CONSEQUENTIAL CLAIMS. .

Nelson Evening Mail, 2 October 1872, Page 4

CONSEQUENTIAL CLAIMS. .

The following clever jew desprit derive g some importance from the fact of its American origin : — . IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE. (From the Philadelphia Age, May 13.) The following correspondence shows the^ present condition of a long dispute between two neighbors : — Dear Bull, — Some time ago your waggon ran into my buggy, at the turnpike gate, and broke one shaft and knocked four spokes out of tbe left wheel. What are you going ito do about it ? — Truly yours, • Jonathan Smith. Dear Smith,— l don't see that I ought ;to pay the damage done by the- waggon. In fact, I had lent it to a delation- of yours; But as you say I am responsible, I agree to leave it to Hans Breitman, who keeps the toll-gate; to. say whether I ought to pay the damage.— -Truly yours, ; ' '" ' JonN Bull. Dear Bull, — I agree to leave it to Breitman. — Truly yours, -Jonathan Smith. Dear Smith, — I went to Breitman's this morning,. and he showed me .the ; bill, sent in by Mr. Shad, your attorney. He says tbat by the injury to your buggy you were stopped from going to town, where you might have made five hundred thousand dollars by a speculation in mess pork. He has put in a bill for ! 500,007 dole. 50 cents. I would not object to the seven dollars and fifty cents for "repairs to the buggy, but the rest of the claim is ridiculous.— Yours, ; John Bull. Dear Bull, — It .don't make any difference about the amount of my bill. We have left it to Breitman to say what's right;— Yours> Jonathan Smith, Dear Smith,— l' will not leave any,, such-claim to Breitman. He cannot under-] stan d it y ,. i ndeed ,he 7 hardly understands English, and. might, give asmashing award : agaipst.me ,on your ridiculous claim.—-; Yours truly, . : ; •-<■■ .--..,;-- y „.-:--' ; JOHN^BULL. t: , Dear BuLL,r--Dpn.?t;let us quarrel about ..it. My attorney -sclaimidoes seem ito'lbe , ridiqpl^us. - , ; AJI ; my tell, -me \ *so_l ' Let -51$ bpih-say . toißreitman thaVit is-ridi-^ euloiisi cand* then^leave'thi..^ matter ? .d%'i_ri.! .—-Yours 'truly,;,;:,, y,y.. v -..,.,. Jfirl . • _ ?':. Xr'r- .'«Jonatijan' Smi^h-.-* „'-• Dear . SMijDH,~Sjnce , you .admit s ifc -isy you ? haj^^b^^eK'w;^^ ifc - - 1- ; 1 will pay anything ifchat^ BreUmau" says for ith'*' b '4 g&jr^Wt 'sss£ t/ofc 'puf i^ln any; l^ellow's power^'to f -"bankrupt me.—- --; ■'.'JK°, a Jv 8 | M^y '"-.->-.-• < '-'-( *>" A '*.' AA '-"J-V^'i.f /- V , .yp^ v'-«.a,.- y~ * v .- • ■ v , !5 John BpxL.", ,. ■X : " i -®B^^Sff_Ssf^^liN ipdople wpuW ' ''ifiUt/iß;ndipßj^;^; ?IJaa. .^ e-tffifffe'ii -^ ' Uwni7^ldßs'?;-th# 1 i My®JAy&MA^k;>§^ti^

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