Monday, May 6

This is good............

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 $250.00 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 offer."
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 $125.00 as he
prepared to leave. She demanded the rest of the money, stating "If
you don't give me the other $125.00, I'll sue you for it."
He laughed, saying "I'd like to see you get it on these grounds."
Within a few days, he was surprised when he received a summons
ordering his presence in court as a defendant in a lawsuit. He hurried
to his lawyer and explained the details of the case.
His lawyer said, "She can't possibly get a judgment 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 $250.00. The defendant took possession
of the property, used it extensively for the purposes for which it was
rented, but upon vacating the premises, he paid only $125.00, one-half
of the amount agreed upon.
The rent was not excessive, since it is restricted property, and we ask
judgment 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 the rental of said
property. We, therefore, ask that judgment not be granted."
The young lady's lawyer answered, "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 judgment be granted."
In the Judge's decision, he provided for two options: "Pay the
$125.00 or have the equipment detached from it's current location
and provide it to the plaintiff for damages."
The defendant wrote a check immediately.

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