"TEN COMMANDMENTS."

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16300, 5 August 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

"TEN COMMANDMENTS."

GERMANS AND LITIGATION.

In the Bavarian courts a novel attempt is now being made to suppress the national passion for going to law by display of the following "Ten Commandments" in the court-houses, says Mr. F. W. Wile, in the Daily Mail:— *

1. Avoid lawsuits, especially in this grave time of war. 2. Thou knowest, perhaps, the beginning, but thou canst not divine the end. 3.' Thou savest much monev, time, and anxiety. 4. Before starting litigation, tiv to compromise amicably. 5. Let thy prospective opponent tell his side, then perhaps thou wilt thvself see new light. 6. Listen to the judge when he proposes a settlement; he means it well 7. Always draw up thy agreements in writing. Read them carefully before thou signest, then thou wilt avoid bbscurift- and possess thyself of proofs. 8. Remember that only that which thou canst prove counts in court. 9. Drive not thy opponent to extremes Ihou mayst some day need him. 10. Run not to the courts with thv petty squabbles. '