Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-10
SOME FREAK CASES
IN CIVIL COURTS
Collecting Agencies Are at Bot
tom OF TWO Thirds Of Small
Disputes Aired.
SUITS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD.
Case oft Man Who Loaned FIFTY Gents
go Friend and it Cost Him
80 90 Collect.

II,o parasite, the collecting agency
is 1t tue bottom of tvo-'hlrls OF the
small disputes which find their way iu-
t1 tho civil courts. They ore 80 small
thlt thc Individual would never think
oI going into court for the costs, SCR
/ pf.. and attorneys fees more than
equal many of tho judgments entered.
] but these claims are mostly Just, and
] here is the collecting agency ready and
! willing to take tho case TO court no
I matter how small or how large the lebt
I might be.
Ottcn the collecting agency b. used
as medium of spite work 10 harrass
ana bother some poor unfortunate. Bat
| this is not generally the C1ae. 10 some
/ times takes years 90 settle dispute
Z over board bin, "a grocery bill, q meat
] BIN or CO. doctors bill but some day 10
ls generally settled. The collecting
/ agency like q cat watching "a mouse.
] reucVs the Judgment and Keeps Do fresh
{ sp that when one has dollar in change
/ 10 Is grabbed up and credited 10 a board
I uill l0 years old.
/ The civil division OF the city court
| Be- sWmped with small cases and many
| of them arc l0 or ID years old In
/ looking over the files, the clerks docket
| shows that about 60 per cent OF tho
/ suits arc loI grocery bills and meat
] bills. Then comes the merchant in dry
goods and the professional man follows
! as "a close third. while the remainder
/ is composed of miscellaneous bills good
| and bad
DIVIDES HIS CAPITAL
! John Jameson. a laborer, owed a
] grocery h.u of long standing and was
/ brought into court on % citation for the
/ tenth time about "a week ago. He de-
/ uiei that he was I'm a. position TO liqui-
/ date the Din saying that he did not
/ howe 90 dollar DE could call his own.
WELL asked the attorney. haven't
| you got cent OK money? How DO
/ you live anyway
This is au ] have got 20 my name
I Jameson said. digging down into his
I pocket ana pulling out two silver lol-
/ Jars. .aud this ls all that stands be-
| tween me aud starvation"
| III the court please the attorney
said. II think that the defendant ought
| 10 Dee required to pay half of the
amount on the Judgment"
10 was so ordered ana Jameson has
| another dollar 10 his credit on bill ne
/ claims he did not owe and which has
/ cost him several jobs because his wages
| were garnlshed.
SMALLEST SUIT on RECORD
| r.. r.. Anderson did the rush act"
/ on his friend NJ. Hemplll and the latter
| loaned him 90 cents which he needed for
| a day. IL was borrowed on oct -
! 1905 and two months later after maxi
| ing several efforts TO collect Il, ne turn
/ ell the account over 20 the collecting
agency which s5ll take half OF Il Tor
the trouble OF collecting e. The SER
vice will cost $3.50 and by the time
! judgment is entered tho costs VIII
] probably reach about 81 So
| This Is the smallest amount ever SUI
| ed for I'm tho city court. There has
| been dozens OF suits for 81 and 81 by
| merchants. who submit dozens OF ac-
! counts for collection but never an
| individual account
| ACTRESS AS HOSTESS
As un unwelcome reminder OF the
festive occasions they had together.
! Ramsey Wallace an actor, was serv-
| ed with suit brough by Miss Callie
| Gates, an actress in Willard Mack's
| company TO recover SASS. This had
been loaned by the charming young
| actress when Wallace was broke. some
| Of IL represents lunches they had to-
/ gether witch Miss Gates paid for, on
| the trip across the continent. When
| judgment was entered interest had ac-
cumulated to the amount of fifteen
cents and Wallace was assessed $50
and $3.45 for costst
0kA9 FL III ID1 RIDE
j. r. Levy and r. W Levy. BROTH
ers went for a. 10y ride" IN an auto
mobile with A. w. White when he
sold the machine 20 s. G.. Sheriff.
| After the sale was made the Leyys
| filed suit 20 recover $3.50 as a CONF
mission for helping 10 sell the ma
chine. II took two DAYS To hear the
| case. AT tho conclusion, the action
WAS dismissed and the LEWIS were ass
sessed $40. the costst of the suit
TRAGEDY OF A STOVE.
G.. L. Durand purchased a stove from
] D. W. Madison, a hardware dealer ia
| Murray az the request of his wife
which was 10 be- just like here neigh
boris Mrs Jones When the stove
came o. did not have quiet as many
| ornaments ana then the hucs ala not
work a- we'll At the request of his
WIFE Durand took the stove back aud
] placed DO ON the sidewalk boz front uf
J Madsun's store. Before Madison dis
covered TO-. % ueighbor took charge u1
H. fearing that somebody would steal
a. Madison filed suit against Duraud
and mis- wife Tor the price Of the stove
which they refused To pay for Durand
fought the case but Judgment was rene
dered against him Tor $500, In the
trial Durand denied that he had pos
session of the stove saying that ho
had taken o. back because 70 was not
the right kind of "a stove.
THE NEXT DAY TT SHOWED.
Paul smith borrowed "a rain coat
from T.. h. Rogers and when tho latter
demanded a. smith uncred tu buy it
| Tho purchase price agreed on was 50
| Then Rogers demanded the money
/ but unable 90 get lt brought suit Ho
was awarded S6.44 Judgment against
smith
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