Foreign Judgments

Pat Rooney sold some property To Mustapha, a Turk; The deed was drawn in Paris, And a Frenchman did the work. The property was in B. C. They came to close the deal, And some comic complications These verses will reveal.

Now, Mustapha, the Turcoman, Poor Pat did sorely vex When he claimed to make the payments For the land, in dollars "Mex." He made the startling statement On their way across the sea, That the papers nowhere mentioned What the currency should be.

Right away Pat took a taxi When he reached a New York pier, And hastened to a lawyer To make this matter clear. Worse to come—for in Vancouver, On a search 'twas clearly seen The title was a Scottish Jew's Down in the Argentine.

The vendor's law was Irish, The purchaser's was Turk, While a notary in Paris Had done the legal work. The moral is, that as 'twas here The land was held in fee; The only laws to have a say Were the laws of our B. C.