"Lawsuit" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... at length in a discontented tone. "Something about a Mrs. Quodling and a lawsuit—big lawsuit that used to be talked about when I was a boy. My father ...
— The Town Traveller • George Gissing
... refunding certificates, but this was closed, at the end of ninety days, by the full payment of the called bonds, and the substitution of bonds bearing a lower rate of interest. This was accomplished without the loss of a dollar, or, so far as I can recall, without a lawsuit. ...
— Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet - An Autobiography. • John Sherman
... That is what I think Augustus thinks. But his father told no lie at that time, and cannot now go back to falsehood. My belief is that if he were confident that such is the fact he would not surrender a shilling to pay these men their moneys. He may stop a lawsuit, which is like enough, though they could only lose it. And if Mountjoy should turn out to be the heir, which is impossible, he will be able to turn round and say that by his efforts he had saved so much ...
— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope
... was now entirely engrossed in the controversy with LeCour. As a Frenchman the occupation was dear to his heart. What Norman does not love a lawsuit? What Parisian, politics? The journal became even more complete and exact on the matter and teemed with expressions of contempt thrust home to the heart of the absent adversary. It recapitulated minutely the manner ...
— The False Chevalier - or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette • William Douw Lighthall
... yourself and my husband will suffer in public estimation, unless some friend comes between you, and this unhappy lawsuit ...
— A Terrible Temptation - A Story of To-Day • Charles Reade
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