The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-09-10
A QUEER QUESTION OF TIME.
Curious Provision In an Eccentric
Mans Will Upon Which Hanss the
Settlement of an Estate-Are Duck
Eggs Eggs, and is skimmilk MILK


The younger of the sons had emf
grated to Australia, while his brother
remained in England, it so happening
that they were in opposite quarters OF
the globe when they came Of age. The
fine point involved in the case was
this: Australian time Is some hours in
advance Of Greenwich, and therefore
the claim was made that the young
: man in Australia reached his majority
before his brother at home had done
likewise. Which of the two brothers
was legally entitled to the property?
The question is yet unsettled and bids
fair to afford employ ment for the ex
ercise Of lawyers wits for many years
to come.
Another hard nut for the lawyers to
crack was presented hy case tried in
Indiana some years ago. The questio.
was in substance, Are eggs eggs. or are
only hens eggs eggs? Ludicrous as
this may seem, the point involved
some nice shades of meaning in these
words. sufficient indeed to carry the
case through several courts.
A man had ordered Of his grocer one
dozen eggs. He sent ducks eggs. These
were returned as not being what tn,
customer had asked for, but the grocer
refused to take them back. The Gus
toner, in turn, declined to receive the
eggs, and they were sent back and
forth so frequently for several days.
during which they became bad, that
finally the grocer deemed himself justi-
fed in entering suit against the Gus
toner for the value Of the goods.
The magistrate before whom the
case was first tried ordered the Gus
toner to pay. declaring, ridiculous as
1t may seem, that ducks eggs were as
much eggs as any others. The man
appealed from this, and the next court
reversed the decision on the ground
that such an order as the one in Ques-
ton tacitly implied hens eggs, it be-
ing pointed out that if any other cen
tention was allowed any kind Of eggs
might be sent, such as pigeons cana.
RES or even snakes eggs. That set
tied 1t. ....
In case in southern court this III
teresting question once came up: Arc
the grandchildren Of man also his
children? In the legal sense this ques
ton is not so funny as it seems, mas
much as It has been seriously con-
tended not only in the United States
but in Great Britain as we'll, what they
are.
Is skinned milk milk? This point
grew out Of a case tried in Arkansas
not very long ago. A man had asked
at dairy for glass Of milk to drink
and was given skinned milk, for
which at the customers complaint.
the dairi-man was, fined. In hi L
court. however. this decision was T.
versed, it being contended that ski
than milk that was not skinned, for
the reason that the latter coDtainef
something that was not milk at all
VIZ. cream.
Some Of the oldest points at law ara
those growing out of the tender pas
sion. A judge in western court We
once called on to determine the hour
at which evening courtship should
cease. The circumstances We're these:
A merchant had become much CON
cerned at the late hour at which, Iii !;
daughters lover fingered with her at
the parental abode ard so sought the
aid of the law to expedite the your::
mans time Of departure.
In delivering his decree the learned
Judge declared that II o'clock p. m.
was the latest hour at which any
young man, fiance or not, should be
tolerated in the young >toman's home
and that after such hour the parents
would be entirely justified in forcibly
ejecting him.
A queer case once turned up in a
New England town. A young man had
embraced his sweetheart so vigorously
that he seriously injured her ribs. If
he suffered any mental anguish as the
result Of this contretemps, SO likewise
did he suffer in pocket, for as the re-.
suit Of an action brought against him
by the young woman the youth was
fined in the sum Of $500 damages fol-
the injury done the girls ribs.
New England also affords this anus
ing case: A young Lothario Of Maine
during the course Of his courtship was
each evening Hospitality entertained al
supper by his sweetheart. Some time
afterward, his ardor cooling, the young
man sought other fields to conquer
Then what should the young woman
do but sue the young man who had
been SO bountifully entertained for OBJ
tanning the suppers on false pretenses
And, what is more, she succeeded II
getting judgment.-Edwin Tarrisst
4 N New York Tribune.
An Exception.
Little Joe Say, papa, Is It true tina
history repeats itself? Papa So the!
say, my boy. Little Joe-Weil, min,
HnY1st whnn I'm trying m learn IL