Attorney Gregory Shamoun was in a dispute with oilman John Cantrell, who had complained to the city about a storage shed Shamoun was building in his backyard in Dallas.Faced with complaints that his donkey was too loud, Shamoun decided to bring his case directly to the court: He had the donkey testify [at the Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 courtroom in Fort Worth, Texas].
Buddy the donkey appeared in court Wednesday [April 18]. He was led to the bench and stared at the jury, the picture of a gentle, well-mannered creature and not the loud, aggressive animal he had been accused of being.
Cantrell complained of donkey noise and manure piles, testifying that Shamoun retaliated by bringing the donkey from his ranch and putting him in the backyard.
In the end, however, despite the donkey's appearance, neither jurors nor Buddy had the last say - the neighbors settled their dispute while jurors deliberated.
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