Show THE COUNTY COURT MUDDLE if there is room for a legal controversy as to the status of the two amusing but rather undignified bodies calling themselves respectively the county court 1 and the county court by all means the matter should be inquired into by a competent tribunal and determined in accordance with the law in the case we confess that to us the technical points in the issue have seemed too trivial and absurd and the whole contest too ridiculous to be received by se sensible people with other than a feeling of beim genth disgust so go long as catbe the respective per formantes tor for manoes mances furnished pleasure to t their participants and did no harm to the public service there was no very pronounced opposition to the continuance of the holiday diversion but there Is danger that it if not now checked the conflict will lead to costly if not serious difficulties the full effect of which may not be apparent at present there is a general desire therefore that there be a truce to all further childishness a speedy recognition of the legal body and on its part an earnest beginning upon the weighty and responsible duties entrusted to it |