PLAN No. 541. COMPILED INDEX OF LEGAL FORMS
A young lawyer in a western city added considerably to his professional fees, and at the same time aided many other lawyers to install method and system in their offices by originating an alphabetical index of court papers and other legal forms, having the name of each paper duly set out opposite a certain number following, and keeping the forms in files for that purpose, each bearing a corresponding number.
By this means it was but the work of a moment to find in the index the name and number of the paper desired, and then turn to the file containing the number. It saved a great deal of time and space.
So convenient and time-saving did this method prove to be, that he secured a copyright on it, and had a large number of the indexes printed, which he sold readily to other lawyers in his own and adjoining states for $15.00 a set.
This was a great help to a young lawyer just beginning practice. His service was nearly all profit, and he was able to give time to the lawyer to pay, but he usually obtained all the payment on delivery. This will afford more than a living to any salesman.