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04/19/2007: ""Your Honor, The Witness Is A Jackass ...""

Some stories you just can't make up ...

What started as a dispute between neighbors in Dallas ended up looking like an episode of Wild Kingdom as the plaintiff called his donkey as a witness in the resulting civil suit. John Cantrell was suing his neighbor George Shamoun over the size of a storage shed Shamoun was building on his property. Shamoun's response to the complaint was to bring a donkey from his ranch to live in the backyard; hence the suit.

Cantrell complained of donkey noise and manure piles.

"They bray a lot any time day or night. You never know when they're going to cut loose," he testified.

Shamoun said Buddy was there to serve as a surrogate mother for a calf named Lucy that needed to be bottle-fed.

As much fun as this looked to be, the pair ended up settling out of court.

It's worth noting that Shamoun is a lawyer by trade ... which would explain the familiarity with jackasses ...

Replies: 2 Comments

On Thursday, April 19th, Couldn't Resist said:

What did this guy's ASS say?

Aloha!

On Friday, April 20th, Pop-a-cap-in-yo-Ass ! said:

RavelTang says

He (Shamoun)was interviewed by the BBC (on the East side of 'the pond') by telephone.

By this time, Cantrell had sold HIS backyard to Shamoun - said Shamoun -and they were amicable, again.

Everyone enjoyed the telephone interview - made a nice change from all the grim news around.

Now if they'd lived in South Central L.A., what do you reckon C would have threatened S with ?