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Show . THE READER'S COURTROOM J Not Her Fault She's Pretty By Will Bernard, LL.B Is a Pretty Girl to Blame If a Married Man Falls In Love With Her? A pretty cashier In a restaurant became acquainted with a customer who often had lunch there. He was a married man, but nevertheless became more and more interested in the young woman. Although she didn't give him any encouragement, he began sending her gifts, writing romantic letters, and "hanging around" the restaurant. Finally the man left his home and moved to an apartment. His wife promptly If a Movie Seat Caves in. May the Sitter Collect Damages? A 196-pound man went to a movie matinee, and eased himself into a back row seat. Half way through the main feature, as the man was shifting his position, the seat suddenly sud-denly collapsed dumping him unceremoniously un-ceremoniously upon the floor. Painfully Pain-fully bruised, he filed suit against the theater owner. At the trial, he was able to prove that the bracket underneath the seat had been loose for some time. The theater owner's defense was that the defect had never been reported and that he shouldn't be blamed for something he knew nothing about. But the court granted the moviegoer's claim. The judge said that, when a theater sells tickets to the public, the management must take precautions precau-tions to see that the premises are in safe condition. May You Swear All You Want To In Your Own Home? While repairing his kitchen sink late one night, a man hit his thumb with a hammer. He promptly gave vent to a torrent of purple language 8 sued the cashier for alienating her husband's affections and breaking up her happy home. But the court denied her claim. The judge said that a girl can't be held responsible if, without any encouragement, a married man happens to fall in love with her. He added: "To be friendly friend-ly is a virtue, not a fault. To be attractive at-tractive and pleasing is a natural right, we may even say a primal instinct of a woman!" At a party one night, a man told some of his cronies that a certain girl was guilty of immoral conduct. When the girl found out about this, she sued the man for slander. In his defense, the man pleaded that he had merely repeated something that was "common gossip." But the ourt held him liable anyhow, saying that it is just as wrong to repeat a slander as to originate one. The judge added wryly: "I can feel but little sympathy for a man who will go around tattling about such matters." that could be heard a block awayl Arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace, the man insisted that he could swear as much as he wanted to in the privacy of his own home. But the court disagreed and found him guilty. The judge said: "The speaker stayed in his house, but the words did not and the wordi are the crimel" |