The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-08-16
The TALE or 4 PIC
Chief Justice MarshaIfs First
Case as a Lawyer.
HE oUTWITTED A DElDE5iT.
When Marshall Sued Old Hash,
Smiled. When the Case Was Won and
Payment cla,mtd He Laughed. but
When the Climax Came He Wil.sd.

I I
| quier county Sa. Ii was the suit of
.Cohn versus Haskiu. and the descend
ants Of the great interpreter Of the
| constitution delight to this day to tell
Of the subtle ssrutegy whereby the
| budding jurist achieved victory over
that case hardened deadbeat of Has
kin person.
| This same Haskin, II appears. was a
| man possessed Of property But he
was also possessed Of shrewd knowl
edge Of this Law He kept all he had
| in his wife's name. excepting what the
statute exempted from seizure FOR
| debt.
| In an evil aud absentminded mo.
| ment Cohn who ran a general store
| In Haskin'a rcirhborhood trusted him
for sugar and coffee to the amount of
Sill This was years before the erup-
ton of ycurs. Marshall into the law.
/ and in the interim Cohn had given the
| claim for collection to every young
lawyer IL the comfy to cut his teeth
on. Swiftly following Marshall's I'M
furling Of his shlngle to the Fauquier
| winds cnme Cohn with his claim.
Even the callow attorney recognized
1t as veteran among claims. How
ever having nothing else to while
away the time he took the case, Cohn
promising him ell he could get out Of
1t, which showed Cohn's valuation of
II as IN asset.
Young Marshall promptly brought
suit. at which Haskin smiled When
| Judgment was obtained, Marshall rode
out In person 10 iiaskin's place and
demanded payment, at which Haskin
laughed.
| And while Haskin chuckled the keen
eye OF the young lawyer wandered
about the farmyard He saw one plow,
which was exempt under the law: also
one harrow. also exempt; also huge
leviathan Of pig browsing lazily In
pen--a very Garganrua OF pig.
"That's the only pig ] got volun-
teered Haskin, reading the lawyers
thought. for Haskln also law wise.
knew that under the statute he was
entitled toTone pig exempt from seizr
ure for debt. ~ ...
The, future chief justice rode home
bordering deeply. Next day he was
seen strolling around the outskirts OF
| the town looking into casual pigstles
and keeping his thoughts to himself.
One noon shortly after youth.
trudging along the big road in front Of
Haskin's house. stopped to ask for a
bite to eat Over his shoulder he car
ried n gunny sack. Haskin handed
him out a pone of bread and chunk
OF meat and then demanded quarter
| for the repast ~ haven't got a quar-
ter" replied the youth; thought you
would give Teller little snack Ike
that"
mot much" growled Haskin. "What
| you got In that bag" 'aef /
| Muffin but month old pig. an
swered the youth. Say. il you gimme
a quarter IN money I'll give you the
pig and wen call 1t square"
II reckon you stole that pig" com
mented Haskin, "else you wouldn't sell
1t SO cheap Here's your quarter;
| gimme the pig"
The youth disappeared with the quar-
ter, and Haskin. with the content of
one who has driven hard bargain.
| carried the shote over to the barnyard
and spilled it into the pen where lay
| the porcine Gargantua. Coincidental-
ly there rose out of the alder bushes
adjacent the forms Of young Marshall
and another man--the other man was
the constable. In his hand he held a
writ of execution He climbed solemn
ly over into the plgsty and. pointing
to the fat porker said:
II levy on that pig In the suit Of
Cohn versus Haskin,' aud be, waved
his hand to man who was waiting
with an empty wagon down the road
But that pig is exempt" exclaimed
the irate Haskin. The law allows me
one pig"
You've got him there" answered
the constable, pointing to the shote as
he trussed up the big fellow and call
cd to the man in the wagon to lend
hand. "You can't make your selec-
ton for exemption after the levy's
made" -
"But the fellow that sold me that
shote stole him." urged Haskin, grow
ing desperate. IL can't own a stolen
pig"
"All right" put in young Marshall,
wholly unperturbed. "Mr. Constable,
Just arrest him for receiving stolen
goods"
But Haskin had fed TO the safety Of
his back porch, seeing which the con
stable, Marshall aud the man In the
wagon hustled the complaining porker
aboard and drove away, leaving the
bewIldered Haskin to ruminate az lei
sure over the intricacles Of the law
which permits man to keep even his
religion in his wife's name, but raw
fishes away bis choicest pig from un-
der his very nose
And, concluding. the multiple de-
scendants of the great John also de-
light TO tell how that pig sold for $40. S.
enough not only to pay the ancient
claim. but 10 satisfy exactly the de-
mands of court and constable for costs.
leaving not penny o%Sr for the grief
stricken and wicked Haskin.