Show Strange as It Seems By John Mii Hix irH COURT COURTHOUSE oU i. i 2 N NV J l rH 1 t-l t UIL-N UIL CD 1 t. t I AN P of 5 I 5 ul en R H 1 OJ Pi fOW iR t tP fO t HO j ii N v P pcr AR 1 WF r N 07 RM BR F c U if I CHI M D Dr 17 r f 5 rt WW lb CtR Calif SUPERIOR COURT 1922 Ii WON J YR 2 ii I pic Ii 4 BIGGEST JUDGMENT Strange as it seems Henry B. B Stuart of Santa Clara Cal Cal won a acourt acourt acourt court judgment so large that all al the money in the world could not settle sette it In 1897 Stuart had loaned to George Jones who signed a promissory promissory promissory prom prom- note agreeing to repay the money with compound monthly interest Twenty five Twenty years later Stuart sought to recover his money and on March 6 1922 Superior Judge J. J R. R Welch entered a judgment in favor of Stuart for the amazing sum of and and 50 attorneys attorney's attorneys attorney's ator- ator ney's fees The records show that Jones settled seWed for 1969 presumably 1969 presumably because there was not enough money in the world to satisfy the judgment any any- way The worlds world's money except for a few countries which have a euver silver siver sil eu- si- si ver nickel or paper standard is based on about 30 billion dollars in gold Copyright 1938 fo for The Telegram I |