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fecting the compromise settlement.?® It is to be 
presumed that they acted simply as friends in the 
compromise matter. Their profession is that of 
physicians and surgeons, and such efforts as they 
might have made in the compromise proceedings 
was plainly outside of their professional duty. 
Were they also lawyers, they might possibly have 
been entitled to compensation therefor, provided 
their action therein was with the knowledge and 
consent of the party whom they represented. It 
is no part of a veterinarian’s professional duty to 
act as a lawyer to effect a settlement of a claim, 
though his statement of the case may have some 
bearing. He may, perhaps, make an extra item 
of a report of the extent of the injury, but such 
charge should be independent of any possible re- 
sult of the report. It should simply state the facts, 
as he knows them. To receive extra compensation 
for effecting a compromise settlement would be to 
cast doubt upon the honesty of his report. 
77. Use of Mails. One has no unlimited right 
to the use of the United States mail for the pur- 
pose of collecting his accounts. Bills, or requests 
for payment should not be sent on postal cards. 
The bill should be in a sealed envelope. Neither, 
even in such a sealed envelope, should there be 
anything which could be interpreted as a threat, 
or as abuse. <A violation of these points creates 
a liability to prosecution under the national laws. 
78. Liens. The question is frequently asked 
whether or not a veterinarian has a right to hold 
29 Henderson & Campbell v. 
Hall & Hughes, 87 Ark. 1, 112 
S. W. 171. 
