Show THE READERS COURTROOM some promises aren t binding bandin g fly by will bernard are you bound by a promise made under great emotional stress A sudden ire fire trapped a woman in the attic of her home and tire fire men were unable to reach her in the midst of the blaze the wor homans womans nans husband returned from his office frantically he cried ill pay to anybody who uhn brings brines out my wife dead or alovel A bystander rushed into the flaming house fought his way upstairs and carried the woman out unfortunately the had already died from suffocation later the rescuer dern demanded the he had been promised the husband pleaded that he should not be bound by a promise under euch circumstances but the court ruled that he must indeed pay the full amount the judge pointed out that the bystander had risked his own life to fulfill the husbands plea and therefore was entitled to his reward an advertising executive belled with his wife almost dally daily at last after an especially bitter exchange they decided to call it quits acting on a friends advice they soon obtained a mail order divorce from a court in a foreign country without ever leaving towel however when the decree was tested later in a united states court the couple found out that they were still considered husband and wife the judge s said aid that the foreign court had no jurisdiction over the parties A woman wrote a magazine article maliciously and inaccurately attacking tile the character 0 of george washington acting on the protests 0 f outraged citizens the police arrested the writer on charges of 0 defamation fa at the trial she argued figued that tant her attack do any harm because washington and his family were nil all dead anyhow but the court found the woman guilty as charged thi judge said that it ft was wrong to maliciously blacken the if name of a person who still lived in the memories of his countrymen may you sto stop the neighbors dog from howling A doctor fitted up a room at the back of his home and began using it as nn an office all went well until a new family moved in next door with a dog every morning the neighbors would go out tor for about two hours leaving the dog locked in a bedroom during that time lime the animal would give vent to such OVI wo a howling and yelping that the doctor could hardly examine his patients at last he went to court for an injunction the neighbors arg aed that there it Is nothing unlawful about the barking of a dog but the court granted the doctors request the j udra said a dogs ing Is ordinarily permissible but at least must be kept within reasonable |