AuthorTitleCitationSummaryYearTypeKey Terms in Title or SummaryCase Status
  Graham V. Commonwealth 200 Ky. 161, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/22/1923) Appeal from Circuit Court, Boyle County. Campbell Graham and others were convicted of murder, and the named defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  Hart V. U.s. 58 Ct.Cl. 518, United States Court of Claims (10/29/1923) The Reporter's statement of the case: The following findings of fact and opinion of the court were ordered reported to Congress: I. The claimant, William H. H. Hart, is a citizen of the United States and a resident of the city of Washington, District of Columbia, of which city he has been a resident since about the year 1876. II. In the month of... 1923 Cases    
  Illinois Cent. R. Co. V. Cox 132 Miss. 471, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division B, Docket Number 23362 (6/18/1923) Appeal from Circuit Court, Sunflower County; S. F. Davis, Judge. Action by A. C. Cox against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1923 Cases    
  In re Chellew's Estate 127 Wash. 382, Supreme Court of Washington, Docket Number 18189 (12/10/1923) Department 1. Appeal from Superior Court, Lewis County; W. A. Reynolds, Judge. In the matter of the estate of Samuel Chellew, deceased. Petition by Vivian Chellew praying that Fannie E. White, administratrix de bonis non of the estate of Samuel Chellew, deceased, be required to account and distribute certain property. From an order dismissing the... 1923 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  In re Mcdade's Estate 95 Okla. 120, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 10747 (7/10/1923) Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; Benjamin B. Wheeler, Judge. Proceedings by Henry Buffington and others, to determine heirship to the estate of Frank McDade, in which other claimants filed answers. From a judgment in favor of claimant Prince Tyner, claimants Henry Buffington and others, Thomas H. Walker, and T. E. Elliott,... 1923 Cases    
  Jones V. Board of Ed. Of City of Muskogee 90 Okla. 233, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 14326 (7/10/1923) Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; Enloe V. Vernor, Judge. Action by Jacob J. Jones, Jr., by his father and next friend, Jacob J. Jones, Sr., against the Board of Education of the City of Muskogee and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  Julius Kessler & Co. V. Southern Ry. Co. In Kentucky 200 Ky. 713, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (10/30/1923) Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Common Pleas Branch, First Division. Suit by Julius Kessler & Co. against the Southern Railway Company in Kentucky. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1923 Cases    
  Kirchdorfer V. Watkins 198 Ky. 69, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (3/2/1923) Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Common Pleas Branch, First Division. Action by J. C. Kirchdorfer against Boyce Watkins and others. Judgment for the plaintiff for only the amount admitted to be due by defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  Laney V. U.s. 54 App.D.C. 56, Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, Docket Number 4000 (12/3/1923) Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. William Laney was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Miller V. State 130 Miss. 564, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 23220 (1/2/1923) Smith, C. J., and Anderson, J., dissenting. In Banc. Appeal from Circuit Court, Hinds County; W. H. Potter, Judge. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of R. C. Russell, District Attorney, for Mt. Olive Separate School District, against W. J. Miller, State Auditor. From a judgment awarding the writ, and ordering defendant to issue a warrant to... 1923 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Moore V. Dempsey 261 U.S. 86, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 199 (2/19/1923) Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Habeas corpus proceedings by Frank Moore and others against E. H. Dempsey, Keeper of the Arkansas State Penitentiary. From an order dismissing the writ upon demurrer, the petitioners appeal. Reversed. 1923 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Murdock V. Potter 155 La. 145, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 24033 (12/17/1923) Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; Jas. Andrews, Judge. Action by Kire Murdock against Helen Potter. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Judgment in part annulled and set aside and in part affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  People V. Rabbit 64 Cal.App. 264, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 1, California, Docket Number CR. 1005 (10/29/1923) Appeal from Superior Court, Kern County; Howard A. Peairs, Judge. Burr Rabbit was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  People V. Smith 61 Cal.App. 259, District Court of Appeal, Second District, Division 1, California, Docket Number CR 940 (3/5/1923) Appeal from Superior Court, Los Angeles County; Russ Avery, Judge. Fay Alma Smith was convicted of murder in the second degree, and she appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  Petition of Dong 287 F. 546, District Court, W.D. Washington, Southern Division, Docket Number 1256 (3/1/1923) In the matter of the petition of Dong Chong to become a citizen of the United States. On motion to dismiss the petition. Motion allowed. 1923 Cases    
F. Dumont Smith, Hutchinson, Kansas Roger Brooke Taney 1 Texas Law Review 261 (April, 1923) Roger Brooke Taney was born in Calvert County Maryland, on March 17, 1777, and died in Washington on October 12, 1864, in his eighty-eighth year. He came of an old Catholic family that had fled from England in Cromwell's time and settled for protection under the laws of Maryland, and Taney adhered to the Catholic faith throughout his life, although... 1923 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Sato V. Hall Docket Number JVR No. 805746, United States District Court, S.D. Indiana, Docket Number TH01-112- (7/26/1923) In Bank. Application for mandamus by Ichizo Sato against Harry W. Hall, to compel respondent, as Clerk of the County of Sacramento, to place petitioner's name on the register of voters. From a judgment refusing to permit registration, petitioner appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  Schaff V. Beale 250 S.W. 757, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana, Docket Number 2711 (4/5/1923) Error from District Court, Wood County; J.R. Warren, Judge. Action by Ida H. Beale against C.E. Schaff, receiver. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  Sharpe V. Southern Ry. Co. 125 S.C. 478, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 11233 (5/16/1923) Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court, Lexington County; Ernest Moore, Judge. Action by S. Paul Sharpe, as executor of the last will and testament of James A. Sharpe, deceased, against the Southern Railway Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. Marion and Cothran, JJ., dissenting. 1923 Cases    
  Snyder V. Heath 185 N.C. 362, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 445 (5/2/1923) Appeal from Superior Court, Mecklenburg County; Long, Judge. Action by J. Luther Snyder and others against H. B. Heath. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  State ex Rel. Thurber V. Board of Health of City of New Orleans 153 La. 986, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 25372 (4/30/1923) Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; Fred D. King, Judge. Mandamus by the State, on the relation of Rosemond George Thurber, against the Board of Health of the City of New Orleans. From a judgment making the writ peremptory, defendant appeals. Appeal dismissed. 1923 Cases    
  State V. Albritton 98 Okla. 158, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 12393 (11/20/1923) Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 2. Appeal from District Court, Muskogee County; Guy F. Nelson, Judge. Action by the State, on the relation of P. E. Gumm, County Attorney, and others, against I. N. Albritton and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff Gumm appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  State V. Jackson 153 La. 517, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 25571 (4/2/1923) Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; J. A. Williams, Judge. Cap Jackson was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. Affirmed. O'Niell, C. J., dissenting. 1923 Cases    
  State V. Russell 47 Nev. 263, Supreme Court of Nevada, Docket Number 2589 (12/1/1923) Appeal from District Court, Elko County; Wm. E. Orr, Judge. Thomas Russell was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
  State V. State Board of Equalization of Montana 67 Mont. 340, Supreme Court of Montana, Docket Number 5152 (5/21/1923) Appeal from District Court, Silver Bow County; Wm. E. Carroll, Judge. Mandamus on the relation of George Bourquin, as County Attorney of Silver Bow County and as a taxpayer, to require the State Board of Equalization, Wellington D. Rankin, Attorney General, and others, and Peter J. Kelly, as Assessor of Silver Bow County, to properly assess... 1923 Cases    
  State V. Williams 186 N.C. 627, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 497 (12/12/1923) Appeal from Superior Court, Henderson County; McElroy, Judge. Osborne Williams was convicted of assault, and he appeals. No error. 1923 Cases    
  State V. Williams 195 Iowa 785, Supreme Court of Iowa, Docket Number 34909 (4/3/1923) Appeal from District Court, Polk County; Lester L. Thompson, Judge. Defendant was indicted for murder in the first degree. He entered a plea of not guilty. On the trial to a jury, he was found guilty of the crime as charged, and the verdict fixed the death penalty. Judgment was entered in conformity to the verdict. Defendant appeals. Reversed and... 1923 Cases    
  Story V. State 133 Miss. 476, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 23494 (11/19/1923) En Banc. Appeal from Circuit Court, Holmes County; S. F. Davis, Judge. Columbus Story, alias Lum Story, was convicted of rape, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. Smith, C. J., dissenting. 1923 Cases    
  Succession of Washington 153 La. 1047, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 25651 (6/4/1923) Appeal from Twenty-Third Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Mary; Parcy Saint, Judge. Suit in the succession of Reuben Washington, deceased, by Reuben Washington, Jr., and another, to be recognized as deceased's children and sole heirs, and to set aside a will. From a judgment rejecting their demand, they appeal. Affirmed. 1923 Cases    
Richard W. Flournoy, Jr. The New Married Women's Citizenship Law 33 Yale Law Journal 159 (December, 1923) Since the passage of the Act of Congress of September 22, 1922, relative to the naturalization and citizenship of married women, many-women have found themselves in a puzzling situation, some because they discovered that they could legally claim citizenship in two separate countries, and did not know which to choose; others, because they had no... 1923 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
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