The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1900-12-26
SOME COSTLY WORDS.
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Tho Dritisl. Nation Hos Paid 100000
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The word 'place," over which there
was deal of bother Il short time ago,
cost tritie over $4,000 a letter, end II
may cost great deal more before Il
becomes obsolete.
We all know that a "place" Is
place, and 10 amount of fighting and
money spending can make 1t anything
else, but until recently to ask G Judge
what was ''place" in the strict legal
sense was to court ones own ruin un.
less one had considerable fortune. The
meaning Of the word has now, how.
ever, been decided. though it is NOT
everybody who Gun understand exactly
what the decision is. Eut any lawyer
Is now In q position to define "place"
for you ut 0s. Sd. time after upward
or 100000 has been expended In OBJ
taining O real. solid. stable definition.
TO the average laudsman O ship Is
outward bound" when 1t has started
from Its moorings on journey. But
many thousands Of pounds have been
ed Judges an authoritative definition
of the expression.
The matter was discussed in the
admiralty court for six hours on END
not long ago. 1t was nm insurance
case, and the policy Of insurance only
covered the time between the vessel
being outward bound and homcwanl
bound" and the law was asked to dc.
eide whether the ship was "outwnrd
bound" when IN accident occurred. She
had left the docks and was steaming
down the river. She had her full crew,
all her passengers aDd all her cargo
surely, then, she was outward
bound?" No, she was not, for the
reason that she intended to stop some
distance down the river to take in Il
little extra coal for her own consump-
tion. To be outward bound vessel
must have no intention Of stopping for
any purpose whatever until she reaches
her first port Of call. If she does not
intend to make any such stop, she is
outward bound" as soon as she has
swung herself out Of dock and Is sail.
Ing or steaming down river. She may
even be made to stop, but she must not
anticipate or intend to stop. She is
only outward bound" when she is oH
her actual journey and not on n pre-.
iiminary trip to pick up passengers,
mails. cargo. Goals, water or anything
like that. And this decision, which
Will last so long as 1t Is uncontested,
has cost thousands Of pounds to arrive
at.
If will be made and some of the
words are erased, 80 that they cannot
be read without q lens, are those words
"apparentT Such a question has oc-
CURED more than once, and the bills
for their decision have been very, very
long. In the case Just mentioned the
words would not be apparent" the
ruling being that for words to be zap
parent" they must be readable without
the need OF any artificial facilities.
The word accident has bothered
good many lawyers, and there Is plenty
of life in 1t yet If you were stung by
bee and your death resulted directly
from that sting, could your next Of kin
obtain the amount Of your accident In.
surance policy? Such misfortune
hardly fits in with ones conception of
an accident" yet now else could 1t
rank? It would be ON accident" but
there must be no unusual stupidity on
the part Of the person stung for 1t to
rank 30 in law; If, for instance, the
person were pulling TIE bee by the near
hind leg in such manner as to cause
1t annoyance. so that it might reason.
ably be expected to sting the person.
it would not be an accident" What
1t would be is undecided. We can
only suggest "suicide." for sudden
death from unnatural causes must be
either accidental. murderous or suici-
dal. and. as bee is not amenable to
British laws, 1t could not be murder.
When O man Is summoned before q
court OF Justice, is he drought" before
the court? Some laws lay down that
for certain ofenses persons must be
brought before court Tor trial. SO,
IL they are summoned, are the require
ments Of the acts compiled With? In
law they are, for the reason that q
summons signed by Justice Is sup
posed to compel n person to appear MS
ordered; hence he Is brought" by the
summons. 1t is small point, but It
cost f400 before it was finally settled.