John Percy then commenced an action against the corporation for $25,000 damages on the ground that the actions of the conductor and inspector had been injurious to his feelings and his reputation. He lost the first round of his fight in Scotland when the court of session dismissed his claim, on the ground that the corporation was not responsible for these actions of its employees.

But John Percy is evidently what they call in Scotland a "bonnie fight" and he carried his case up to the bar. He was kept there.

Bonnie Fighter.

The bill did not pay his house of lords, railroad fare to London for the purpose, nor is he being put to any expense in the costly process of suing before the highest court of appeal. He has taken advantage of the legal provision which permits a poor person to set the law in motion at the state's charge if he sues in forma pauperis. And now the house of lords has decided in his favor.

Whether John Percy's penny really was good or no better than it should be is still not decided. What the law lords have ruled is that the corporation can be sued upon a mistake made by the conductor and inspector. That is enough for John Percy. It may be added, as a matter of historical interest, that of the five law lords who upheld John Percy in his fight for his two cents three are Scotsmen.

Warre B. Wells in New York Tribune. 