In a suit lately tried in a Maryland court, the plaintiff
testified that his financial position had always been a good
one. The opposing counsel took him in hand for cross-examination
and undertook to break down his testimony upon this point.
“Have you ever been bankrupt?” asked the counsel. “I have not.”
“Now, be careful,” admonished the lawyer, with raised finger.
“Did you ever stop payment?” “Yes.” “Ah, I thought we should
get at the truth,” observed counsel, with an unpleasant smile.
“When did this suspension of payment occur?” “When I had paid
all I owed,” was the naive reply of the plaintiff.--_Success
Magazine._
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