Cool stuff from a long time ago

While Googling Bush & Grantham the other day just seeing what else I could find out about the cemetery I had just been to, I ran across this gem quoted below from the St Tammany Court archives:

Saturday April 24 1869

Geo. T. Bush vs John Grantham
This is an action founded on an account for 125 cents. Received the citation with a copy of the say.

When asked whether "copy of the say" was legal language or 1869 language, my attorney brother-in-law explained it this way:

I suspect part of this is 1869 language. When a lawsuit is filed, it is accompanied by a citation and summons from the court advising the defendant of the time delays and location where they must file their response/answer. This formality is still followed. I suspect that "with a copy of the say" is a reference to a copy of the lawsuit/complaint -- what the plaintiff was "saying" was the basis of his claim.

Over $1.25. Is that cool or what?

Lovely image and poem by Calamitylaine.

Quote of the Day

His current anonymity is quite a comedown for Marie Jean Paul Joseph Roche Yves Gilbert du Motier Lafayette, who was widely described as "the greatest man in the world" during a triumphant return 40 years later to the country he had helped create.

Richard Pyle, Associated Press via USA Today

Blog of the day here.

Quote from said blog: "I always knew I'd meet McDreamy, I just never thought it would happen like this."