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"Ag'in' a railroad company," said the grizzled old Parthenheimer, "the stronger the better, because some cases, no matter how aggerawated they are, you only git a specific sum and no damages. But a railroad case, which is a damage case right through, the worse they are the more you git.
The gentleman in spectacles was named Stethson, another man, a tall, fat-cheeked countryman, Vickers, and a dried up little party, in a Grand-Army-of-the-Republic suit, Parthenheimer. Mrs.
"Now, you all agree that the accident was the result of the negligence of the driver of the car?" "Why, yes, certainly," they all agreed at once. "Leastways " said Mecutchen. "That is " said Parthenheimer. "How was it, anyway?" asked Stethson. "Thought you saw it," cried the others, turning on him instantly.
Well, sir, they got a werdick for six thousand dollars, my brother and his wife did; and their lawyer stood to it that the mangling brought in three thousand; and I think he was right about it, too." "Six thousand!" said Vickers, with immense appreciation. "The court set it aside for being excessive," said Parthenheimer," and aft'werds they compromised for less. But there it was.
Vickers and Parthenheimer nodded assent, but Stethson said that his view of it was that the car started off again while she was trying to get on. "That makes it stronger," said Mecutchen. "It's wonderful what you can get for cows," he added pensively.
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