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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit, by Richard Harris This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit Author: Richard Harris Release Date: November 27, 2009 [eBook #30551] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE HUMOUROUS STORY OF FARMER BUMPKIN'S LAWSUIT*** Transcribed from the 1883 Stevens and Sons edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org THE HUMOUROUS STORY OF FARMER BUMPKIN'S LAWSUIT: BY RICHARD HARRIS, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, AUTHOR OF "HINTS ON ADVOCACY," ETC., ETC. SECOND EDITION. * * * * * LONDON: STEVENS AND SONS, 119, CHANCERY LANE, Law Publishers and Booksellers. 1883. LONDON: BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. Considering the enormous interest which the Public have in "a more efficient and speedy administration of justice," I am not surprised that a Second Edition of "Mr. Bumpkin's Lawsuit" should be called for so soon after the publication of the first. If any proof were wanting that I had not overstated the evils attendant on the present system, it would be found in the case of _Smitherman_ v. _The South Eastern Railway Company_, which came before the House of Lords recently; and judgment in which was delivered on the 16th of July, 1883. The facts of the case were extremely simple, and were as follow:--A man of the name of Smitherman was killed on a level crossing of the South Eastern Railway Company at East Farleigh, in December, 1878. His widow, on behalf of herself and four children, brought an action against the Company on the ground of negligence on the part of the defendants. Th
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