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...dine at 5, gentlemen.' 'So do I,' says everybody else, except two men who ought to have dined at three, and seem more than half disposed to stand out in consequence. The foreman smiles, and puts up his watch: 'Well, gentlemen, what do we say, plaintiff or defendant, gentlemen? I rather think, so far as I am concerned, gentlemen, -I say, I rather think -but don't let that influence you-I rather think the plaintiff's the man. And the verdict was unanimous for the plaintiff...
...Southern Pacific R.R. was adjudged guilty of adding 80 pounds to the weight of a female passenger. Aboard a Southern Pacific ferry, Mrs. Elsie Rea, 20, fell. Injuries to thyroid and pituitary glands set in motion chemistry that raised her weight from 145 to 225 pounds. Damages for plaintiff...
...Akron, Ind., Mrs. Jenny Rader last week sued Flyer Oscar Crabill and his passenger, Arthur Coblentz, for $1,000 damages because recently, "Although the portals of the plaintiff's home are always open to friends and guests," they entered the house by crashing through the roof...
Rumors to the contrary, it is not true that a man or woman can obtain a Sonora divorce in a week, or that neither the plaintiff nor defendant need appear. The average time for a Sonora-del Toro divorce is two months from the initiation of the suit in the Señor's New York office. The plaintiff must appear in person, in Sonora, and must remain in the State for 48 hours. Only in exceptional cases can this be avoided. The defendant need not appear per sonally. But to strengthen the legality of the Sonora decree...
Chernoff. The next witness for the plaintiff was Vadim Chernoff, a blond Russian expatriate, a painter of ikons. Excitedly, with an accent like a musical comedian, he dilated for an hour on Renaissance pigmentation, explained both how and what colors were used. He called the Hahn painting "translucent," and the Louvre painting "dirty." Technically he was wise, but Lawyer Levy confounded him with questions on art history and showed that M. Chernoff's advice had rarely, if ever, been sought in weighty controversy. Sir Joseph chuckled as the Chernoff lecture began. Later he gazed into a newspaper with obvious...