Lady and the Law

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Late one evening two gentlemen were walking down the avenue when they
passed a very respectable-looking girl. As she passed one says to the other
"I'd give fifty pounds to spend a night with her."

The girl overheard, turned and said "It's a bargain!" The man immediately
said goodnight to his friend and took the lady to her flat.

The next morning the man got up, put 25 pounds on the dresser, and
prepared to go. She asked for the rest of the money, adding "If you don't
pay up I'll sue you for it." The man laughed and departed.

A few days later he got a summons. He rushed off to his solicitor, who
said "She can't possibly recover from you for that, but it will be
interesting to see what her lawyer makes of it.

After the usual preliminaries, the lady's Counsel rose and said "Your
Honour, my client, this lady, is the owner of a delightful piece of
property, a garden spot, surrounded by shrubbery, which she agreed to rent
to the defendant for a special length of time for fifty pounds. The
defendant took possession, used it repeatedly for the purpose for which he
had rented it, but upon leaving the premises he paid only half the agreed
rent. The rent was not excessive since this was restricted property, and we
asked for judgement for the balance."

The defendant's lawyer was amused by this, but he thought it would save
his client embarrassment if he replied in the same terms. "Your Honour," he
said, "my client agrees that this young lady has a very attractive piece of
property, that he did rent it, and derived great pleasure from the
transaction. However, my client found a well on the property, around which
he placed his own stones, opened a shaft, and erected a pump, supplying all
his own materials, and personally using his own labour. These improvements
to the property were more than enough to offset the unpaid amount, and we
submit that plaintiff was adequately compensated."

The modest maiden's lawyer replied, "My client agrees that the defendant
did find a well on the property, and that he did carry out the work and make
the improvements described. However, had the defendant not known the well
was there, he would not have rented the shrubbery in the first place. Also
on giving up the lease, defendant removed his stones and pulled up the
shaft, and took the pump away with him. Moreover, your Honour, in doing so
he not only dragged his equiptment through the shrubbery, but he left the
whole much larger than it was prior to his occupancy, making it easily
accessible to small boys. I ask for judgement for the lady.

The Judge said that in view of her actions, it was only right that
the young lady should be covered, and he found accordingly.