Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-23
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CONTRACTS.


Where plaintiff contracted with de-
PENDANTS to procure legislation by the
United States congress. for the sore
purpose of depreciating the market
value of the securities of certain cor
poration, with provision that any
profit arising from speculation IN such
securities by selling them short ana
covering at an anticipated decline
should be divided among the parties
such contract is void as against pubic
policy and cannot be enforced. DO
Northeastern Rap. (New York. Judge
Werner) 1903.
STREET RAILWAYS.
Where an old and infirm passenger
was thrown down by the premature
starting of street car, and in the fall
caught hold of the running board of the
car and was dragged considerable
distance, his act in doing so, having
been under an impulse created by a
sudden danger, did not constitute con-
contributory negligence on his part
preventing him from recovering dam
ages for his injuries sc Northeastern
Rep, 1856.
FUNERAL EXPENSES.
Judge Deemer, in the recent Iowa
case of Foley VS.. Broeksn1it, remarks:
Our observation has led us to believe
that the Catholic denomination re-
auires no more expensive funeral cor
teges for its members than any other
Surely one may die In this faith with
out being troubled by visions of the I'M
destaker pIundering his estate. The
idea that a man having an estate oil
less than $4,000 should have casket
costing s425 and that his estate should
be burdened with funeral expenses OF
$3.50, is little short of ridiculous"
ACCIDENT INSURANCE POLICY
A condition in an accident insurance
policy that this insurance does not
cover accident nor death resulting
while walking on a railway bridge,
roadbed, or location violating laws or
rules of a corporation, does not APP
ply to an accident occurring while the
insured was carefully crossing a rail-
road track at a point we'll recognized
as a thoroughfare to and from the de-
pot 90 Northwestern Rep. QoWa,
Judge Bishop 361.
CONTRACTS WITH ATTORNEY.
A contract between an attorney at
law and one who is not such an at
torney, by which the latter agrees TO
procure the employment of third per-
sons for the prosecution of suits by the
attorney in courts of record, and also
to assist in looking after and procur-
ing witnesses whose testimony is to
be used in the cases, in consideration
of a share of the fees, which the attor-
ney shall receive for his services, is
against public policy and voind. SO
Northwestern Rep. Nebraska, Judge
Oldham) $780,
CITY ORDINANCES.
In the case of State VS.. Ray, 1T was
held that an ordinance providing that
1t shall be unlawful for bar-rooms gro
ceries. dry goods stores or other places
where merchandise is bought or sold.
Except drug stores for the sale OF
drugs or medicines only) to keep open
later than half past seven o'clock, p.
M, except Saturday, and prescribing a
fine for it's violation, was invalid In
so far as it applied to dry goods stores
and grocery stores, where 1t appeared
that the corporate power to pass and
e.1Toece such an ordinance was without
legislative authority to DO SO, except the
fact that 1t was chartered municipal-
ity. AZ Southwestern Rep. (North Car
olina) $50.