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A Point of Law

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Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · Jun 26, 1879

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 5, No. 25.

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A Point of Law.

"Now then, state your case," said a Detroit lawyer the other day, as he put a $5 bill away in his vest pocket. "Well," began his client, "suppose the man living next door wants to put a barn up right against my line, coming within two feet of my house?"
"He can't do any such thing" replied the lawyer.
"But I want to put my barn right up against his line," remarked the client. "Oh! ah—yes, I see; Well sir, go right ahead and put your barn there. All the law in the case is on your side."