The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-08-24


when I die you'll have all I've got.
which may be ten thousand or it may
be twenty; but I'm not agoing to AN
dress before l 90 to bed, as the saying
ISL SO upon that, and quito relying
that the old man would keep his word,
Podgers goes and marries. They al
knew the old man couldn't last very
long, so on the strength Of his expec'
tations Podgcrs puts in a new shop
window and starts a pony-trap. Trade
was bad and Podgers found himself
ontrunning the constable a bit; but he
didn't mind, feeling sure it would be all
right when the old man went off the
hooks"
begin to see my way. Podgers had
married on the strength of the old gen.
tleman's promise, and the old gentle
man had subsequently changed his
mind. Here was an opportunity of inn
pressing Mr.. Ward with my legal
acumen.
"Excuse my %interrupting you one
moment, Mr.. Ward" and I rung the
bell. BlobbS entered. "Blobbs, give
me 'Chitty on Contracts and then 60
and ask Mr.. Grimmer's clerk to oblige
me with the loan of the sixth volume
of 'Meeson and Wclsby.' Think | can
give you q case just in point, Mr..
Ward.n Blobbs handed me "Chitty
on Contracts" which in point of fact
was on the mantelpicce Immediately
behind me, and departed to execute the
remainder of my order. I referred to
the index, murmuring audibly, s~Con-
Observation-Disclosures - marriage
page 49," Thenturned to the sassage
and silently pcrused it with much at
t%ention. ''Ah, yes, I thought sol"
Blobbs here returned with the Dor
rowed volume, in which, with an mir of
deep reflection, turned to an imaginary
authority. "No, that won'tdo Ihad
forgotten for the moment that that case
was overruled by Jones vs.. Robinson.
Pray proceed, Mr.. Ward"
Ahl' Nulu HUI lhOIc tItH OlCc at
tempted to continue his story, but, with
a gentle wave Of the hand, | had courte.
ously yet firmly deprecated Interrupt.
ton. He resumed apologetically:
"I'm afraid I'm giving you a deal of
trouble, Mr.. Browne"
"Not at all, Mr.. Ward, | assure you.
! always like to make sure, from the
outset, rs to the broad principles app
plicable.h
"Qnite So, sir; very true. But | am
afraid there is Il little misunderstand-
ing"
81 think not. l have followed you
with great attention. A married BIS
daughter ON the faith of an undertake
ing by Il that he will, on his death, leave
G the whole of his property; b CHATS
Club, you know dies, and he does not
leave the property to g CHATS Mrs.
Podgers), but to somebody else. Isn't
that your case?" And | leaned back in
my chair and eyed with a deny-that-if-
you-can sort of expression.
"Just exactly SO, sir. II you'd been
n OF the family yourself you couldn't
have got it more pat. They all went on
US comfortable rs possible till II Sun
day the old gentleman dined with the
Podgerses, and he found Il caterpillar
in the vegetables. He would have il
they did it on purpose. He went home
at once, tore up his will and made an
other, leaving every penny of his money
to the Asylum of 1ncurable Clear
starchers. The excitement brought on
an apoplectic fit, and he died the very
same night. Personally sworn under
$4,000; and Podgers all put in the
Gazette"
l began to fear that the case would
prove to be II Chancery matter, and that
my share in it would be limited to Civ
ing Mr.. Ward an elaborate opinion to
that effect. But it clearly would not
do to make any suggestion of the kind
at the present stage of the proceedings.
"Ah, just rs thought, you sec."
tried to look as if | had anticipated
every detail of the case, even to the
caterpillar. "Well, now the question
is, what evidence have we, first of a
distinct agreement or the part of h
otherwise Glubb) to leave all his prop
erty to his daughter, and, secondly that
A otherwise Podgers) married on the
faith of that promise. You hear what
Chitty says: "A valuable consideration
is such as money, marriage or the like,
which the law esteems an equivalent
given for the grant, and is, therefore,
founded on motives of JUSTICE That's
the law; but how about the facts. Mere
assertion won't do, you know; we must
have evidence"
swell, as to evidence I'm afraid
there isn't much in q legal sense. Mr..
Grimmer has advised upon the case,
and he says we haven't any evidence
in fact, that We haven'ta leg to stand
upon
1t was lattering and at the same time
a little alarming to be consulted in a
case in which Mr.. Grimmer had already
expressed an adverse opinion. II Mr..
Grimmer was timid l had better be a,
least cautious.
"You will have uphill work before
you, I'm afraid, and l should recon-
mend you, MI. Ward, as a man of bus.
ness (this is, of course, between our
selves) to see your way very clear as to
your cost out of pocket. The Incura.
BILE Clearstarchers will fight hard, sir,
you may depend on it,"
so dear, yes, sir; no doubt they
would. But we've quite made up our
minds not to 60 to law about the mat,
ter. 1t would only be throwing good
money after bad leastways it would il
we had any to throw; but we haven't
Podgers ran away to America last Mon,