The case before Judge Armitage Shanks (a name he bore with tragic dignity) was Bramble v. Hopple . On the surface, it was about a fence. Beneath it, it was about everything.
“Silence!” he roared. Then, quieter: “Mr. Hopple, is there a jewelry box buried on that line?” lomp court case
Judge Shanks rendered his verdict. The fence was to come down within the week. Mr. Hopple was fined one penny—payable to the court’s dog treat fund. And Mrs. Bramble and Mr. Hopple were ordered to share a loaf of soda bread and a pinch of salt at the boundary line every Midsummer for five years. The case before Judge Armitage Shanks (a name