Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1881 — A Lady Lawyer’s Retort. [ARTICLE]

A Lady Lawyer’s Retort.

Judge Tylor, of Han Francisco, is well known to thfe bar of that city as a most formidable opponent, both forensically; and physically,«as many a "ICarned.counsel” upon the other side has fopiidtmt to his sorrow.. ~ , RJ - ’ The judge, who is rial u®e<l to dominating oves hls brethren of the bar, recently met his matehiuA lady lawyer of San Francisco, Clara Foltz, - who clipped bi J . wing |n syeh utouner that well nigh suffocated him. The story is too good to be lost. ~ The case of Tylor vs. The H.bernfa Savings bank waff (pending one of the dty courts involving the rights to a certain deposit of funds in said, bank.: Tylor was his own attorney, and Mrs. Foltz was attorney for the bank. ■ It seems that Tylers by a little Mt of sharp practice, was trying to. ring in a “cold deck”,mthe shape of a default that Had been erroneously dated, the admission of Which by’ the judge upon the bench would have sent fire

defendant out of-court., Mrs. Foltz showed up the matter satisfoctortly to; the court, and the default - was promptly set aside. '' This nettled Judge Tylor considerably, and turning to the lady counsel he said sharply; In a manner intended to be in tensely impressive, that “counsel ba*’ better be engaged in other business,” that “a woman’s place, was at home raising her children.” The words were scarcely uttered beMrs. Foltz rose in her queenly way, and flashing her blue eyes, straight into the judge’s florid face, she quietly remarked; “A woman had better be engaged in almost any kind of business than in raising sueh men as you are, sir.” The court commanded order, but in a tone that seemed to appreciate the justice of the remark, whUe a number of lawyers in court, some of. whose heads Judge Tylor had held in “chancery” on former occasions, came near exploding with suppressed laughter. The counsel turned white with an•°the subject then and there.— SanJbse Mercury. . ~ Joseph Sabin, the well known bibliopole of New York, is dead.