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Don't Blame me for this story. The
fault lies solely on Pekka Karttunen, all
the way from Finland.
One evening, after attending the
theater, two gentlemen were walking down
the avenue when they observed a rather
well dressed and attractive young lady
walking ahead of them. One of them turned
to the other remarked, "I'd give $250.00
to spend the night with that woman."
Much to their surprise, the young lady
overheard the remark, turned around, and
replied, "I'll take you up on that offer."
She had a neat appearance and a pleasant
voice, so after bidding his companion good
night, the man accompanied the young lady
to her apartment.
The following morning the man presented
her with $125.00 as he prepared to leave.
She demanded the rest of the money,
stating "If you don't give me the other
$125.00, I'll sue you for it." He laughed,
saying
"I'd like to see you get it on these
grounds."
The next day he was surprised when he
received a summons ordering his presence
in court as a defendant in a lawsuit. He
hurried to his lawyer and explained the
details of the case. His lawyer said "She
can't possibly get a judgment against you
on such grounds, but it will be
interesting to see how her case will be
presented.
"After the usual preliminaries, the
lady's lawyer addressed the court as
follows: "Your honor, my client, this
lady, is the owner of a piece of property,
a garden spot, surrounded by a profuse
growth of shrubbery, which property she
agreed to rent to the defendant for a
specified length of time for the sum of
$250.00. The defendant took possession of
the property, used it extensively for the
purposes for which it was rented, but upon
evacuating the premises, he paid only
$125.00, one-half of the amount agreed
upon. The rent was not excessive, since it
is restricted property, and we ask
judgment be granted against the defendant
to assure payment of the balance."
The defendant's lawyer was impressed
and amused by the way his opponent had
presented the case. His defense, therefore
was somewhat different from the way he
originally planned to present it. "Your
honor," he said, "My client agrees that
the lady has a fine piece of property,
that he did rent such property for a time,
and a degree of pleasure was derived from
the transaction. However, my client found
a well on the property around which he
placed his own stones, sunk a shaft, and
erected a pump, all labor performed
personally by him. We claim these
improvements to the property were
sufficient to offset the unpaid amount,
and that the plaintiff was adequately
compensated for the rental of said
property. We, therefore, ask that judgment
not be granted."
The young lady's lawyer answered thusly
"Your honor, my client agrees that the
defendant did find a well on her property.
However, had the defendant not known that
the well existed, he would never have
rented the property. Also, upon evacuating
the premises, the defendant removed the
stones, pulled out the shaft, and took the
pump with him. In doing so, he not only
dragged the equipment through the
shrubbery, but left the hole much larger
than it was prior to his occupancy, making
the property much less desirable to
others. We, therefore, ask that judgment
be granted."
In the Judge's decision, he provided
for two options: "pay the $125.00 or have
the equipment detached and provided to the
plaintiff for damages."
The defendant wrote a cheque
immediately!
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