The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-01-26
1IlyzLERs IN COURT.
ro THAT HAVE KEPT THE LAW
PoIN'' yeRs GUESSING.

..,ons Raised In Cour's VI LAW
Curi0"' .,r,es Contribute Share Oh
All n,ate an Interesting Vol
several Examples
,,,eresting volume might be writ writ.
An nv aSa curious points Of law that
ten Oh u u arising in the courts.
are con' COM. oxnert lawyers and judges are
,a.aaO o puzzled by In, .l,so nS'o' '
iious in which they are p,ao ";,,.s % law
tV One Of the most curiouspoin's Oh Jaw
one - arose recently in court at
on recOl in America The question was
Jersey, COOS after reaching certain
S s,ase Of incubation' were 10 DC ,es r0';ua
s'a Zoos or chickens. After quarreling
a. so SSe tbe matter for some r'me, counsei
aU wu'a 70 break one of the eggs TO sat
oner .Sa law that it contained "a chicken,
isiy ' IDC case. of course, the eggs would
ID mH been considerably enhanced IN
n na but there was general uenur
y, s' this suggestion, and the Justice re,
10 'n'I his decision till he had consulted
s 81. oO,leapues. The result had not come
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" 4 remarkable case in France excited
aroat deal of attention some time ago.
gentleman dining Oh the terrace Oh a
q restaurant let bank note
s,Ii into his soup. He laid it down on
. . table to dry and a gust OF wind
%,ow il away. A passing dog swallowed
.Lo note. and the gentleman detained
~. .hO animal. whose collar happened to
80 its masters name. Indignant at
49, loss the owner of the note sued the
doo,s master for 100 francs, the value
- Tho note. There was much legal hair
srl;ttinp. but at length the court ordered
tbe owner of the dog to pay the money.
Another French case was that against
a Paris hairdresser, who was sued by a
Iadv for $50, being the price OF her
damaged locks. The fair claimant had
uced the hairdresser' wash, which was
said TO restore fallen locks, but the result
IN this case was to burn the hair off COM
nIetely. The point was the liability of
the hairdresser, and the court awarded
the lady S.
Applications for injunctions often
raise curious points. 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 neighbors. The offending officer is
now in q lunatic asylum.
There was fight not long ago in one
of the London courts between "a barrel
organ and a piano, an injunction being
claimed 10 restrain gentleman from
keeping an organ. 1t seemed that the
offender was annoyed by his next door
neighbor's piano, and to avenge himself
he obtained q 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-
cided that, if an Englishman's house II
his castle, it is not q fit place for bar
rel organ that never stops, and the organ
received strict instructions to remain
silent, on the ground that tho owner evi
IDENTIFY intended to create nuisance.
The market value Of cough was TIT
question submitted to the Birmingham
county court. A barrister sued a rail
way company for $50 for discomfort
suffered by smoking being allowed in
waiting room at station and in non
smoking carriages. The smoking aggra
waited the barrister's cough, and he wa
awarded Gl0.
A queer point arose in the revision
court at Nottingham. While the cour
was sitting young collier named All
cock killed his wife in the most delhi
crate manner and afterward confesse
his crime. An application was mad
that Allcock's name should be struc
off the register. "Why?" queried tn
barrister, receiving the answer, "Be
cause he is murderer. THAT re
mains to be proved" said the barristel
and the name remained on the roll.
The finding of lost property has ofte
given rise to curious points of law. .
workman who found a valuable ring !
a London theater claimed the return
the ring from the proprietors, who ha
taken possession of it. The court, how
ever, rejected his claim, as the ring ha
been picked up while the man was IN
filling his duties as a servant. At fir
sight this decision appears to be incoi
sistent with that arrived at some yea
ago in case in which chimney swee
sued a jeweler for precious stone. III
sweep had found brooch on his round
which he took to the jeweler, who e:
tracted precious stone and substitute
worthless imitation. On this beir
discovered, the jeweler replied to Il
sweeps demand for the return of h
stone that the stone did not belong
the sweep, az he had found it, the infe
ence being that he could, therefor
steal itwith impunity. The court, hoy
ever, held otherwise, and the sweep r
covered his jewel.
Eastern superstition gave rise to
singular argument in Chinese cou
not long ago. A Chinaman had be-
sent to prison, and, according to Gu
tom, the authorities proceeded to cut
ms pigtail, whereupon the prisoner
Piled for an injunction on the groul
tnat without his pigtail he could not