Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-04-10
A CHAT WITH A LAWYER.
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a yrRV DEER iSTsRksr.



amount OF risk the most conservative and
shrewdest of business mon are willing to
take In their first OF April businessT'
The question was asked In tho court house
corridor, tn the afternoon OF that sunshiny
Thursday that usbered In April. The pro.
thono,ary's office was filled with surging
mass Of people, all armed with documents
and waiting their turn for the attention Of
the half dozen or moro clerks who were
working indefatigably TO supply the wants
Of all comers. The big books In which the
judgments are indexed were being handed
down and their pages hastily scanned by
notwithstanding attorneys, while ever at
their elbows stood other mnions Of tho law
waiting their chance for coveted scrutiny Of
the precious tones. The lawyers nearest the
counter, behind which worked the clerks
were filling the air with such remarks ~
"Let me have January term, lSS5, Do
cember term, 1851" ATTEST the satisfaction
of this Judgment, etc" And the clerks were
appendng their official signatures to records
with the contents OF which they were pre-.
sumably a. we'll acquainted M with the
Koran In the original. All was hustle and
confusion, and the un initiated spectator would
scarcely have thought that legal work IN
volving hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
was being done before hia eyes.
The reporter acknowledged that this hurry
and scram bic In matters OF such importance
was quito surprising, and this impression was
deepened on stroling with his companion to
the door OF the recorders Office, whore an
other impetuous crowd met their view.
Clerks were receiving bushels OF deeds and
mortgages for record. Attorneys flushed
with the weight OF responsibility on their
faces were max ing real estate searches, and
the speed with which they were going
through the work spoke volumes for its
lack OF accuracy.
TAXING THINGS FOR GRANTED.
ar, g. ii, ,,x -, .ur oo,,tn,a,, ,,o
s wel ~, ' ~, 'n,., ,no
young uisciP'e OF b'chs,ohe hrs' reierreu 10,
"tbat the general pubic are not aware OF
the flaws In titles that are genei ated by this
nroti,abIe field for tho army of swindlers
p" - .,+p,D''y .,.,
nv "nu 's panN '',.n ,r, any.
forgery rather dangerous OCCUPATIONS Inere
mon faith OF man In man ike that concern
ing real estate, lake Tor instance 'hat crowd
over IN the pIothonotArys once. suppose
Suiitn mas Sole 70 bfowh PIoPe!,y pounu
ment released and brown goes on ms way
rejoicing. inere Is hotnih8 ou' nonor 70
prevent smith, aiter browns dsPaI.i,infe,
iia aas,nat tho nro,erty which Rrown
fondly believes To be clear OF all incum-
brances; that is, in the case where the de-
livery OF Brown deed ana Smiths snbse-
4ueh. luugnen uo. o1 AZ ~ h'n,' ,sou. ",
,.ni, ~ hi. nYn
81 Again. sunnose Brown to be somewbat
acona1n,sa Win the Turns and twists ot the
Law He asks tbe nrotbonotarv in the heat
nI,ho nrs, oI Anil business wSe,her Smith
has given n in5vment earlier i'm the 1hay
Ths, eeWcial utii oniv sn,ia ~ M. i,nocencs
and tail him thew have no tina to jnder
inJyman,a when thew are nonrino In like
yain And so the u1shot Of II al ia that
Ryown must take Smiths word that he mas
antayad no such iudvment ga ylier i'm the dav
and will, enter none later. for there ia abso,
Intelv no wav of ascertaininv tho fact Tor
himseltn
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~
"There are some very great hardship
growing out OF the laws relating to judG-
mentsv the Young LAWYER went on finding
he bas AN apnrecisiiye listener "Tbs legal
t. =, ;,,i,,,,an, 4. Tho s,,icah,. cor fs.son
of a SUITS termination against the party
making it. Where A is indebted TO Is, the
former, instead OF allowing the suit Tor
money 10 go 10 ulal, eonlesses juugueh. 70
,amaa anu -, ,hia ,hat ,ha Isw .Les al ,ndts'
ments entered The same day rank pro rata.
For Instance If you in good faith, showing
POSSESS 8, 900 worth of property, lend me
$500 on judgment entered In the morning
of a certain day, !, II inclined to play the
scoundrel, may confess Judgment To a half
dozen others in the afternoon, and their
liens will have the same priority az yours.
IA.