Originally published by State Bar of Texas .
From Martha Failing of Houston (Martha Failing & Co.), a trilogy of “words that blossomed” in hearings before Judge Jim Scanlon (Probate Court No. 3 of Harris County):
“First, earnest lawyer speaking to witness in hearing to determine heirship:”
Q. Tell me, ma’am, how well did you know the late decedent?
Martha comment: How well did she know the early decedent? Or was there a later one?
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“Second, intense lawyer summarizing the testimony elicited during a hearing, the point of which I never got.”
…your Honor, that the decendent was hit and killed by the truck without just cause.
Martha comment: I would have objected that the testimony of the truck was not in evidence and besides, maybe the truck did have just cause, but I was just an innocent bystander.
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“And third, grave lawyer with arm around the shoulders of the client, in beseeching voice:”
And your Honor, we respectfully request that this will be admitted to probate as a monument of title.
Martha ends with this note: “Lawyers never cease to amaze me: what we say as opposed to what we mean.” How true!
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