The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-04-27
orable practice, but he would take it, and

orable practice, but he would take it, and
give me credit as far as it went.
Took the cars for the west, coming
mostly on freight trains and after night
fall.
Mem.-Don't forget inscription for
tombstone: Here lies one who died Of a
lawsuit bequeathed by his father
The above, from the Hartford Cour-
ant, we find copied into the Shoe and
Leather Reporter. to which the facetious
editor of the latter journal adds his ex-
perienee as follows:
''Lest any reader should question the
genuineness of the foregoing leaf from
the experience of one unfortunate vic
tim OF litigation, we feel bound to say,
as fac. within our knowledge, that in
all but its denouement it is q faithful
and accurate narrative of what most peo-
pie must undergo who are unlucky
enough to become involved in lawsuit.
We speak teelingly on the subject, for
we have been for two years knocking at
the door Of the supreme court of the
state OIL New York. praying for judgment
on claim SO obviously valid that we
are utterly at loss to conceive any ten
able ground upon which it can be de-
tended. The debtor is anxious for delay,
and the excuses by which he slaves off
a trial have been great deal more num-
erous and tar less cogent than many of
those which are cited above: The other
day we had we received notice from our
counsel that the trial was positively to
be reached We smiled incredulously,
but nevertheless performed our Gus
tomary journey to the court room, with
CARLOAD OF books and a cloud of wit
nesses. To our great surprise the case
was actually called a stage of progress
far ahead Of any that it had previously
ioled into the belief that the end was ap.
preaching, of one of the chief miseries
of our existence. Vain decisions! The
defendants lawyer had case to try in
another court, and ours went over the
Judge and counsel on both sides acquies-
cling with as much readiness as if they
| considered it matter OF course. Not
the slightest consideration was given to
the circumstance that dozen witnesses
or more were waiting, as they had wait
ed many time before. Our own adj
vocate smiled blandlY while the adverse
party mentioned that he was otherwise
engaged. said never word, but took
up his hat and papers and left the room,
very much with the air of a man who
felt that he had been practising the re-
cognized courtesy which the gentlemen
Of the bar are 80 fond OF displaying to-
wards each other, when they have clients
who are able to foot the bills.
| However we were told to keep com
ing until these little hindrances were got
out OF the way, and We did. Sure enough
after several days OF expectancy, it hap.
pened that there was no other case ready
and ours really did begin. The jury was
impaneled, and our attorney rose to
commence his opening. He had not got
a sentence before his alert opponent in
lerposed some objection. Then enSued
4 sort of conference between the two
lawyers aud the judge, and it tnrned out
as near as we could get at it, that our
counscl hadn't put in the right sort ol
complaint-thati it was not in such form
as would admit Of his getting his evi
dence in, and that everything must be
done over again. And so here we are
with nothing to show for our two years
Of anxiety ct law and the shadow of ar
Impending bill of costs of sufficient mag
nitude to convince Us that our system o
Ijudicature is the dearest Of all human in
stitutions.
It may be said that our adviser was .
fault. That may be. We are not vel
enough versed in the tortuosities Of tn,
profession to deny or affirm it. But h,
IS eminent in his vocation, and quite q
capable. we have no doubt, Of protectin,
lawyers. We see by the frequency will
which suits are determined, first on
; way and then another. until they practi
cally come to nanght in the final tribunal
through the discovery Of some technics
error that had been overlooked tor year
BY astute and watchful practitioner.
what AN intricate, ambiguous, and incl
tricab'e p,radox the Inv 10. and no,
questions that seem perfect II simple
the light Of common sense become IN
wildering mysteries when thrown int
. the judicial crucible.
But after all. our grievance is sligl
compared with several others by whic
our friends and neighbors have suffere
tlHCAiCuANulc 0uuOySuCC 0tO lOSS. Al -
} were to enter into the history of ID
wrongs we know to have been endure
through the mischances OF judicial pr
: cedure, we should awaken in the mint
of our readers something of the avers;o
= with which tho very name Of LAVISH
J inspires u.s."
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