I—Lancaster Fanning, Friday, Nov. 2, 1956 0 RE-ELECT JAMES H. DUFF U. S. SENATOR to support the Eisenhower Program r T - CHARLES C. SMITH for Auditor-General Re-Elect PAUL B. DAGUE to Congress ELECT These Qualified Candidates to Serve You Edward J. Kessler (13th District) Thomas A. Ehrgood (17th District) VOTE STRAIGHT REPUBLICAN “Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania” “George I. Bloom, Chairman Ruth Glenn Pennell. Vice Chairman” KEEP AMERICA STRONG ROBERT F. KENT BENJAMIN R. JONES G. HAROLD WATKINS for State Treasurer for Pa. Supreme Court for Pa. Superior Court For SENATOR WITH VOTE FOR AND ‘'Americans generally, trustworthiness and dependability in their government all across the board . . . your kind of leadership, both in Pennsylvania and Washington, is in dispensable in this effort...” Letter from President Eisenhower to Senator Duff dated April 30, 1956. "One of the stalwarts who has as sisted this Administration right through is Senator Duff, whom I ex- pect you to return.” Quotation from President Eisenhower’s address at Pittsburgh October 9,1966. For REPRESENTATIVE Norman Wood ) Baker Royer > County Edwin D. Eshleman ) I in Harrisburg I'feel, want It’s The Law ‘.'lt’s the Law” with simple an swers is offered by LANCASTER FARMING' in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Bar Associa tion. General 'interest questions are welcomed, and will be an swered as soon as possible. Let* ters must be signed. Answer will not be published on a speci fied. requested day. Questions cannot be answered by mail, and LANCASTER FARMING will reject any Inquiry which is not of general public interest. Ad dress all inquiries to “Its the Law,” LANCASTER FARMING'. Quarryville, Pa. (Fictitious ini tials will be used to protect the identity of the questions). •*« •}« Q. Two weeks ago, I bought a coat r m a store for $llO. In an other store the same city I saw the same coat for $69 95 minus a label. Is there any way I can recover the $4O difference from the store _where I pur chased my coat 9 M. M. A Unless some specific war ranty was made as to price when you purchased your coat, or un less you can prove the trans action was fraudulently procured, you have no recourse against the store. The old rule of “caveat emptor”—let the buyer bewaie —applies here. If one merchant can command a better price, and collect it, that’s free enterprise.. There is also the possibility that the unlabeled coat is just a good imitation, and may not actually have the quality- or value of your coat. On the other hand, if the cogts are identical, and they are sub let to the Fair Trade Ibaws, the manufactuier of your coat should be advised* of the price-cutting practice This would not obtain any refund for you, however. Q When selling a building could you give it to more than one real estate man’ M. E - A As long as you are careful not to sign an exclusive agency agreement with any realtor, you may retain as many as you de sire to sell your building How ever, this practice may lead to a later dispute as to which agent is entitled to the sales commis sion, and might conceivably re sult in your payment of two com missions To forestall this im broglio, great caution must be exercised m ( drafting the agree ments with the agents whom you employ. Jc Sc « Q. A few days ago I saw men tion in the paper of a 104-year old Pennsylvania law which pro hibits the attachment of salaiy by a creditor. The news item was regarding the Federal Govern ment in its attempt to obtain money which was wrongfully sent to people under the G I. Bill. Could you briefly explain the actual effect of the law m ordinary circumstances (not where the U. S. Government is a party) 9 Do other States have a similar law 9 Does it come from any Quaker ideas about a man’s earnings being his alone 9 W N- A. In Pennsylvania, wages, sal aries, commissions, etc, earned by an individual are generally exempt from attachment or gar nishment for debt. The excep tions to this rule are that wages of a man can be attached for the support of his wife and depen dent children up to 50 per cent thereof, and wages of an indi vidual can be attached for a hotel, boarding house or lodg ing house debt, up to but not ex ceeding four weeks. In most of the other States of the country, attachment of wages for debt is permitted up to cer tain percentages. This is gov erned by the statutes of those States. We do not know that mle originated in any Qua ker idea about a man’s earnings being his alone. \
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