BIG CITY LAWYER
Added on: 23rd Jul 2016
A BIG-CITY LAWYER WAS REPRESENTING
THE RAILROAD IN A LAWSUIT
FILED BY AN OLD RANCHER.
THE RANCHER'S PRIZE BULL WAS
MISSING FROM THE SECTION
THROUGH WHICH THE RAILROAD PASSED.
THE RANCHER ONLY WANTED TO BE
PAID THE FAIR VALUE OF THE BULL.
THE CASE WAS SCHEDULED TO BE TRIED
BEFORE THE JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE
GENERAL STORE.
THE CITY-SLICKER ATTORNEY
FOR THE RAILROAD IMMEDIATELY
CORNERED THE RANCHER AND
TRIED TO GET HIM TO SETTLE
OUT OF COURT.
HE DID HIS BEST SELLING JOB,
AND FINALLY THE RANCHER AGREED
TO TAKE HALF OF WHAT HE WAS ASKING.
AFTER THE RANCHER HAD SIGNED
THE RELEASE AND TOOK THE CHECK,
THE YOUNG LAWYER COULDN'T
RESIST GLOATING A LITTLE
OVER HIS SUCCESS,
TELLING THE RANCHER,
"YOU ARE REALLY DUMB, OLD MAN,
I PUT ONE OVER ON YOU IN THERE.
I COULDN'T HAVE WON THE CASE.
THE ENGINEER WAS ASLEEP AND
THE FIREMAN WAS IN THE CABOOSE
WHEN THE TRAIN WENT THROUGH
YOUR RANCH THAT MORNING.
I DIDN'T HAVE ONE WITNESS
TO PUT ON THE STAND.
I BLUFFED YOU!"
THE OLD RANCHER REPLIED,
"WELL, I'LL TELL YOU YOUNG FELLER,
I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT
WINNING THAT CASE MYSELF,
BECAUSE THAT DARNED BULL
CAME HOME THIS MORNING."
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