Surely there is in some sort a right in every
suit; either a right of equity, if it be a
suit of controversy; or a right of desert, if it be a
suit of petition.
He had a different
suit for each hour of the day; and as of any other king or emperor, one is accustomed to say, "he is sitting in council," it was always said of him, "The Emperor is sitting in his wardrobe.
At the present moment (August, 1853) there is a
suit before the court which was commenced nearly twenty years ago, in which from thirty to forty counsel have been known to appear at one time, in which costs have been incurred to the amount of seventy thousand pounds, which is A FRIENDLY
SUIT, and which is
