It's Story time (;-)
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One evening, after attending the theater, two gentlemen were walking
>down the avenue when they observed a rather well dressed and
>attractive young lady walking ahead of them.
>
>One of them turned to the other and remarked,
>"I'd give $250.00 to spend the night with that woman."
>
>Much to their surprise, the young lady overheard the remark,
>turned around, and replied, "I'll take you up on that offer."
>
>She had a neat appearance and a pleasant voice, so after bidding his
>companion good night, the man accompanied the young lady to her
>apartment.
>
>The following morning the man presented her with $125.00 as he
>prepared to leave. She demanded the rest of the money, stating
>"If you don't give me the other $125.00, I'll sue you for it."
>
>He laughed, saying "I'd like to see you get it on these grounds."
>
>Within a few days, he was surprised when he received a summons
>ordering his presence in court as a defendant in a lawsuit.
>He hurried to his lawyer and explained the details of the case.
>His lawyer said "She can't possibly get a judgment against you
>on such grounds, but it will be interesting to see
>how her case will be presented."
>
>After the usual preliminaries, the lady's lawyer addressed the court
>as follows:
>
>"Your honor, my client, this lady, is the owner of a piece of
>property, a garden spot, surrounded by a profuse growth of shrubbery,
>which property she agreed to rent to the defendant for a specified
>length of time for the sum of $250.00. The defendant took possession
>of the property, used it extensively for the purposes for which it was
>rented, but upon evacuating the premises, he paid only $125.00,
>one-half of the amount agreed upon.
>The rent was not excessive, since it is restricted property,
>and we ask judgment be granted against the defendant to
>assure payment of the balance."
>
>The defendant's lawyer was impressed and amused by the way his
>Opponent had presented the case. His defense,
>therefore was somewhat different from the way he originally
>planned to present it.
>
>"Your honor," he said, "my client agrees that the lady has a fine piece
>of property, that he did rent such property for a time,
>and a degree of pleasure was derived from the
>transaction. However, my client found a well on the property around
>which he placed his own stones, sunk a shaft, and erected a pump, all
>labor performed personally by him. We claim these improvements to
>the property were sufficient to offset the unpaid amount, and that the
>plaintiff was adequately compensated for the rental of said property.
>We, therefore, ask that judgment not be granted."
>
>The young lady's lawyer answered thus "Your honor,
>my client agrees that the defendant did find a well on her property.
>However, had the defendant not known that the well existed,
>he would never have rented the property.
>
>Also, upon evacuating the premises, the defendant removed the stones,
>pulled out the shaft, and took the pump with him. In doing so, he
>not only dragged the equipment through the shrubbery,
>but left the hole much larger than it was prior to his occupancy,
>making the property much less desirable to others.
>We, therefore, ask that judgment be granted."
>
>In the Judge's decision, he provided for two options: "pay the
>$125.00 or have the equipment detached and
>provided to the plaintiff for damages."
>
>The defendant wrote a check immediately
Cpt Dave
Was that Chip that argued for the defendant???
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