Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM V Bun Bull in a China Shop Honest By Will Bernard LL.B. If a Bull Gets Loose in a aChina aChina aChina China Shop Must the Bulls Bull's Owner Pay For the Damage A farmer was leading his prize bull through a village street one morning when the usually placid beast suddenly broke loose Say Say- ing frig an open d door o h he charged h rge ci right right I through through and and found himself in of Cof all IJ places a china shop The farmer and the storekeeper did their best to shoo the animal out but it took them 45 hectic minutes to accomplish the task By that time tune the shop was a shambles and the merchant later sued the farmer for the damage done But the court held the farmer not liable The judge said that the bulls bull's action was so sudden and unexpected that the farmer could not have prevented it I S S 0 V A man suffered a broken leg eg and andI I internal injuries in a bus crash and sued the bus bu company for damages Among other things he demanded the market price of oJ the pain I have suffered that suffered that is the amount of ot money it would take taketo to hire someone to go through the same agony However the cour court ruled out his demand on the ground that there is no market price on pain Limiting the mans man's claim to reasonable compensation the Judge judae said It would take a amount to hire a volunteer A railroad worker picked up a aad abad abad bad ad case of poison ivy while clearing clear clear- ing ng underbrush away from the tracks He was laid up for tor several weeks and later filed a claim for workmen's compensation T The h e company protested The compensation compensation compensation law protects against acci acci- dents but not against diseases disease and poison Ivy Is a disease However However However How How- ever the court gave the worker a substantial award The judge said that although poison ivy develops as a disease it begins with an ac ac- ae- ae S S Is it Dangerous To Contradict a Judge A man was summoned before beCore a judge in connection with a probe of local When the judge made a remark about the course of the inquiry the man said Your Honor your comment is so 50 utterly wrong that Im I'm sur- sur pr pried sed you would even say such a thing The judge wa was furious at PAYS PAYS' IM 1 F cl 4 this Impudence and sentenced the theman theman theman man to five days in jail for contempt contempt contempt con tempt of court But when the matter was appealed the upper court decided that the judge had been altogether too sensitive sensitive and and cancelled the sentence The higher I court said that a person has a perfect per per- feet right to voice his disagreement disagree disagree- I ment with a judge so long as he does it In a respectful manner |