so I had to borrow one from Bob Ross. The idea was to try to prepare some 

 language that might be written into these agreements that would give pro- 

 tection to the landowner, or more properly, to the land. I think when you 

 are talking about the possible use of this type of language it is necessary 

 to recognize the relationship between the rancher client and the lawyer. A 

 lawyer is a hired gun, you know. When you walk in the door to the office 

 of Joe Smith, Lawyer, and you lay down your money on the comer of his desk, 

 you're not asking him to take a dispassionate view of this problem, you want 

 him to come out smoking for you. You've got trouble with the neighbor and 

 you're looking for somebody to take care of your interest. You're not inter- 

 ested in his concern with your opponents apparent interest. Percy Foreman 

 was a noted criminal lawyer down in Texas. He said, "My clients don't want 

 justice, they want freedom." When you have a legal problem you're looking 

 for some guy that is going to do his best for you. He's not supposed to be 

 worried about anybody else. Percy Foreman said something else I always laugh 

 about. He said, "I never represented a wealthy client. When I get through 

 with them, they're all poor!" 



The reason I bring this up is that when you go to see a lawyer to have 

 a contract prepared, I suggest that you go in yourself. I'll tell you how 

 these things ordinarily happen. Joe and Jack came in one day. "Jim," Joe 

 says, "I've leased my place to Jack here. I want you to draw up a little 

 piece of paper to take care of this and you know, don't spend too much mon- 

 ey on it. Get this down here on a couple of pages and we know what we want 

 to do, we don't have to have a whole lot of legal garbage, O.K.?" Who's 

 interest do I represent here? If I'm a hired gun, am I to look after Joe's 

 interest as a landowner in taking care of his land or am I to look after 

 Jack's interest who wants to get the most for his money? Well, if they're 

 both there, I can't represent either one. It's obvious that I have to try 

 to do the things that they have asked me to do. Then I put in that lease 

 agreement the ordinary things. How much w:ll be paid each year, a descrip- 

 tion of the land, termination date, all standard lease provisions, what hap- 

 pens in case of default and how Joe throws Jack out in case he doesn't pay 

 the rent. Then there will be some language that says something like — Jack 

 will not commit waste, he won't overgraze and he will follow all practices 

 of good husbandry common to the country. What does that mean? Well, it 



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