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M1 omon 1. Sharp.Many interesting stories are told ofthe early courts held at Bmithland, Robert Patterson bought a tract of land at the head of Bjaaeir# Bluff and petitioned the court to grant n terry across the Cumberland and a road leading to the same. The motion was referred to the court of which 'ftjuire Larue was Justice* The old man was better than he was wise, and always tried to compromise matters. After listening to all the arguments in favor ol the read, the Justice thus rendered his decision; * If the court understands herself, and she presumes she do, the ferry am granted, but the road am not/' As Robert Patterson swell* ed with anger and stalked out of the court room*he was beard to say: ,# bell court to grant* ferry androad to get to it.*No resident of Smith laud was ever more tenderly loved and universally respected than Judge Wylie P. Fowler, who for eighteeu years presidedin the Circuit Court of that district. Though not a profound jurist he wasyourtheyket/1Ncen, a great us 8a in th Ciovebar.Duvito thlt;RobeA. Kthe 81Cdnigh* til A# #.A«t AkPAlia HH L . clt-k 1 n JduriuTh8m i 11tery.theirrnouti
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Marion Crittenden Press
Marion, Kentucky, US
Thu, Apr 11, 1895
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