LAWYERS CAN BE FULL OF BULL

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 CLAIMED THAT

THE BULL MUST HAVE BEEN HIT BY THE TRAIN

AND 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.

AS SOON AS THE RANCHER SHOWED UP,

THE ATTORNEY FOR THE RAILROAD

PULLED HIM ASIDE AND TRIED TO GET HIM

TO SETTLE OUT OF COURT. 

THE LAWYER 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 KNOW, I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS,

OLD MAN, BUT 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."