Judge — May 8, 1915 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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# "Court Proceedings: A Legal Story" This educational illustration from *Judge* magazine explains legal processes through satirical vignettes. Each panel depicts a stage in civil litigation: **"Suit and attachment"**: A couple in dispute, presumably over property or contract. **"The cause for action"**: A fashionable woman (representing the lawsuit itself as a desirable but troublesome matter). **"In the hands of a receiver"**: A man holding an infant, symbolizing judicial custody of disputed assets. **"A third party order followed by adjournment"**: Two men (lawyers or judges) conducting court business. **"Partnership"** and **"Supplementary proceedings and liquidation"**: Additional legal stages. The cartoons mock the complexity and emotional toll of legal proceedings through anthropomorphization and domestic scenes, suggesting that lawsuits consume time, money, and emotional energy while judges and lawyers manage the process.