Coalville Times | 1900-06-15 | Page 6 | A Big Pre for One Word

A HI In for One Mord. William M Ilvarts, ona ot tha most honored men In tho legal profession was paid a fro ot J250.0W) for (thing 1 legal opinion which la exprcssol In Just ono little word of three letters "Yea" vias tho word, nnd tho opinion was rendered upon tho request of n great rorporatlon which had a difficulty difficul-ty on hand Involving millions uud threatening the cxlstcnco of the corporate cor-porate body, The question was wholly ono ot tho correct Interpretation of tho law, and when the regular attorney attor-ney for the corporation put thla vitally vital-ly Important question to tho great lawyer, law-yer, with the previous undcrstindlng that tha Interested parties would abide by his decision, win or lose, Mr, Hv-art Hv-art sat burled In thought for n minute, min-ute, and then answered In ono word, ' Yea " His bill for that ono word was (iSO.000, and tho rorporatlon paid It without a murmur Ills answen proed to bo entirely correct