Show THE READERS READER'S COURTROOM Sensitive Soprano Couldn't Coned By Will WWII Bernard LL.B. May Maya a Soprano Collect Damages Because Her Feelings are Hurt A woman was hired to sing soprano in a church choir After a afew few lew months church officials decided decided decided de de- de- de that they didn't like her voice after all all so so they fired her Since the womans woman's contract still stUl had three months to go they offered to pay her salary for the remaining period But she wasn't satisfied i I with that She also claimed dam ages for embarrassment saying that the affair had caused her sickness of mind and mental agony However the court refused to grant any additional amount of money The judge said that such an Injury was too vague to be evaluated evaluated evaluated eval eval- in dollars and cents A fisherman set up his nets near the shore of a large inland lake Early the next morning a man came along in a rowboat scooped several dozen fish out of the nets and end went happily on his way But Bu somebody tattled tattled and and the man was arrested on a charge of theft At the trial he claimed that fis fish h are arc free tree for all until actually y hauled out of at the water But th the e court disagreed and found the maD mac en n guilty The judge said that fis fish h belong to the fir first t person who captures captures cap tures tares them A churchgoer and some friends were discussing their minister Why hes he's just an old drunkard cried the man When the minister heard icard about this he sued the man manfor manfor manfor for slander At the trial the man protested that calling somebody a drunkard isn't so terrible terrible and and that a minister isn't any better than anybody else anyhow But the court held him liable saying that a ministers minister's good name is not nol something to trifle with The judge pointed out that a reputation for lor clean and upright living is vital Are You Responsible For Damage Done By Your Cat A man who owned a cat move moved d next door to a man who raised raise d pigeons As might be expected trouble wasn't long in coming One On night the cat slipped into the neigh neighbors neighbors neighbor's bors bor's garage and slew no less than 13 pigeons The angry neighbor filed suit for the value of the birds r lt t charging that the cats cat's owner wa guilty of harboring a vicious an ant mal But the court turned do doWl wn the neighbors neighbor's claim The judg said the cat wasn't vicious bu buI I was merely obeying the natura 1 I Instinct of all cats II He added tha it it was far more sensible to guarte guar the te pigeons than to lock up the cat |