Bills of Costs.— Those rascally bills of costs ! ■ Who shall sav how far] their pernicious influence extends, or the limit .of aggravation to which litigants are committed who once suffer themselves to come within the cobweby meshes of legal practice ? A citizen received but a few days since one of these pernicious documents'. ' Glancing at the sum total, he was horrified at the amount, and threw the paper into the flrsyo It blazed, and the chimney, which needed sweeping was set alight. The usual consequence fol» lowed ;he was fined 20s and costs. The bill yet troubles him. Like a skeleton in the house it still obtrudes. Hr fears'that when the duplicate arrives, as most . assuredly i§ will, if lawyers are true to their vocatio more trouble will ensue, and That<an increase of fire insurance* would not —New Zealand Mail.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 983, 27 July 1882, Page 1
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140Page 1 Advertisements Column 7 Temuka Leader, Issue 983, 27 July 1882, Page 1
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