Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-06-11
p1rzzLERs IN COURT.
.a'.rs THAT HAVE KEPT THE LAW re' YeRs GUESSING.

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 inc curious points of law that 'en s constantly arising in the courts
 a.s. aao most most expert lawyers and judges are
 .sTaonsntly sao puzzled by the novel situa. soa seas ;n which they are placed.
 "Vs, 9na of the most curious points of law
 sacord arose recently ill court at
 gp av .a in America. The question was
 s"hstber sI eggs, after reaching certain
 "as '..sa of incu bation, were 70 be regarded
 '''s eoos or chickens. After quarreling
 about af the matter for some time, counsel
 asayad to break one of the eggs to sat
 ;,fv the law that it contained chicken.
 ;n which case, of course, the eggs would
 lava been considerably enhanced in
 Zine. but there was general demur
 to this suggestion, and the justice re-
 .orvod his decision till he had consulted
 bis colleagues. The result had not como
 n hand at the time of writing.
 remarkable case in France excited
 preat deal of attention some time ago.
 oentleman dining on the terrace of
 Narbonne restaurant let bank note
 fall into his soup. He laid it down on
 the table to dry and gust of wind
 hley it away. 4 passing dog swallowed
 the note, and the gentleman detained the animal, whose collar happened to hear it's masters name Indignant at his loss. the owner of the note sued the dogs master for 100 francs, the value of the note. There was much legal hair splitting, but at length the court ordered the owner of the dog 10 pay the money.
 Another French case was that against a Paris hairdresser, who was sued by lady for e00, being the price of her damaged locks The fair claimant had used tho hairdresser' s wash, which was said to restore fallen locks, but the result in this case was to burn the hair off com pletely. The point was the liability of the hairdresser. and the court awarded the lady eS.
 Applieatiars for injunctions often raise curious oihts. Not long ago an injunction was granted to restrain an officer in the life guards from keeping horses in London drawing room. the ground of objection being the noise which the animals made, which annoyed the neighhors. The offending officer is nvw in lunatio asylum.
 There was figDu not long ago in one of the London courts between barrel organ and piano. an injunction being claimed to restrain gentleman from keeping all organ. It seemed that the offender was annoyed by his next door neighbours piano, and to avenge himself he obtained barrel organ, which he played at all times Of the day. The question of the liberty of the subject" of course, came up, but the court de- oided that, if an Englishman' 8 house is bis castle, 1t is noE fit place for bar rel organ that never stops. and the organ received strict instructions to remain silent, on tho ground that tho owner evil dently intended to create blisanee.
 The market value of cough was the question submitted to tha Birmingham county court A barristeE sued rail- way company for $50 for discomfort suffered by smoking being allowed i'll waiting room at station and in non- smoking carriages. The smoking aggra- Vated the barrister's cough, and he was awarded e10.
 A queer point arose in the revision 1 court at Nottingham. While the court | was sitting young collier named All cock killed his wife in the most delih- crate manner and afterward confessed l his crime. An application was made that Allcoek's name should be struck | off the register. sWhy?" queEed the | oarrister, receiving the answer, Be cause he is murderer. " "That re- mains to be proved, said the barrister, and tho name remained oil the roll.
 The finding of lost property has often given rise to curious points of law. A workman who found valuable ring i'll a London theater claimed the return of the ring from the proprietors. who had taken possession of it. The court, how ever, rejected his claim, as the ring had been picked up while the man was full nlllng his duties as a servant. At first sight this decision appears to be incon- slstent with that arrived at some years ago III a case in which chimney sweep sued q jeweler for precious stone The sweep had found brooch on his rounds which he took to the jeweler, who ex- traeted precious stone and substituted a worthless imitation, Or. this being discovered, the jeweler replied to the sweeps demand for the return of his stone that the stone did not belong to Inc sweep, as he had found it, the infer ence being that he could, therefore, steal 1t with impunity. The court, how ever, held otherwise, and the sweep re covered his jewel
 Eastern superstitition gave rise to singular argument in Chinese court not long ago. A Chinaman had been sent to prison. and, according to cus- tom, the authorities proceeded tocut of ms plgtail, whereupon thu prisoner ap-