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Show 246 TALES OF THE COLORADO PIONEERS. suming the position to be tenable, boldly asserted that the doctrine of caveat emptor, (let the purchaser beware) a principle applicable to contracts for sale of personal property only, and unheard of in matters concerning real property, was applicable to the cause. " He was promptly overruled by the Court, but nothing daunted, upon argument to the jury, took the same position, and in order to enlighten their minds as to his meaning, proceeded to explain the doctrine of' caveat emptor,' as follows :• '"Now gintlemen, these worruds is a Latin terrum, which ye can't be expected to understand without explina-tion, becase Latin is a did language, used chafely in the-profession of law and midicine. Caveat imptor manes fdr instance, if I've got a mule and you want to buy him and that mule's got some pints about him what ye don't understand, and you can see them pints as well as "I kin, if ye take that mule you bet your life you've got ter ' LOOK OUT!' That's what it manes ivery day in the wake.' "The word 'lookout' was delivered "with a mighty shout that deafened Court, jury and spectators, but the definition, though unique, failed to convince the jury." Mr. G. H. Kohn said, "as telling experiences seem to be the order of the day, I will give some of mine. "I was once invited to a wedding; the groom was a waiter in a hotel in Denver, but had formerly been engaged at the Cliff House at Manitou, where our acquaintance dates. He requested me to recommend a clergyman to tie the knot. I asked if his intended had no preference in the matter. "'Yes,' said he, 'she would prefer a Catholic priest, but |