Author: Cohen, Alfred A.
Title: In the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California, in and for the City and County of San Francisco. George W. Tyler, Plaintiff, Vs. Annie A. Pratt, Defendant. Argument of Mr. Alfred A. Cohen, Councel for Plaintiff
Description: San Francisco, Francis & Valentine, 1877. First Edition. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 1-61; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; a few small chips to edges and tips of spine; inconspicious repair to front wrap along spine; text clean; in good to very good condition. A record of a sordid, 19th-century, San Francisco scandal, the publication presented the memorable argument of prominent attorney and President of the San Francisco & Oakland Railroad Alfred Andrew Cohen (1829 - 1887), in defence of his client George W. Tyler. Tyler, another attorney, had represented Annie A. Pratt during her divorce from Orville C. Pratt, a well-known judge, for the latter had been caught gallivanting with another woman. Annie had been awarded over $700,000 of hush money, but had ultimately refused to pay Tyler his fees, for which, consequently, he was suing her. Using colorful language and delivering an impressive performance, Cohen would call Judge Pratt a "Satyr, capering and whinnying among the fawns" and would, eventually, win for Tyler $10,000 for his services during the divorce proceedings. Good .

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