Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1902-03-28
POINTERS I'M LAW.
Some Judicial Decisions Not Set
Down fn Courts OF Record.

Down rn Courts OF Record.
From a batch OF burlesque legal de-
cisions which Law Notes designates as
Judicial Wisdom and Nonsense" com,
piled by an Office boy on it's editorial
stan, we Gull the following items;
"a man fifty-seven. years old who has
handled horses all bis life and who is
in the livery business is competent to
testify that the taIlow in the inside OF
a horse which died was melted from
his being overdrtven." johnson versus
Mofett. 10 Mo. App. 100.
"a divorced man is a 'widower.' %
Fer Ro :kwell, j., I'm Kunkle versus
Reeser, Ohio Dec 422. Ohio n. II.
401
"ConcealTaent by woman of the fact
that she has q glass eye viii not war.
rant annulment OF marriage" Kraus
versus Kraus. Ohio Dec. o15, G Ohio
n. L. PAS.
"a man may be absolutely drunk
without being dead drunk" Per Bake.
well, j.. in Lavender versus Wadding-
ham, 3 Mo. App. 457.
"a man suffering from delrium
the term man of temperate habits "
Per Lord Watson in Thomson versus
: Weems, o App. Cas-. GIL.
''When a man asks a woman to mar
ry him, it is not indicate for her to
give him categorical answer, and
most men expect to get plain answer"
Cole versus Holiday, 4 Mo. App. 81,
disappearing dlctum to the contrary
in Wells versus Padgett, Barb. On. "
324.
"The court will take judicial notice of
the fact that a simple miuded country
girl Will be touched by present OF
flowers. bird. two rings and a gold
watch" Kern versus Kern, 81 n. ].
Eq. 574.
False teeth are artificial and are not
natural. They may be worn at one
time and omitted at another. They
may be lost from the mouth and pass
into a strangers possession Per
Finch, j.. IN People versus Palmer, 109
n. Y. no.
where the bowels of jurors are af.
fected by tainted beef the admlnistra.
ton of pint and a half OF whisky
made into the beverage known as
'cocktaii is not necessarily ground
for new trial" Russell versus State,
% Miss. 3GS.
ct would hardly be going too far to
say that the court judicially knows
that Wyandotte Indian is human
being" Per English, G. j., in Reed
versus State, 16 Ark. 49,
"a wife cannot keep dog without her
husbands consent and participation"
Strous versus Leipf, 101 Ala. 433.
Temporary chickering's and passion
ate utterances between husband and
wife are consistent with conjugal af-
lection and with q devotion of each to
the other in preference to all other per.
sons" Per Harrison. j., in re Stratton,
t12 Cal. $50.
"For woman to spit over fence is
no evidence of insanity" Lee versus
State CTex. Grim. App. 19o1), CT S. w
Rep. 1917.
For man to swear while trying to
button his shirt collar is not to be re.
garded as symptom OF softening OF
the BRAIN" Per De Almond, J., in
Keithley versus Kelthley, 50 Mo. DIT.
Where a mother-in-law is the owner
OF the premises she will Of course only
give UP her authority with her last
breath. Nothing but death would or
should be required to part her and the
keys" Per Caruthers, j., in Shell yer.
sus Shell. . Sneed CTenn) TIC.
Care which is sufficient for n barrel
OF potatoes IS negligence with barre
of gunpowder." Per Sterrett, c. j., in
Turton versus Powelton Electric com
pany, 1S5 Pa. St. 40.
"A quarrel cannot be ex parte." Pei
Bleckley. c. J., in Carr versus Conyers
81 Ga. $50.
Tobacco is food and drink" Pei
Taft. j.. in Baker versus Jacobs, ca VT
1917.
Tobacco is not an article of food
neither is It drug or medicine" PEI
Biggs, j.. in State versus Dinner, 81
Mo. App. 115.