Judge — July 21, 1923 — page 36: what you’re looking at

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Gave Away $20,000 Without Knowing It A well known woman aut ances Had to Pay Bill for Goods Never Received A business man hired a boy and herself ianuseript to a r Unconsciously Signed Away a Valuable Legacy fae picture right ol d to make bis will, might easily have retained grands by sending a properly worded letter with the manu- script ‘at the end of the mu business man received a bili for implementa and supplies he had never rece! The boy had appeared the man had to the bill in full because the st keeper had a right to regard the boy'as the man’s agent. through rat =" WI was a bequest of §: Cheated Himself Out of $500 by Depositing Check A man lent a supposed friend $1,000, raking the year. "When iriend sent a check fa new six month he still owed. | The lender deposited the. check, but wrote the that he could not accept a note. “The borrower could the ndditional $500, and. th Inw held that the lender's of the $500 check implied his accept- ance of his friend's entire proposal, juding his new note. money tomorrow a mistake of this kind —and you won't know it until too late! ERY one of these mistakes caused an unexpected loss of money—and every one was made, not through carelessness, but through ignorance of a simple point of law. Whether we like it or not, we are all subject to legal restrictions and guidance. You cannot secure employment, rent a house, get married, buy and drive an automobile, have a checking account in ¢ bank, hire a servant or agent, go into busi- ness for yourself—without being open to unsuspected legal dangers that can be avoided only by knowing a little about the laws that inevitably govern almost every relationship and activity of your life. 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