Show provocation for a lawsuit there is a story told of a N very ery eminent lawyer now no longer with us who once while endeavoring to dissuade a friend from going to law was asked what he would himself consider sufficient ground for resorting to litigation my dear fellow he replied 1 I do not say that under no conceivable circumstances would I 1 take proceedings against anyone but I 1 do say that if anis moment you deliberately upset my ink on the table chucked my wife out of the window threw that volume of reports at the bust of dickens made hay with my furniture and finally tweaked my nose iose I 1 should no doubt us use my best endeavors to kick you downstairs s but once rid of you either by force or persuasion no power on earth should induce me to bring an action against you |