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One evening, after attending the theater, two gentlemen were walking
down the avenue when they observed a rather well dressed and attractive
young lady walking ahead of them. One of them turned to the other and
remarked: "I'd give $50.00 to spend the night with that woman." Much to
their surprise, the young lady overheard the remark, turned around, and
replied: "I'll take you up on that." She had a neat appearance and a
pleasant voice, so after bidding his companion good night, the man
accompanied the young lady to her apartment.
The following morning the man presented her with $25.00 as he
prepared to leave. She demanded the rest of the money, stating: "If
you don't give me the other $25.00, I'll sue you for it." He laughed,
saying: "I'd like to see you get it on these grounds."
The next day he was surprised when he received a summons ordering his
presence in court as a defendent in a lawsuit. He hurried to his
lawyer and explained the details of the case. His lawyer said: "She
can't possibly get a judgement against you on such grounds, but it will
be interesting to see how her case will be presented."
After the usual preliminaries, the lady's lawyer addressed the court
as follows:
"Your honor, my client, this lady, is the owner of a piece of
property, a garden spot, surrounded by a profuse growth of shrubbery,
which property she agreed to rent to the defendant for a specified
length of time for the sum of $50.00. The defendant took possession of
the property, used it extensively for the purpose for which it was
rented, but upon evacuating the premises, he paid only $25.00, one-half
the amount agreed upon. The rent was not excessive, since it is
restricted property, and we ask judgement be granted against the
defendant to assure payment of the balance."
The defendant's lawyer was impressed and amused by the way his
opponent had presented the case. His defense, therefore, was somewhat
different from the way he originally planned to present it. "Your
honor," he said, "My client agrees that the lady has a fine piece of
property, that he did rent such property for a time, and a degree of
pleasure was derived from the transaction. However, my client found
a well on the property around which he placed his own stones, sunk a
shaft, and erected a pump, all labor performed personally by him. We
claim these improvements to the property were sufficient to offset the
unpaid amount, and that the plaintiff was adequately compensated for
rental of said property. We, therefore, ask that judgement not be
granted."
The young lady's lawyer answered thusly: "Your honor, my client
agrees that the defendant did find a well on her property. However,
had the defendant not known that the well existed, he would never have
rented the property. Also, upon evacuating the premises, the defendant
removed the stones, pulled out the shaft, and took the pump with him.
In doing so, he not only dragged the equipment through the shrubbery,
but left the hole much larger than it was prior to his occupancy, making
the property much less desirable to others. We, therefore, ask that
judgement be granted."
And it was. She won the case ..................
Three little snippets from recent newspapers:
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Some time ago, two policemen parked their car outside the garage of a
suspected car thief, a Mr "John Doe", in order to "observe his movements".
Only minutes later, their windows steamed up, making surveillance a
little tricky. Tired, cramped, and having gained no evidence whatsoever to
support their case, the two policemen decided to call it a day. At this
point, Mr "Doe" broke into their vehicle, and was arrested.
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An error caused a few red faces in Watford recently: thanks to a data-entry
clerk keying in the wrong code, several people, accused of operating a TV
without having a current licence, were summonsed to answer charges of
unlawful sexual intercourse. {presumably with a minor} In the Watford
area, the latter is coded 216, and the former 261.
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The entire state police force in New South Wales, Australia, found itself
driving illegal cars after an enthusiastic computer de-registered them.
The police were instructed to book themselves, or each other.
The problem was caused by a high-ranking officer who failed to pay
"illegal parking tickets". His unmarked car was registered to the police
department. After statutory warnings were ignored, the computer program
de-registered all cars belonging to the offender: that is, all cars
belonging to the police department!
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:-)