A CHINESE JUDGMENT
FOUR OWNERS OF CAT’S PAWS In a village near Canton four small Chinese tradesmen clubbed together to buy cotton. To protect the cotton from rats a cat was procured, it being agreed that each tradesman owned one of the cat’s legs. Soon afterward the cat injured one of its paws, and the owner of that particular paw bandaged it and soaked the bandage in oil. But the unlucky cat went too near the fire and the bandage ignited. The terrified animal rushed among the bales of cotton, which caught fire and were destroyed. The three owners of the cat’s uninjured legs thereupon sued their partner for damages. The judge’s decision was as follows: “Since the cat was unable to use the injured leg, the cotton was set on fire by the action of the three uninjured legs on which the cat ran among the bales of cotton. Consequently these three legs were guilty, and their owners must pay damages and costs.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 684, 8 June 1929, Page 19
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164A CHINESE JUDGMENT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 684, 8 June 1929, Page 19
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