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Show NADA FARMERS "GO TO LAW" Air Small Differences in Court and Divide Cost of the Airing The thriving dry farming section j6f Kada has been the scene of several petty neigh- borhood quarrels. One of these had 'an airing in Justice Nich- ols' court in a session lasting ? two days this week. The title of the case was Vaughn vs. Dinwiddie, in which the plaintiff sued the defendant to recover certain amounts claimed to be due for various items pasturage, labor, etc. Dinwiddie Din-widdie met the , claim by filing a counter claim which totalled considerably consid-erably in excess of the claim of Mr. Vaughn. It seems that the two gentlemen gen-tlemen were in partnership in owning own-ing and operating a well rig and a' team of horses. After a pretty thorough threshing out of the difficulties by Attorney Sam Cline, who appeared for Mr. Vaughn, and Attorney Shirley At- kin, who represented Mr. Dinwiddie. Judge Nichols decided that neither claimant was entitled to anything unless they might agree between themselves upon a settlement of the various items and balances. He asesssed the costs of the suit equally between the two and dismissed the-action. the-action. He took occasion to advise the gentlemen that their differences might better have been settled without with-out bringing them into court: The News man heard some of the testimony and believes the judge arrived ar-rived at about the only fair disposal of the case. What the gentlemen needed was a bookkeeper, and the appearance of several attractive young ladies from the Nada country in the court room would lead the casual observer to believe that such a deficiency might have easily been supplied. - ' A |