Law Humor

By Judge Jerry Buchmeyer

From Cheryl D. Olesen of Beaumont (Wells, Peyton, etc.), this excerpt from the deposition of the owner of a construction company ? with the explanation that "the questioning attorney was apparently attempting to establish that part of the delay [in completion of the job] was occasioned by company employees performing side jobs for adjoining landowners."

Q. All right. One quick last line of questions. During 1986 when you were working on Highland Avenue ... was there ever any time that people would come out and hire you or Earl to do small little construction projects for them along the way? ... I'm talking about moving driveways or installing culverts or anything to that nature?

A. No, Clint. Never happened.

Q. Have you talked to Earl about that to see if that happened?

A. Well, they would have said something to me, you know. I mean, they would not have done that. I'd kill them. Q. Is that common in the industry, though?

Ms. Stanley: What, to kill employees?

A. Oh, shucks.

Mr. Cooper: That was on the record.

A. Oh, lord!(2)

Full post as published by Say What! on July 18, 2008 (boomark / email).