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t i I f I ] t OBJECTED TO HORSES CONVERSATION. t Commenting on the fact that the technicalities • I of the law are often too finely drawn for the lav , understanding. Case and Comment tells of an actual r happening in an Ohio court. J. At a term of the Circuit Court there, a horse n case was on trial, and a well-known horseman was called as a witness. . "Vou saw this horse? asked the defendant coun- v ••Yes. I " "What did you do?" J "I just opened his mouth to find out how old he was. and I said to him, Old top, I guess youre „ r pretty good yet. " "Stop!" yelled the opposing counsel. "Your a as Honor, I object to any conversation carried on l»e-tween the witness and the horse when the plaintiff was not present." And the objection was sustained.
