Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-09-15
PUZZLERS IN COURT.
POINTS THAT HAVE KEPT THE LAW
 YERs GUESSING.

What Would Make an Interesting Vol rme-several Examples.
 An interesting volume might be writ. ten on the curious points of law that are constantly arising in the courts The most expert lawyers and judges are frequently puzzled by the novel situa. lions in which they are placed.
 One of the most curious points of law on record arose recently ill court at Jersey, in America. The question was whether eggs, after reaching a certain stage of incubation, were to be regarded ns eggs or chickens After quarreling shout the matter for some time, counsel offered to break one of the eggs to sat isfy the law that it contained chicken. in which case of course, the eggs would have been considerably enhanced in value. but there was general demur to this suggestion. and the justice rc. served his decision till he had consulted his colleagues. The result had not come to hand at the time of writing.
 A remarkable case i'll France excited A great deal of attention some time ago. A gentleman 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 blew it away. A 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 doe B master for 100 francs the value 1, splitting, but at length the court ordered the owner of the dog to pay the money
 Another French case was that against Paris hairdresser, who was sued by a lady for G80, being the price of her damaged locks. The fair claimant had used the hairdresser' s wash, which was said to rpS.ore fallen locks, but the result iA this cass Mas to burn the hair off con- pletely. The point was the liability of the hairdresser, and the court awarded the lady es.
 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 geound of objection being the noise which the animals made which annoyed 8 the neighbors Ths offending officer is 8 nsqa in lunatic asylum.
 There was fight not long ago sn one of the London courts between barrel organ and piano, an injunction being # claimed to restrain gentleman from g keeping an organ. It seemed that the offender was annoyed by his next door neighbor's piano, and to avenge himself be obtained B 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- eided that, if an Englishman's house is his castle, it is not fit place for a bar rel organ that never stops, and the organ received strict instructions to remain silent, on the ground that thu owner evil dently intended to create nuisance.
 The market value of cough was the question submitted to the Birmingham bounty court. A barrister sued rail- way company for e50 for discomfort Suffered by smoking being allowed i'll aiting room at 8 station and in non- smoking carriages The smoking aggra- sssSs ated the barristsr's cough, and he was ewarded e10.
 A queer point arose in the revision tourt at Nottingham. While the court was sitting young collier named All fock killed his wife in the most delib erate manner and afterward confessed Dis crime. An application was made fhat Allcook's name should be struck pf the register. "Why?' qneried the parrister, receiving the answer, tBe. fause he is a murderer '' "That TO. nains to be proved, " said the barrister, and the name remained on the roll.
 The finding of lost property has often 9lVen rise to curious points of law. A Forkman who found valuable ring i'll London theater claimed the return of De ring from the proprietors, who had aken possession of it. The court, how. 8er, rejected his claim, as the ring had aeen picked up while the man was full ling ms duties as servant. At first ght thls decision appears to be incon- 8stent With that arrived at some years 4Ro Ill case i'll which chimney sweep sped Jeweler for precious stone. The Meep had found brooch on his rounds, Nnlen he took to the jeweler, who ex- aotea precious stone and substituted
 Worthless imitation OG this being
 soovered, the jeweler replied to the
 eeps demand for the return of his &one that the stone did not belong to
 e sweep, as he had found it, the infer
 oeing that he could, therefore,
 al is With impunity. The court, how
 ef, held otherwise, and the sweep re- 7 yered his jewel
 eastern snperstitition gave rise to suiar argument i'll a Chinese court iOng ago. 4 Chinaman had been
 so prison, and, according to ous- W the authorities proceeded to cut of
 pigtsli, whereupon tho prisoner ap- Us EtAsu iof an injunction on the ground
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