AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Patterson V. Commonwealth 139 Va. 589, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (6/12/1924) Error to Hustings Court of Petersburg. James Patterson, alias Bossy Patterson, was convicted of first degree murder, and he brings error. Affirmed. 1924 Cases    
  Peter Hand Co. V. U.s. 2 F.2d 449, Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit, Docket Number 3410 (7/19/1924) Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Illinois. Proceeding by United States against the Peter Hand Company and others to abate a nuisance under the National Prohibition Act. From a decree awarding injunction, defendants appeal. Affirmed. 1924 Cases    
  Piper V. Big Pine School Dist. Of Inyo County 193 Cal. 664, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number S.F. 10953 (6/2/1924) In Bank. Original petition for mandamus by Alice Piper, by Pike Piper, her guardian ad litem, and others, against the Big Pine School District of Inyo County and others. Writ granted. 1924 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Pondexter V. State 165 Ark. 614, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 70 (6/23/1924) Appeal from Circuit Court, Woodruff County; E. D. Robertson, Judge. Kit Pondexter was convicted of murder, and he appeals from judgment and sentence of conviction. Affirmed. 1924 Cases    
Felix Frankfurter, James M. Landis, Harvard Law School Power of Congress over Procedure in Criminal Contempts in "Inferior" Federal Courts - a Study in Separation of Powers 37 Harvard Law Review 1010 (June, 1924) . a great commandment of our Lady of the Common Law: Thou shalt not make unto thyself any graven image of maxims or formulas to wit. Sir Frederick Pollock. MAY Congress provide for the ascertainment of disputed facts by a jury, under the usual supervision of a judge, in a very limited and strictly defined class of criminal contempts of the... 1924 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Reichert V. Jerome H. Sheip, Inc. 212 Ala. 300, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 1 DIV 346 (12/18/1924) Appeal from Circuit Court, Baldwin County; John D. Leigh, Judge. Action in ejectment by James H. Reichert against Jerome H. Sheip, Inc., and Fannie I. Becker. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1924 Cases    
  Roberts V. State 27 Okla.Crim. 97, Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Docket Number A-4259 (4/26/1924) Appeal from County Court, Bryan County; John Finney, Judge. Henry Roberts and another were convicted of outraging public decency and morality, and they appeal. Reversed and remanded for new trial. 1924 Cases    
  Rowe V. Sartain 107 Okla. 199, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 13211 (9/23/1924) Appeal from District Court, Okmulgee County; Mark L. Bozarth, Judge. Action by Hattie Rowe against Robert L. Sartain and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. 1924 Cases    
  Shealy V. Southern Ry. Co. 127 S.C. 15, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 11294 (1/2/1924) Original application for a writ of mandamus by Frank W. Shealy and others, composing the Railroad Commission of South Carolina, against the Southern Railway Company. Writ granted. Cothran, Watts, and Marion, JJ., and Henry, Circuit Judge, dissenting. 1924 Cases    
  Snoddy V. State 20 Ala.App. 168, Court of Appeals of Alabama, Docket Number 6 DIV. 527 (6/17/1924) Appeal from Circuit Court, Walker County; Ernest Lacy, Judge. Coleman Snoddy was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. Affirmed. 1924 Cases    
  Spencer Chapel M.e. Church V. Brogan 104 Okla. 123, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 15201 (10/21/1924) Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 1. Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; Enloe V. Vernor, Judge. Action by J. M. Brogan and others against the Spencer Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Reversed, with directions to dismiss the action. 1924 Cases    
  Stanley V. State 28 Okla.Crim. 135, Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Docket Number A-4172 (10/25/1924) Appeal from District Court, Oklahoma County; J. I. Phelps, Judge. Willie Stanley and another were convicted of manslaughter in the first degree, and they appeal. Affirmed. 1924 Cases    
  State ex Rel. Nead V. Nolte 111 Ohio St. 486, Supreme Court of Ohio, Docket Number 18551 (12/16/1924) Error to Court of Appeals, Hamilton County. Mandamus by the State of Ohio, on the relation of Charles E. Nead, taxpayer, against Louis H. Nolte, Mayor of Norwood. Judgment for relator was reversed by the Court of Appeals, and relator brings error. Affirmed.[By Editorial Staff.] This action originated in the court of common pleas of Hamilton... 1924 Cases    
  State V. Burris 198 Iowa 1156, Supreme Court of Iowa, Docket Number 35774 (4/4/1924) Appeal from District Court, Wapello County; F. M. Hunter, Judge. The defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree, and upon trial was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, and prosecutes this appeal. Affirmed. Faville, J., dissenting. 1924 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Succession of David V. Richard 1 La.App. 237, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit (12/30/1924) C. Wimberly in his capacity of administrator of the succession of Homer David, sues defendant for the ownership of a 26-acre tract of land situated in Acadia Parish. He alleges that defendant is in possession thereof, and prays for the restoration of possession to the succession. The District Judge rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff from which... 1924 Cases    
Charles W. Pierson The Federalist in the Supreme Court 33 Yale Law Journal 728 (May, 1924) The authors of the series of anonymous newspaper articles afterwards known to fame as The Federalist had no intention of compiling a law book. They were addressing the people at large and their aim was to influence public opinion, not to formulate principles for the guidance of courts. No one foresaw the possibility that what they were writing... 1924 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
William Renwick Riddell The First British Courts in Canada 33 Yale Law Journal 571 (April, 1924) Quebec, the capital of Nouvelle France, was surrendered by de Vaudreuil to Amherst shortly after September 18, 1759, the day of the famous Battle of the Plains of Abraham which was fatal to both Commanders. At once the city and its dependencies came under martial law and were so to remain until other disposition by the conqueror. Brigadier-General... 1924 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Vickers V. Robinson 157 Ga. 731, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 3721 (3/1/1924) Error from Superior Court, Johnson County; E. T. Shurley, Judge. Suit by Newton Robinson, Sr., and others, against T. E. Vickers. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error. Affirmed. Beck, P. J., and Atkinson, J., dissenting in part. 1924 Cases    
  W.j. Duncan Coal Co. V. Board of Trustees of Greenville White Graded Common Schools 202 Ky. 534, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (3/25/1924) Appeal from Circuit Court, Muhlenberg County. Suit by the W. J. Duncan Coal Company against the Board of Trustees of the Greenville White Graded Common Schools and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed. 1924 Cases    
  Wilson V. State 20 Ala.App. 137, Court of Appeals of Alabama, Docket Number 1 DIV. 527 (6/10/1924) Appeal from Circuit Court, Mobile County; Safford Berney, Judge. Sarah Wilson, alias, etc., was convicted of miscegenation, and appeals. Affirmed. Certiorari denied by Supreme Court, 101 South. 423. 1924 Cases    
  Wm. Cameron & Co. V. Abbott 258 S.W. 562, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Amarillo, Docket Number 2234 (1/9/1924) Appeal from District Court, Hardeman County; J.V. Leak, Judge. Action by R.W. Abbott and wife against William Cameron & Co., Incorporated. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1924 Cases    
  Berry V. City of Durham 186 N.C. 421, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 337 (11/7/1923) Appeal from Superior Court, Durham County; Lyon, Judge. Action by Melissa L. Berry and husband against the City of Durham. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. No error. There were allegations of complaint setting forth the wrong and injury and facts in evidence on the part of plaintiff, tending to show that in April, 1917, W. G. Vickers... 1923 Cases    
  Blake V. Sessions 94 Okla. 59, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 11986 (10/9/1923) Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 5. Appeal from District Court, Okfuskee County; Lucien B. Wright, Judge. Action by W. F. Sessions and another against W. R. Blake and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Reversed and remanded. 1923 Cases    
  Carolina Power Co. V. Haywood 186 N.C. 313, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 113 (10/24/1923) Appeal from Superior Court, Chatham County; Daniels, Judge. Action by the Carolina Power Company against Martha H. Haywood and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  Carter V. Carter 122 S.C. 499, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 11117 (1/23/1923) Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Greenville County; T. J. Mauldin, Judge. Action for partition by Yancy Carter and others against Van Carter and others. From decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. Cothran and Marion, JJ., dissenting. 1923 Cases    
  Cauley V. State 156 Ark. 577, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 111 (1/22/1923) Appeal from Circuit Court, Prairie County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge. Otis Cauley was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Affirmed. Smith and Wood, JJ., dissenting. 1923 Cases    
  Clark V. Commonwealth 201 Ky. 261, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/4/1923) Appeal from Circuit Court, Bell County. Marsh Clark and Dave Gailor were convicted of murder, and jointly and severally appeal. Affirmed as to Gailor and reversed as to Clark. 1923 Cases    
  Clifton George Co. V. Great Southern Life Ins. Co. 247 S.W. 912, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio, Docket Number 6862 (1/17/1923) Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; W. S. Anderson, Judge. Suit by the Clifton George Company against the Great Southern Life Insurance Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. For opinion on former appeal, see 234 S. W. 705. 1923 Cases    
  Commonwealth V. Garletts 81 Pa.Super. 271, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (1/1/1923) The defendant, a justice of the peace, was convicted in the court below upon an indictment charging extortion. The only ruling of the court below, upon the trial, assigned for error, is the refusal to quash the indictment. The principal reason urged in the motion to quash was that: The grand jury which found and returned the said indictment... 1923 Cases    
  Does the Eighteenth Amendment Violate International Law? 33 Yale Law Journal 72 (November, 1923) The recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in several cases on appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York interprets the Eighteenth Amendment and the National Prohibition Act in so far as they prohibit the transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the... 1923 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
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