Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1894 — Generally a Trying Client. [ARTICLE]

Generally a Trying Client.

It is in dealing with her own lawyer that the daughter of Eve comes out in her most vivii colors, says the Sau Francisco Argonaut. When a woman has a lawsuit she, as a rule, mentally selects a lawyer to conduct her case. If, on applying to him, she finds, as she often does, that ho is not hankering after female clients, and he observes that he is really so overwhelmed with work that he is taking no new cases, she becomes more convinced than ever that he is the only lawyer to whom she can confide her interests, and she half suspects that his reluctance to act for her is part of a conspiracy against her rights. She insists, implores, beseeches, entreats, with tears and sobs, and, in the end, the lawyer yields and takes the case. From that hour his peace of mind is at an end. She is at his office daily and hourly. She insists on confiding to him matters which have no bearing on the case. She puts hypothetical questions to him which drive him out of his wits. She overwhelms him with suggestions and objections to the course he proposes to pursue. She interferes with him in court and almost takes the case out of his hands. At last the case is tried and is either won or lost. If it is won she believes that it is won on its intrinsic merits, in spite of his blundering. If it is lost it Is lost through his mismanagement. Whichever happens, she is in no mind to pay him his fee. It is only by threatening her with legal proceedings that he can collect his cost and honorarium.