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with possession. This is easy. Brass v. dremp dat de stuff was goin' to be sol' to Cheek, 2 Smith's Legal Conundrums, i. Misteh Simson ef Misteh Snideh didn' pay The court is as much interested in this point on dat day." Presto! the stuff was about being disputed as it is in laying down the to be off! Immediately defendant's counsel was hunting for a hole to crawl into. But law. II. That is to say: the Boss, according to he makes a feeble objection to the evidence. the evidence, aside from the "Old Man's How the old man knew just what part of Dream," had absconded with defendant's the dream to tell on behalf of defendant is roll before the close of business hours at the a question of expert production of evidence wood pile, and before the plaintiff made his alone. final call on that day to liquidate. That VI. But the defendant wants that evi plaintiff did not at least take back the hybrid dence badly. And the plaintiff accommo horseflesh when he called the second time dates. "In de same dream Ah dremp dat is evidence that the mule had not increased Misteh Snideh had paid." At this point in value to him after his conversation with the court greatly desired to have it shown the witness E. O. Smiff, as testified to, in that the dream was not competent evi dence; but counsel seemed to be thinking of the A.M. III. Another rule to be observed is that something else. involving a distinction between a mere equity VII. By these two chapters of the short such as the right of remedy for fraud, etc., long story, or long short story, it appears and an equitable interest, under which, if both parties had notice; and it was only the Boss had fraudulently induced the plain necessary for one of them to act on the no tiff to delay protecting his contract, and the tice or refrain from acting, to settle the defendant had bought with knowledge of question as to the power and rig; and, as the plaintiff's claim through dream, delir it is proven, the plaintiff was trying to at ium, or otherwise, the plaintiff's prior legal tend to business on that fateful day. But title could not have been saved to him by he never had a case as to the mule; and that his equitable cause of action based on the might have been still owned by Simson had prior fraud even in this court, for the reason the dream not turned out to be a continued that the law still prevails here to some ex story. VIII. Counsel for one of the parties — tent; though otherwise, it is apprehended, if the defendant had not got possession until the court does not deem it necessary to say after knowledge of plaintiff's equity, equi which — has attempted to educate the court by submitting a volume treating of table interest, or title. IV. It is desirable to fold by fold unfold certain alleged habits of judges. The court the evidence. Supposing E. O. had been has wrapped it in asbestos and tied it up satisfied with threescore years and ten, or with a wire, so that none of its contents can had died at any time in his first century escape in this court room even in case of fire : even, and we had only such evidence as and it is on the court's desk awaiting such has been offered aside from his: Schneider disposition as the owner may be pleased to would have had a scrap of paper, if no other make of it. It has one case urged by the kind, and Simson would have had the goods, author as extreme, though this court does the court not grudging him the live stock. not so esteem it. It assumes to relate as And it is to be hoped there would have been an extraordinary case that of a judge who could take one of his naps while his motherno bloodshed. V. The old man, though of no great alti in-law was undergoing the agonies of crosstude, is capped with a bank of hoar, and, examination; and it is not in point here bending under his 102 years, says: "Ah anyway.