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The Editor will be glad to receive contributions of articles of moderate length upon subjects of interest to the profession; also anything in the way of legal antiquities or curiosi ties, facetite, anecdotes, etc. NOTES.

A the trial of a criminal cause a colored used as a witness for the State, and later was used as a witness for the defense, when the follow ing occurred: "You say vour name is James Lanier?" "Yes, sah." "You were, I believe, a witness, a short time ago, on behalf of the State?" "Yes, sah, I was a witness, but I dosen't know whedder I was a witness on behalf of de State or de zvhole ob de State." MRS. B. sued Mr. B. for divorce on the ground of cruel and inhuman treatment such as to endanger life. After stating certain acts of defendant, the pleader continued that said acts "have tended to destroy her health, her happiness and her life, and 'the same have done so." Defendant demurred on the ground that it was alleged that plaintiff was dead and the action would not lie. The judge declined to sustain the demurrer, but recommended that plaintiff's attorney amend his pleading. a western town lived an eccentric doc tor. One day he called at the office of an am bitious young attorney, apparently greatly excited, and wished to know the law on a certain point in a trade wherein he had been "fleeced," and for which he wished to insti tute immediate proceedings. He insisted that the lawyer investigate the law thoroughly. The lawyer got the digest and looked up

citations, and turned to reports and read them one after another. It took possibly two hours. When he had finished the doctor said: "Is that all the law?" "Yes," replied the attorney. "Well." said the doctor with a sigh of re lief, "if that is the law, I will go out and hire me a lawyer and give him H ." And he walked out. FOR the following amusing anecdotes we are indebted to a former bar examiner in Xew York City: To the question "What is essential to constitute a valid marriage in New York?" one grave candidate replied: "There must be a meeting of the minds; assent and con sideration." Another—a more attractive genius—announced to us "that the parties must be of opposite sexes." As this was un deniably true, we passed him at once. I recall that we asked one rather useless sort of a question, to wit: "What are the limitations of the power of a court of equity to relieve in cases of accident or mistake?" and we were informed that "whenever an injustice is committed by the act of God, equity will not interfere." The late Robert G. Ingersoll told me that the man deserved a medal. Passing by the gentleman who said that the bailor went on the bond of the bailee, and the other one who in answer to the ques tion "In what office are notices of Us pcndcns filed?" said, "In the room on the left as you g(i into the Court House on the Broadway side," I come to the Solon who assured me that "Expert testimony is always founded on fictitious facts." A good many of us will be lieve that he was really wiser than he sup posed.