an
tsolute right. ~
|t5 a week, withOuthny conditions being
,ipulated, and he should leave on a
FTiaE Is he entitled 10 ,fOe days wages,
can these rightly be withheld because
a aid not work full week.
REPLY The law Is always bent to favor
belaborer. Upon well.settled legal prin.
ipIes, q servant engaged by the week or
Month who voluntarily abandons the ser.
Flee before the expiration Of the term
olght not to recover the pro rata Of wages
brittle expired time; but in every case
Where the controversy Is brought into our
lOCal courts the Judge decides In favor Of
lie claimant, so that an employer may as
we'll Concede the point, and consider him
elf well off II he can settle by paying
cnly for the time the servant Is actually
Employed. We have no doubt that q
clerk who was employed for a week, be.
ginning with Monday, at $16, and should
bolton Friday evening, could recover
b any Of courts TOR the five days service
ii the stipulated rate.
ISQumY-A sells bill OF merchandise
cnting him $500 for 81 900 on 0 months
bet Before maturity of note the buyer
bib and does not pay him anything.
What does A actually lose?
RErLY-In the sense In which man
lses bis dinner when he only misses the
chsnCe Of eatingit; or, neglecting to close
d bargain for piece Of land, loses the
profit be might have made on 1t; so the
seller loses $1,000 by the buyers failure,
since but for that he would have had the
thousand dollars in possession. But in
The original aAd more limited meaning Of
the term loss which answers to depriva.
ton or taking away, the SELLER has lost
precisely the same as he would II the
merchandise had been burned without In
suance, or stolen on the day OF sale, 1. g.,
it net cost 10 him then and there.