 ... but, as a sincere friend to Literature in all its branches, I would ask, if that were law, what would become of the Novelists and the Playwrights ? The law of Stageland has been codified for us by the laborious care of Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, and among...  Stage-land: Curious Habits and Customs of Its Inhabitantsby Jerome Klapka Jerome - 1889 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Law - 1905 - 454 pages
...assistance a little while ago, but his explanations only made the matter more confusing to our minds than it was before. He was surprised at what he called...all his property goes to the nearest villain. But if a man dies and leaves a will, thon all his property goes to whoever can get possession of that will.... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - England - 1907 - 412 pages
...laborious care of Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, and among its bestestablished principles seem to be these : If a man dies without leaving a will, then all his property goes to the nearest villain ; but, if a man dies and leaves a will, then all his property goes to whoever can get possession of that will.... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - England - 1907 - 412 pages
...laborious care of Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, and among its bestestablished principles seem to be these : If a man dies without leaving a will, then all his property goes to the nearest villain ; but, if a man dies and leaves a will, then all his property goes to whoever can get possession of that will.... | |
 | George William Erskine Russell - England - 1907 - 412 pages
...laborious care of Mr. Jerome K. Jerome, and among its bestestablished principles seem to be these: If a man dies without leaving a will, then all his property goes to the nearest \illain; but, if a man dies and leaves a will, then all his property goes to whoever can get possession... | |
 | Brander Matthews - Drama - 1919 - 334 pages
...hitherto been unfamiliar to students of comparative jurisprudence. It appears that in Stage-Land, when a man dies, without leaving a will, then all his property goes to the nearest villain. But, if the deceased has left a will, then and in that case, all his property goes to the person who can... | |
 | 1927 - 636 pages
...evidence that the writers of scenarios still follow them trustfully. It is a principle of stage "law"— "That if a man dies, without leaving a will, then all his property goes to the nearest villain. "But if a man dies, and leaves a will, then all his property goes to whoever can get possession of that... | |
 | Law - 1914 - 446 pages
...one for that matter, can obtain is the love of his work — as Solomon very truly -says. STAGE LAW. The only points of stage "law" on which we are at all clear are as follows : That if a man die without leaving a will, then all his property goes to the nearest villain. But if a man dies and... | |
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