The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-09-17

Certainly. / do. he boat belonged
TO you
Exactly. and who is to pay for that
and the load Of cabbage? Your COW
chewed the rope in two
But you left the boat unguarded.'
Your COW jumped out Of the pas
ture'
You should have fastened the boat
with chain
" You ought to keep your cows where
they belong
at was your boat that carried her
of. Maybe there is some law to pro-
tect poor lone widow who has 10
work for living. / didn't think you
would treat me'so
My boat is worth three times as
much as your cow
" That's right! Impose on me all you
can because | am woman with no
one TO protect me-
by this time Mrs. Parton was in
tears and the neighbors separated. sta
cy called on the widow next day and
told her that he had proof that her COW
bit the rope in two and set the boat
adrift.
''She retorted that she could prove in
"A court Of law that the boat was not
securely anchored and dehed him TO
bring suit.
"All attempts at compromise failed.
and the upshot of 1t all was that Mrs.
Parton brought suit against Stacy to
recover the sum of $40, the value OF
one COW.
The farmer retained the firm of
which l was member, and brought
n counter-suit to recover the value of
one wooden fiatboar and one load OF
cabbage. The town was about equally
divided in Its opinion of the legal mer-
It's OF the case, but the burden of SYM
patty was with the widow. Before
the papers in Stacy's case were filed
the double action was the talk of the
town. and 1t was predicted that we
would have to get change of venue in
order to obtain an impartial jury.
Three months after the suits were
brought the case came to trial in the
Circuit Court Mrs. Partons suit was
tried first, by agreement. A score of
witnesses were examined, and tine
Judge took lively interest in the trial
from the outset. The court room was
crowded with spectators.
THE examination Of Stacy by Judge
Gaines was something like this:
"'You are George Stacy, the defend
antr
81 am
"'This is a very remarkable case. Mr..
Stacy.
Yes
"'You are a neighbor Of this plain
tinY
Yes
known her longT
Forty years. about
From childhood?
"'Nes'
"'You are a widower believe. NJ
stacyY
81 am
Mrs. Parton is a widow?'
Eyes
"'You both have children grown upy
YES
In the ordinary course of events
you Will both be alone in the world
very soon Your children will marry
and leave you
81 suppose So
years.
About that long
1.-The Judge was silent for several
minutes. during which time he slowly
turned the leaves of law book that
lay open on his desk The jurors were
leaning forward in their seats. looking
first at the plaintiff and then at the
defendant Stacy was getting nervous,
and began to turn and twist in the wit
ness chair. By this time the plaintiff
had evidently caught the drift of the
Judges questions. She kept her eyes
fixed on the floor, but l could see her
color coming and going rapidly.
The Judge cleared his throat and
turned to the witness again. There was
just the trace Of smile on his face as
he said to Stacy: This is a very pc
culiar case
She brought suit first the witness
stammered.
"'You own farm, Mr. Stacyr
81 do
Mrs. Parton owns some cowsY
81 believe So
"'How many cows do you ownY
"'Noner
"rhe Judge looked at his law book /
again and then glanced at the plaintif |
for a moment
Have you tried to settle this case
out of court. Mr. Stacy?
Yes, before she brought suit
Did you offer to compromiseY
"'\o.'
Mrs. Parton is a good woman
She is
She Is a smart woman
i never saw better worker
Was she a good wife and motherT
Yes
Don't You think the case can be
settled out of courtT
That's for Mrs. Parton to say
Are yov willing to try to settle 81?