Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-06
A oAMe wAERg &c wMNER LosT.

kinds OF seed is commonly neglected.
A GAME WHERE THE WILMER LOST.
lie won ttls Case. In, Ito Made Up Ilis
Mind That There Was 80 PUN In ~.
It makes tho man who would rather
go to Law than go on n good old timo
hay ride mad enough 20 lose n suit, but
whom ha brings suit. wins his case, go;1
damages and then finds that lac Is ont Of
rocket q iino round sum, he can give tho
ordinary man points anil discount him
besides ut the Diogcncs game OF hating
tho world. one Now Yorker got taste
Of q legal dose the other day which Is
likely to make him hesitate about using
the Same pre- cripiion again.
ilo wanted damugoa from man who
he declared had injured his property
He wanted all the damages ho could got
too. f1o was earnest enough 90 insist
that tho damages ought 20 DO run mp in
the Thousands. Now VI he had been con-
tented 10 take his care into district
court this story would probably never
have been written. But ~ he estimated
his wrongs not by single, plain, every
day "cart wheel" dollars, but In blocks
Of 900 each, he was forced TO take his
suit into the court Of common pleas
Everything went swimmingly for his
eide. His lawyer proved beyond o doubt
that tho defendant had caused damages
10 the PLAINTIFF property. The judge be-
lioycd u. the jury believed u, In fact the
defendant him eli anu tho doiondauts
counsel believed II.
II ever there WIS q clear ease of
damages Il was right there in tho COM
mon pleas court. Aud 10 tho plaintiff
got verdict for forty-nino dollars.
/ But It Is one thing TO get o verdict and
I mother thing 10 tuio what goes with
| II. It happened In this case that " tho
defendant received verdict for loa'
than fifty dollars be was liable for costs
/ He did not know much about law, and
though he was disappointed ut ia,
amount of the damages, he looked tri
umphantly at tho other Hilo. Hc wa
lisrrtsted to SEQ tho calm sinilo on th,
face Of the defendants lawyer. Bat 1
moment later there was gnashlug o.
tocth when his counsel told linn Gbou
tho costs.
81 mvo to pay tho costs, do II Ia
snapped.
"Ycs.H
after have won my cefo have &
pay costs for tho other slider
"Thni Is tho law.'
"Mell, it's n mighty nice law TIM
'malos tho winner lose, amt IL, VIVA
do you think went TO law fot? DO yu
think wanted to spend money for fur
Do You think after that follow hn
spoiled my property want to pay hir
for doing ~ What do You think ] an
anyway muddy Drained, cross eyed
half hearted lunlGc, How much NJ
the costF'
"Threo hundred and sixty dollars"
"rhrc0 hundred and sixty dollaral
win a cngo and get damages and los
SSH. do II can subgtract tho amour
Of the damage from tho cost and nal.
ont check for tho balance. can
Well, / suppose can 50 long rs hay
20. But want you 90 understand thu
tho next time go 10 law It will DO b
cause ! am candidate for lunati
asylum. The noXt timo havo you fc
, a lawyer It will DO whom I'm tho d,
, PENDANT in case like this and want
, lose.
DO you hoary" ho screamed. "Whc
want to lose III have you, say, 1
that can como out ahead Of the gam
And the next timo n man damages IN
, property IN invite him 10 come In au
lnocl, the root OF tho house. IN ha,
a him use my piano for tohgggan on Il
. hall stairs. III invite him 10 play
n game Of tenpina In my dining room IN
I. will use my great grandmother {,
service for pins, and II he wants to jun
4 through our 900 japanese screen like
/ circus rider he can dol
Q "Thcn maybe hon want me to o,
r him. 80 that ! can get stucl; for COS
a again. And IN sue him; Oh, yes, |
4 sue himv and no snortod no loudly tn
a tho court ushor's afternoon nap was IL
/. turbcd.--New York Tribune.