A big-city lawyer is representing the railroad in a lawsuit filed by an old rancher. The rancher's prize bull has gone missing from the section through which the railroad passes. The rancher claims that the bull must have been hit by the train and wants to be paid the fair value of the bull. The case is scheduled to be tried before the justice of the peace in the back room of the general store. As soon as the rancher...

Two law partners, Ed and Joe, are driving through the country one evening during a vacation when their car breaks down near a farmhouse. They knock on the door, and an attractive lady dressed in black opens it. “Can I help you?” she asks. Ed says, “Our car broke down, it’s getting late, and we were wondering if you could put us up for the night?” The lady shakes her head. “I don’t think so. I’m recently a widow, and...

When the CEO of a company gets arrested for embezzlement, he makes a frantic phone call to his lawyer. The lawyer meets him in the police station. “Listen,” the CEO says, “I’ve got at least two million stashed in a Caymans account. Can you get me out of this?” “Believe me,” the lawyer says, “there is no way you’re going to prison with that kind of money.” True to his word, the lawyer made sure that ten months later,...