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Komarynski V. Popovich |
232 Mich. 88, Supreme Court of Michigan, Docket Number 33 JAN. TERM 1925 (10/1/1925) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wayne County, in Chancery; Harry J. Dingeman, Judge. Suit by John Komarynski and others against Andrew Popovich and others. From a decree of dismissal, plaintiffs appeal. Reversed. Argued before McDONALD, C. J., and CLARK, BIRD, SHARPE, MOORE, STEERE, FELLOWS, and WIEST, JJ. |
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Lawrence V. Mount Zion Baptist Church |
1 La.App. 404, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, Docket Number 8787 (1/5/1925) |
This is a suit for damages alleged to be caused by the breach of a contract to purchase certain real estate belonging to plaintiff. The facts are as follows: Plaintiff owned the property No. 221 S. Liberty Street, between Tulane Avenue and Gasquet Streets, and placed the same in the hands of the Fellman Real Estate Agency for sale. It happened that... |
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Louisville & I.r. Co. V. Garr |
209 Ky. 841, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/19/1925) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Oldham County. Action by E. S. Garr against the Louisville & Interurban Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Meekins V. Meekins |
169 Ark. 265, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 100 (7/6/1925) |
Appeal from Ouachita Chancery Court; Geo. M. Le Croy, Chancellor. Suit by Thomas J. Meekins against Almer Meekins and others. From a decree dismissing the complaint for want of equity plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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Melton V. Allen |
212 Ky. 310, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (11/24/1925) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Webster County. Action by Ed Lee Allen against Ed Melton. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Moore V. Porterfield |
113 Okla. 234, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 16424 (11/10/1925) |
Appeal from District Court, Seminole County; J. L. Skinner, Special Judge. Suit by E. R. Moore and another, for themselves and others similarly situated, for injunction against Luther V. Porterfield and others. From a judgment sustaining the demurrer of defendants to the petition of plaintiffs, and dismissing the plaintiffs' case, the plaintiffs... |
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Most Worshipful King Solomon Grand Lodge, A.f. & A.y.m., in and for State of Kansas and Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging on Continent of North America V. Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge, F. & A.m. of Colorado and Jurisdiction |
76 Colo. 469, Supreme Court of Colorado, Docket Number 10919 (1/5/1925) |
Department 3. Error to District Court, City and County of Denver; L. C. Stephenson, Judge. Suit by the Most Worshipful King Solomon Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted York Masons in and for the State of Kansas and Jurisdiction Thereunto Belonging on the Continent of North America against the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge Free and... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Norfolk Southern R. Co. V. Commonwealth |
141 Va. 179, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1/15/1925) |
Appeal from State Corporation Commission. Proceeding by the Virginia Beach Bus Line, Incorporated, before the State Corporation Commission for a certificate of public convenience and necessity, opposed by the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company. From an order granting such certificate, said Railroad Company appeals. Affirmed. |
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North American Acc. Ins. Co. V. Pitts |
213 Ala. 102, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 7 DIV 549 (3/26/1925) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Talladega County; S.W. Tate, Judge. Action on policy of insurance by Mary Lee Pitts against the North American Accident Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Oceanic Steam Nav. Co. V. Corcoran |
9 F.2d 724, Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Docket Number 204 (6/27/1925) |
Hough, Circuit Judge, dissenting. In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Action by Katherine Corcoran against the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Affirmed. |
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Oliver V. State |
159 Ga. 145, Docket Number 4703 (4/20/1925) |
Error from Superior Court, Walker County; Moses Wright, Judge. Houston Oliver was convicted of rape, and he brings error. Affirmed. |
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People V. Francis |
District Court of the Virgin Islands, Div. of St. Thomas and St. John, Docket Number 9 (2/13/1925) |
As will be seen from the Statement of Facts in this case, the primary question is one of libel, but in every case of this character the question of the freedom of the press is brought out in bold relief. As the Anglo-Saxon view of libel and the freedom of the press has only recently made its advent in this community, it may be well to make some... |
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Plair V. State |
102 Tex.Crim. 628, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 9373 (11/4/1925) |
Commissioners' Decision. Appeal from District Court, Kaufman County; Joel R. Bond, Judge. Prince Plair was convicted of theft, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Porter V. Barrett |
233 Mich. 373, Supreme Court of Michigan, Docket Number 49 (12/22/1925) |
Error to Circuit Court, Muskegon County; John Vanderwerp, Judge. Proceeding to recover possession of lots by Glenn M. Porter and another against Wilbratt Barrett and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. Affirmed. Argued before McDONALD, C. J., and CLARK, BIRD, SHARPE, MOORE, STEERE, FELLOWS, and WIEST, JJ. |
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Reed V. State |
20 Ala.App. 496, Court of Appeals of Alabam, Docket Number 1 DIV 559 (2/17/1925) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County; Ben D. Turner, Judge. Daniel Reed was convicted of miscegenation, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Reid V. Reid |
115 Okla. 58, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 15380 (6/16/1925) |
Commissioners' Opinion. Division No. 3. Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; O. H. Searcy, Judge. Action by Sallie Reid and W. C. Reid against W. J. Reid to recover real estate. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal. On death of W. C. Reid before perfecting of appeal, cause was revived as to him in the name of his executrix, Sallie... |
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Rice V. Gong |
139 Miss. 760, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 24773 (5/11/1925) |
In Banc. Appeal from Circuit Court, Bolivar County, First District; W. A. Alcorn, Jr., Judge. Suit by Gong Lum and another by next friend Chew How, for mandamus to be directed to G. P. Rice and others. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Reversed, and petition dismissed. |
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Scott V. State |
29 Okla.Crim. 324, Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Docket Number A-5339 (3/7/1925) |
Appeal from District Court, Pittsburg County; Enloe V. Vernor, Judge. Leroy Scott was convicted of murder and punishment assessed at death, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Simonton V. Gordon |
12 F.2d 116, District Court, S.D. New York (2/17/1925) |
In Equity. Suit by Ida Vera Simonton against Leon Gordon and others. Decree for complainant. |
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Homer Hendricks, Waxahachie, Texas |
Some Pros and Cons of Judicial Review of Legislation |
3 Texas Law Review 134 (February, 1925) |
Dissatisfaction with the United States Supreme Court and its decisions is a phenomenon that has occurred at frequent and almost regular intervals in American history. It approached the nature of an assault in the years 1821, 1833, 1857, 1868, 1885, 1896, and 1912, not to speak of the present movement headed by Senator LaFollette. So good a Democrat... |
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St. Louis-san Francisco Ry. Co. V. Loftus |
109 Okla. 141, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 13904 (1/9/1925) |
Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 3. Appeal from District Court, Pawnee County; Redmond S. Cole, Judge. Action by Bessie Loftus against the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company for damages on account of personal injuries. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Brodes |
160 La. 340, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 27361 (11/30/1925) |
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Parish of Orleans; A. D. Henriques, Judge. William Brodes appeals from a judgment re-sentencing him to be hanged in accordance with the verdict of the jury previously found. Affirmed. O'Niell, C. J., dissenting. |
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State V. Smith |
98 W.Va. 185, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Docket Number 5190 (2/10/1925) |
Error to Circuit Court, Raleigh County. William Smith was convicted of receiving stolen goods, and he brings error. Reversed, indictment quashed, and accused discharged. |
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Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose V. Independent, Benevolent, and Protective Order of Moose |
98 N.J. Eq. 598, Court of Chancery of New Jersey (12/17/1925) |
Suit by Supreme Lodge of the World, Loyal Order of Moose, and others against the Independent, Benevolent, and Protective Order of Moose and others. Decree for complainants. See, also, 123 A. 532. |
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J. M. Landis |
The Drama of the Law |
38 Harvard Law Review 415 (January, 1925) |
It is a commonplace that the study of law consists largely of the study of cases, where the facts and the situations which produced them have, in the serious business of administering justice, been sucked dry of the romance and the drama that they may have involved. A, B, or X take the place of the real participants, and for future... |
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Thomas V. State |
100 Tex.Crim. 114, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 8892 (4/1/1925) |
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Nueces County; A. W. Cunningham, Judge. Henry Thomas was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Torrey V. Wolfes |
56 App.D.C. 4, Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, Docket Number 4299 (6/1/1925) |
Appeal from Supreme Court of District of Columbia. Action by Daisy B. Wolfes and others against Minnie E. Torrey and another. Decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Toyota V. U.s. |
268 U.S. 402, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 231 (5/25/1925) |
On Certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Petition by the United States against Hidemitsu Toyota to cancel certificate of naturalization. Decree canceling certificate (290 F. 971), and respondent appealed to Circuit Court of Appeals, where questions were certified to Supreme Court. 6 F.(2d) 1021.... |
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Tucker V. Angell & Freeman |
1 La.App. 577, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit, Docket Number 2240 (2/3/1925) |
Eliza Tucker, original plaintiff herein, sued to annul two acts whereby she apparently conveyed to Mattie Smith, her granddaughter, three lots in the city of Shreveport, described as lots 1, 2 and 3 of block 10 of ten-acre lot 7 of Allendale subdivision. She brings the suit not only against Mattie Smith but also against J. T. Broghan, Lucie Land,... |
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Twitty V. State |
99 Tex.Crim. 163, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 8909 (1/7/1925) |
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Dallas County; Grover C. Adams, Special Judge. Lavannie Twitty was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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