Show highlights past post and present contingent FEE in the olden days it was the custom of editors of rival papers to berate and belittle each other in their respective papers to the extent of their vocabularies which were quite proficient in that respect two such small town editors engaged in a name calling contest and after their supply of invectives like skunk scum and prevaricator had been exhausted sam called van in headline head lire type an EUNUCH this was more than van could take at that time two fledgling attorneys were just out of the university of chicago law school and had established a finely furnished office with an impressive law library the carpet on the reception room floor have a society woman s parlor As far as intellect and tram train ing was concerned the young men excelled but they lacked one im mi ingredient for success they lacked friendliness and cordiality and as et vt the he proletariat had not desten a path to their door and no mud from froin a farmer farmers s boot had fal len on the elegant carpet but in some way van laid his trou brou bles before efer them van alleged that his reputation had suffered able damage in the minds of ha his young lady friends and he should re belvo gu substantial pecuniary damages it was a hardship case on account of the slander none of the young ladies would now marry him and without being married how he prove conclusively beyond a shadow of doubt the falsity of the charge the young attorneys agreed that according accord mg to law and precedent van had been maliciously slandered this being a case of some notoriety the attorneys thought that this would be an opportune time to publicly show their talents they agreed to prose prosecute qute the case for van for a share to in the considerable damages they contemplated sam would be assessed As expected the case of van Vs sam for slander attracted a good deal of attention and the court room was crowded the young attorneys attorney s made a masterful presentation of t e case the jury had been most attentive the jury retired for del ibe aeration ration after staying c t long enough to duly all concerned that they had given due oue and careful con i aeration to the law and evidence the he jury filed back into their boy the judge asked them if i they had arrived at a decision the foreman ansbe answered red in the affirmative and was asked to state ft it we the jury he intoned find for the plaintiff and here he paused the young attorneys smiled and exchanged knowing winks the foreman went on and assess the damages in the urn um of ONE CENT |