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Show ,, I I, A Flowery Brief. H 'A brief for tho stato In an early Nebraska caso Indulges In tho fol-H fol-H lowing pralrlo flowers of fancy: H "Plaintiffs in error aro afraid that I tho honor and dignity of tho Btato H will suffer, and they Invoko for tho claimants broad principles of natural I equity, and the claim that neither tho laws governing courts nor tho constl- tutlon apply to them. Tho logical so-quenco so-quenco Is this that persons who hold claims against tho state are a favored clasB, who can alono in alto wings of 'Justice and right' to fly to that mystic mys-tic regtou nbovo and beyond tho tram-molt; tram-molt; of law, and whero such unjust things us contracts and written constitutions con-stitutions do not exist: but whero for them a straight and narrow pathwny leads to the treasury, whoso doors, without stint or delay, turn softly on golden 111 n pea to admit them. Yet If I do not very much mistake this court, 'these wings' will ttnfeathor In their flight, and claimants against the stato must fall to a common level with all other litigants, and stand up to tho i ark where is fed that good old fodder fod-der of 'Justlco and right' as administered admin-istered by our courts." |