Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-03
pUZzLERS IN COURT.
THAT HAVE KEPT THE LAW.
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 An interesting volume might be writ. ten on the curious points of law that are constantly arising i'll 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 i'll court at Jersey, in America. The question was whether eggs, after reaching q certain stage of incubation, were to be regarded as eggs or chickens. After quarreling about tho matter for some time, counsel offered to break one of the eggs to sat- isfy tho law that it contained q chicken. i'll which case. of course. the eggs would have been considerably enhanced ip value, but there was general demur to this suggestion, and tho justice re. served his decision til he had consulted his colleagues. The result had not come to hand at the time of writing
 4 remarkable case il France excited great deal of attention some time ago. 4 gentleman dining on the terrace of Narbonne restaurant let bank note fall into his soup. lie laid it down OH the table to dry and gust of wind blew it away. 4 passing dog swallowed the note, and the gentleman detained the animal, whose collar happened to bear it's masters name. Indignant at his loss, the owner of the note sued the dog 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 to pay the money.
 Another French case was that against a Paris hairdresser, who was sued by lady for e60, being the price of her damaged locks. The fair claimant had used tho hairdresser' 5 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 G8.
 Applications for injunctions often raise curious points. Not long ago HI injunction was granted to restrain an officer in the life guards from keeping horses in n London drawing room, the ground of objection being tho noise which the animals made. which annoyed the neighbors. The offending officer is nvw in q lunatio asylum.
 There was fight not long ago jn one of the London courts between barrel organ and piano, an injunction being claimed to restrain a gentleman from keeping an organ. It seemed that the offender was annoyed by his next door neighber's 8 piano, and to avenge himself he obtained a barrel organ, which he played at all times of the day. The question of the liberty of the snbjeGH." ," of course, came up, but the court de- cided that, if an Englishman B house is his castle, it is not fit place for bar. rel organ that never stops, and the organ received strict instructions to remain silent, oil the ground that tho owner evil dently intended to create paisance.
 The market value of 2 cough was the question submitted to the Birmingham county court. A barrister sued a rail way company for 950 for discomfort suffered by smoking being allowed ill waiting room at station and i'll non- smoking carriages The smoking aggra- vated the barrister's cough, and he was awarded 910.
 A queer point arose ill the revision court at Nottingham. While tho court was sitting young collier named All cock killed his wife in tho most delih. crate manner and afterward confessed his crime. An application was made that Allcock's name should be struck off the register. Why" queried the barrister, receiving the answer, Be, cause he is q murderer. ''That re mains to be proved, " said the barrister. and tho name remained on the roll.
 The finding of lost property has often given rise to curious points of law. \ workman who found valuable ring in a London theater claimed the return of the ring from tho 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 filling his duties as A servant At first sight this decision appears to be incon- sistent with that arrived at some years ago in Il case ill which chimney sweep sued a jeweler for a 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. Ofs this being discovered, the jeweler replied to the sweeps demand for the return of his stone that tho stone did not belong to the sweep, as he had found it, the infer enee 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 iii il Chinese court not long ago. A Chinaman had been sent to prison, and, according to GUS tom, the authorities proceeded to cut off his pigtail, whereupon tho prisoner ap. piled for an injunction on the ground that without his pigtail he could-not en- ter the kingdom of heaven. After much lpOaf Ct3a n n1sva1ir1r 4ba nr,,Yt dorf5nd fhaf