Show AN al EXAMPLE OF destitution rich mans condition touched even lawyers heart v A lawyer from rom tile country told me ont C lay ilay that ho bo kad had just been to in J fletcherr to got hla his opinion while he bo ims was iri ili the onice office old eben pcr ncr francis a man said to bo be worth I 1 sno OPO then uio the richest man ili 1 N new ew angland acma to consult him about a small claim against some I 1 ut neighbor fletcher interrupted his I 1 consultation with my friend and listened to mr francis ls story in those days parties could not be witnesses in their own cases fletcher Fletch cr advisedly advis edl illi hla client that although he be had an I 1 excellent case the evidence evid exco at hla fisl command was wag not sufficient to prove prova it ft and advised against bringing an I action francis Vr ancis who was wai quits quite avaricious left the office with a heavy heart when he had gone fletcher turned to my friend and salil said it pitiful sir to see an old critter wan deiler debug about our jur streets destitute of proof george F licar hoar in ners |