Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1901-01-09
SOME COSTLY woaps.
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The Brstfsh Nation Has Pasd $4,000
For ~Faeoe~ Among Others.
The word place. over which there
was a deal ofsbother a short time ago.
cost tribe over $4,000 letter, and II
may cost a great deal more before it
becomes obsolete.
We all know that place is q
place. and no amount OF fighting and
money spending can make II anything
else, but until recently to ask Judge
what was a 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 Il Is not
everybody who can understand exactly
what the decision is. But any lawyer
is now In position to define a place
for you at IS. Sd. a time after upward
OF 100000 has been expended In OBJ
tanning q real. solid, stable definition.
To the average landsman a ship IL
outward bound" when Il has started
from its mOOrings on a journey. But
many thousands OF pounds have been
spent trying To extract from our learn
ed judges AN authoritative definition
OF the expression.
The matter was discussed IN the
admiralty court for six hours on end
not long ago II was an insurance
case. and the policy OF insurance only
covered the time between the vessel
being outward bound and homeward
bound" and the law was asked TO de-
eide whether the ship was outward
bound when an accident occurred. She
had left the docks and was steanine
down the river. She had her full crew,
all her passengers and all her cargo.
Surely. then. she was outward
boundr' Nc. she was not. for the
reason that she intended 10 stop some
distance down the river 10 take In a
little extra coal for her own consump-
tion- To be outward bound" n 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 az 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 70 stop. She Is
only outward bound" when she IL on
her actual journey and not on a pre-
liminary trip to pick up passengers,
mails, cargo. Goals. water or anything
Ike that And this decision. which
Will last so long as Il Is uncontested.
has cost thousands OF pounds to arrive
at
IL a will be made and some OF the
words are erased. so that they cannot
be read without 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 a
good many lawyers. and there is plenty
Of life in It yet. II 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 nts In with ones conception OF
an accident yet how else could II
rankl II would be an accident" but
there must be no unusual stupidity on
the part OF the person stung for It 70
rank so In law. II. for instance the
person were pulling the bee by the near
bind leg In such q manner as to cause
it annoyance. so that II might reason
ably be expected 60 sting the person.
1t 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-
dsl, and, as a bee is not amenahle TO
British laws. 1t could not be murder.
When a man Is summoned before =
court OF justice. is be brought before
Che COURT Some laws lay down that
Tor certain offenses persons must be
brought before 8 court for trial. So.
II they are summoned, are the REQUIRE
ments OF the acts complied with? In
law they are. for the reason that a
summons signed by a justice Is sup
posed to compel a person 10 appear as
ordered; hence he Il brought by the
summons. II is q small point, but II
cost f4OO before IL was finally settled.
London Answers.