Only a Slight Error.

Manawatu Herald, 9 November 1893, Page 2

Only a Slight Error.

" Put not your trust. in princes or in any of the children of men "'!'» the wise man said, but it is so frequently disregarded. A case has just come under our notice illustrative of this lack of want of doubt. !f^>pf(ltijbfcmany miles away from the Mana* watu railway line had oocaaion to sue the chairman of a local body. It having been impressed upon him that a lawyer was the most useful person to consult on a subject of law, he went to one residing in th« colonial Chicago and explained his ease. The man of law %as delighted, and also slightly flurried at the sight of a olient. He took him into his office—and did for him accidentally. The settler explained h& position and gave him a bill of particulars showing that tbe local body was due to the aettlera certain sum of money. Assured that the business would receive Mi ft fnliosi a Mention nf them in

of law, the settler left. The other day, whilst wondering that no offer came from the other side to settle, he was disagreeably annoyed to receive a visit from the constable of a neighbouring township who forthwith him with a summons issued the instance of the very solicitor k he had employed. Upon reading the document, which cost a pound or two for service and mileage, he was not best pleased to find that by some misconstruction his solicitor had issued a summons against him, on behalf of the local body. What the state of mind that solicitor was in, who could imagine that a plaintiff should desired to be summoned for the debt he wanted to recover, has not yet been ascertained, but will be directly the settler gets the opportunity to interview him. It cer-< tainly is the most curious case that we have ever seen but that it is a fact we have had ample evidence to prove. The only thing for the settler to do in to try again, but we believe he could do as well by him self.