QUITE ANOTHER AFFAIR.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume VIII, Issue 42, 17 October 1891, Page 500

QUITE ANOTHER AFFAIR.

Stranger : ‘lf a man falls down an open coal hole, can he sue the owner of the premises for damages Lawyer : * Certainly, sir, certainly ; big damages, and get them, too. (live me the particulars. ’ • Well, as my brother was passing your house this morning he fell through a coal hole and broke his leg.’ ‘ H’m ! Did he use ordinary vigilance to prevent such accident ’ Did he look at his feet as he walked 1 Did he stop and examine the condition of the pavement before entering upon it 1 Answer me that, sir !’ * Stop ? Why no ’ •Ah, ha! I'thought so. Guilty of criminal negligence. He might have fallen on one of my own family under that coal hole—might have killed us all, sir. As it is I shall sue him for damages for mussing up my coal bin.’

His Mother : ‘ Here, now, sir, what are you doing up there ?’ Tommy : ‘ Oh, nothin’, ma, nothin’. I’m jist lookin’ for me Sunday-school lesson sheet; it’s got lost somehow.’