The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-02-27
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THE JUDGE SELLS A HOUSE,


He Plsases TIVE Msn anA Nalkee n
Very Fair Osanission.
The jndee has bean In IN exEsnely hap.
~ name Of mind for several days. In q
Ofaon 70 his judicial duties Ae s@lls AZ
rentA real estate IT was good sSkuAS0
business In the sailing limo that made hin
feel thai life was not all . hollow sham.
Across the street from his Office ID
three story building, with . saloon on The
ground floor The owner wanted to seu,
and he placed tho property In the judges
bands His homo! Soon found q paruhaser.
An agreement was signed re4iting that ON
certain day "the party Of the second part
would pay to the party Of the first psrt''
20 many dollars and I'm consideration Il
such agreement" the sum Of 50 much was
paid, "said sum to be forfeited to the par.
~ Of tho first part" II the party Of the
second part" did not fulfill the contract.
A few days before the balance Of the
purchase money was to be paid the attor-
ney for the party Of the second part"
called on tho judge and told him that his
client would be unable to meet the pay.
ment on the day specified and asked that
he got An extension of one month.
tho judge. "Your client signed the agree.
ment, and as the owner wants the money
on the day named he has the legal right
to pocket your forfeit"
The lawyer admitted the correctness d
the judges ruling, but begged bis honor
to fix the matter In some way, adding a. .
clinoher, "There'll be $50 in it for you"
"Well, I'll see what can dc" replied
tho judge, and the men parted.
Now, the judge has not lived in his
neighborhood for go years without learn.
ing good deal He knew that every houss
on the block in which the house he was
trying to sell stood overlapped the adjoin.
ing IN inches The builder Of the first
house had made the error, and every oths1
builder took his lines from that house and
built accordingly. So the Judge sent fos
the owner of the house.
There's the very dickens to pay aboue
your house, he said to the man. Up. has
had the lot surveyed, and he found that
your house is one and one. half inches oves
the other lot He threatens to throw The
whole shooting match up, sue you for The
recovery Of his deposit and raise deuce
of row all around"
OF course the unfortunate party Of tha
first part" was In state Of mind He
wanted to know what could be done Tbs
Judge didn't know. He had plenty to say
about tho matter, but it did not ease TIE
mind Of the owner. Then came hint
that the trouble might be arranged. TAe
owner seized the hint 1t would take d
least month, the judge thought.
Never mind the time" said tho pr.
pleIed owner. Extend the agreement -
far as Is necessary, but for heavens sahs
FIX things up. By the way, there's $50 in
II for you If you succeed"
Three weeks later the party Of the frs
part" and the party Of the second part'
signed papers transferring house and
lot, the lot being described as "about ID
'eet front more or less" The judge's gain
BY the transaction was as follows:
Bonus from the party of the frst part -. ~
Bonus from the party Of the second part. :. q
one per cent as sales agents commission
from the ow ner. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. q
)ne per cent as purchasing agents com.
mission from the buyer. q
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