Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1908 — Why the Wilt Cost More. [ARTICLE]

Why the Wilt Cost More.

Five years ago a certain man made a will. Last week he made another one. The same lawyer drew up both documents. For writing the Becond will the lawyer charged twice as much as for writing the first one. “Why this difference?” asked the client v“Have you attained such prominence in the legal profession in the last five years that you are justified In doubling yonr fees?’ “Not at all,” said the lawyer. “There was twice as much work on this will as on your old one. You see, at that time you were a married man and your will was short for with the exception of a few minor bequests everything was left to your wife. Changes in your domestic relations have made another will necessary. You are now a bachelor or a bachelor’s equivalent a childless widower. It is much harder to write p will for a man pf that type than for a married man. The man with a family usually gives away everything he possesses In three or four clauses, but the bachelor dlvides his property among so many relatives, friends and dependents and consumes so much time in doing it that the lawyer is justified in charging him doable the usual fee.”—New York Press.