UDDER NONSENSE A big-city lawyer was representing the railroad

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UDDER NONSENSE
A big-city lawyer was representing the railroad in a lawsuit
filed by an old rancher. The rancher's prize bull was
missing from the section through
which the railroad passed. The
rancher only wanted to be paid
the fair value of the bull.
The case was scheduled to be
tried before the justice of the
peace in the back room of the
general store. The attorney for the
railroad immediately cornered the rancher and tried to get
him to settle out of court. The lawyer did his best selling job,
and finally the rancher agreed to take half of what he was
asking.
After the rancher had signed the release and took the check,
the young lawyer couldn't resist gloating a little over his success, telling the rancher, "You know, I hate to tell you this,
old man, but I put one over on you in there. I couldn't have
won the case. The engineer was asleep and the fireman was
in the caboose when the train went through your ranch that
morning. I didn't have one witness to put
on the stand. I bluffed you!"
The old rancher replied, "Well,
I'll tell you, young feller, I was a
little worried about winning that
case myself, because that durned
bull came home this morning."
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