| Show justice 1 was his motto representative bede of minnesota Is among the best of story tellers and his friends regret that he Is not oftener in evidence in the cloak rooms one of his latest is this many years ago there lived in min desota an eccentric justice of the peace but who was thoroughly hon est and who tried to do justice in ad judi cating differences between his neighbors the old gentleman had a decided hatred for the quirks and quibbles of law and not infrequently be rendered his decisions without re gard to the legal points laid down by eminent jurists in a certain case before him it was shown that justice was on the side of the plaintiff but he had slept on his rights until he had legally lost them the attorney for the defense called the justices attention to this fact and ted a decision of the su preme court to sustain him the attorney brought forth vol urae after volume and read the au thon ties you can stop where you are said the old justice as he pulled off and rubbed his spectacles for I 1 am satis fied that such a decision was made by the supreme court but I 1 want to say that if that court sees fit to make a tool of itself it is no reason why I 1 should it is my opinion that the su preme court is a nuisance yes a miserable nuisance and I 1 overrule its decision on this point and give judgment for the plaintiff justice 13 justice sir in this court and to the devil with the higher tribunal washington times |
