The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1905-12-04
QUEER PROBLEMS o. lANss

QUEER FiObLElAS M
s-t,i f1Ten Enrila6 St1ls,a
1'Sty4--z tlnrt straElE4e-
years 81 test eases hafe
isl,..l l.5f ail the possible
- 3. - ne English law.
&. "a r7iiI bic problem with
,s.5s7..l, IS Black burn lawyers have 5psi
6eer c6ifffontett An English gentle.
nan had twin sons Who were bern
Hin Few minutes cf each other, ~
made a mat rs propeEtys "a "A q! u
tfaiid s65nld 20 g hiehever q t9e
tyv5 sons ifrite1 At the age Of t9sel1ss.
one hrsts
enc vouneer OF the two emigrate e
sI,atraIfa. while the other one remained
n Tngiana: ana he CORNER was stll
a 4be antiDolie at the time OF his
/ ,.o-nITro, Of age 1FoyV. Australian tine
l a .on7e hours IN advance OF Green.
I1irll. md therefore the young man
/ o,,f there yEns f1FentY-one before his
eIder brother at homo. Which of these
~, brothers - legnIy entitled to the
property3 The question has not jet
been decided. and In the meanttms
/ readers may e1ercise their own aeu-
men upon f
Are eggs egess OF are only7hens' egg!
eeps7 This may seem aridieulous cues.
! ZION. but nice "a ~
involved. and case which turned up
on IT went through two or three courts
| of Law. A lady sent an order Tor 2 doE
| en- ee9s to dairyman. and he sent -nef
ducks eggs. she sent them back as not
l.befng what she ordered but he refused
to take them. She. In turn. deellqe TO
keep them, and, some time elapslng De
1 tween their journeys from the house %
the shop, the eggs went bad, and even
tuaIIy the shopkeeper sued the lady rct
lis. Cd. their value
The county court judge ordered nek
Ito pay, declaring that ducks eggs were
as much eggs as any others. But the
lady appealed and kings bench re
versed the decision on the ground that
when a party ordered eggs hens egg
were meant, and II any other contens
i tion were admitted any kind Of egg
might be sent, such as Pigeons cana.
rfes' or even mathematics. Ducks eggs
It was decided, were not eggs In the
ordinary meaning OF the term
Are the grandchildren Of man, also
his children? In the legal sense this
question is not 50 absurd as 1t looks
and some time ago It was most serious
" and IaborIously commended IN tn
courts that according to act OF parlia
ment they were (
Inc particular aCL II GAGe9GoAAP ReA-79--'o'
In the reign Of the late Queen Victoria
laid 1t down that 1.-THE father and the
grandfather, the HOther and the grand
mother and the children Of any poo
person, beipg,of sufficient ability. shall
relieve and ma5ntain any such E7of l''r
SON."
The argument was tat, ACCORDING II
the context, grandfather wc-S TO ID
reckoned as children for this Pun :
Just as grandparents were reckoned q
parents. On the other side 1t was az
eued that II grandchildren were chill
dren then great-grandchildre were
children also and that man might y
this way be called upon to support hi.
father and mother, his four grandpar
ents. his eight great-grandpa rents and
as many grandchildren and G-edt-srand
children as he rnight be lucky or TN
lucky enough to possess.
Is skinned milk milk2 A man asked
for a glass of milk to drink and wa
given SKINNED milk, and the Purveyea
was fined for-lt. But in higher cour
the decision was reversed, It being con
tended Mt the time that SKINNED m
MAS really much more mix than % y
that was not Skinned, since tde latte1
contained something that vas not MIL
= at aII-thstt Is, cream. --1opdon Tit-Eltts