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State V. Mittle |
120 S.C. 526, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 10951 (7/5/1922) |
Appeal from General Sessions Circuit Court of Orangeburg County; I. W. Bowman, Judge. Edward N. Mittle was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. Affirmed. Watts and Fraser, JJ., dissenting. |
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Story V. Board of Com'rs of Alamance County |
184 N.C. 336, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 333 (11/8/1922) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Alamance County; Connor, Judge. Proceeding by W. E. Story to enjoin the Board of Commissioners of Alamance County from holding a special election on the question of issuing school district bonds. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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Succession of Gilmore |
Orleans No. 7995, Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Parish of Orleans, Docket Number 7995 (4/10/1922) |
On opposition to application of John Gilmore for letters of administration. Appeal from the 29th Judicial District Court for Plaquemine, Parish. Marriage between white persons and persons of color under Act No. 54 of 1894, prohibited. A marriage celebration between a free white person and a free person of color, in violation of Article 95 of the... |
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Takao Ozawa V. U.s. |
260 U.S. 178, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 1 (11/13/1922) |
On a Certificate from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Application by Takao Ozawa for admission to citizenship. The petition was denied, and the applicant appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which certified questions to the Supreme Court. Questions answered. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Taylor V. Hoag |
273 Pa. 194, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (3/6/1922) |
Bill by Amelia M. Taylor, in her own right and as executrix of the estate of Charles Freeman Taylor, deceased, against Clarence G. Hoag and others, trustees, to revoke a trust. Bill dismissed, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Schaffer, J., dissenting. |
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C. E. C. |
The Arizona Labor Decision |
31 Yale Law Journal 408 (February, 1922) |
In Truax v. Corrigan (1921) 42 Sup. Ct. 124, the Court held unconstitutional an Arizona Statute limiting the use of injunctions in labor disputes. So many and so important are the questions raised by this case that it is possible within the limits of a short discussion to call attention to some of the more important issues only. The case is thrown... |
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Peter J. Hamilton, San Juan, P. R. |
The Civil Law and the Common Law |
36 Harvard Law Review 180 (December, 1922) |
THERE are sundry bodies of law in the world and it may be that in some places, as in Russia, others are coming into being; but the civil law and the common law are not only the two systems which are nourishing best at the present time, but the two systems which, so far as we can now see, are fated to divide the world between them. Perhaps some day... |
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Pierre Lepaulle, Avocat à la Cour d'Appel de Paris, Harvard Law School |
The Function of Comparative Law with a Critique of Sociological Jurisprudence |
35 Harvard Law Review 838 (May, 1922) |
ONE of the first things to strike a foreigner who comes in contact with American lawyers is the general lack of interest in questions of comparative law. This indifference seems to be chiefly due to a failure to understand the real functions of that science in the modern world. Most see in it nothing more than an amusing puzzle, the chance to... |
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Wilson V. Singer Sewing Mach. Co. |
184 N.C. 40, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 20 (9/20/1922) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Beaufort County; Bond, Judge. Action by Rosa Wilson and husband against the Singer Sewing Machine Company and another. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. No error. This action is for assault upon the person and trespass upon the property of the feme plaintiff. She had purchased upon conditional sale, on... |
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Allen V. Commonwealth |
129 Va. 723, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1/20/1921) |
Error to Corporation Court of Newport News. Edward Allen was convicted of unlawfully manufacturing, etc., ardent spirits, and he brings error. Affirmed. |
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Anderson V. Pantages Theater Co. |
114 Wash. 24, Supreme Court of Washington, Docket Number 16024 (1/8/1921) |
Department 1. Appeal from Superior Court, King County; King Dykeman, Judge. Action by Clarence R. Anderson against the Pantages Theater Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Beaden V. Bransford Realty Co. |
144 Tenn. 395, Supreme Court of Tennessee (7/29/1921) |
Certiorari to Court of Civil Appeals. Bill by Fred Beaden against the Bransford Realty Company. To review the decree of the Court of Civil Appeals for complainant, on appeal from decree of the special chancellor dismissing the bill, both parties bring certiorari. Both petitions denied. |
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Bowman V. Howard |
182 N.C. 662, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 414 (12/14/1921) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Scotland County; Ray, Judge. Consolidated proceedings by Hattie Howard Bowman and husband against West Howard and wife and against Lizzie Howard London, for whom West Howard was substituted. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. No error. |
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Bradford V. State |
90 Tex.Crim. 307, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 6476 (11/23/1921) |
Appeal from District Court, Bexar County; S. G. Tayloe, Judge. Chas. Bradford was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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City of Pineville V. Moore |
190 Ky. 357, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (2/1/1921) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Bell County. Suit by John Moore and others against the City of Pineville and others. Injunction denied as to Board of Education, but granted directing the members of the council to comply with a resolution of the Board of Education by levying a tax, and the city and the members of its Board of Council appeal. Judgment... |
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Dagley V. State |
144 Tenn. 501, Supreme Court of Tennessee (10/29/1921) |
Error to Criminal Court, Rhea County; J. T. Raulston, Judge. Bob Dagley was convicted of disturbing public worship, and brings error. Affirmed. |
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Dunn V. Dunn |
191 Ky. 817, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (5/3/1921) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Garrard County. Suit by James H. Dunn and others against the executor and devisees of Erasmus Dunn, junior. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Fowler V. State |
89 Tex.Crim. 623, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 6187 (5/25/1921) |
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County; George E. Hosey, Judge. Jess Fowler was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Frederick V. Culler |
118 S.C. 102, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 10767 (12/10/1921) |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Orangeburg County; I. W. Bowman, Judge. Action by Henrietta Frederick and others against W. C. Culler. From a judgment for defendant founded on the report of a master in chancery, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
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Fridge V. State |
90 Tex.Crim. 75, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 5934 (6/8/1921) |
Appeal from Criminal District Court, Tarrant County; Geo. E. Hosey, Judge. Hub Fridge was convicted of keeping and being interested in keeping a gambling house, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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Funches V. State |
125 Miss. 140, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A, Docket Number 21493 (3/28/1921) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Simpson County; W. H. Hughes, Judge. Neal Funches was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Greenwood V. Rickman |
145 Tenn. 361, Supreme Court of Tennessee (10/31/1921) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, Putnam County; W. R. Officer, Chancellor. Suit by C. L. Greenwood and others against C. H. Rickman and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Reversed, and complainants' bill dismissed. |
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In re En Sk Song |
271 F. 23, District Court, S.D. California, Southern Division, Docket Number 324 (2/24/1921) |
In the matter of the petitions of En Sk Song and Simeon Ogbac Mascarenas for naturalization. Denied, without prejudice to renewal by Mascarenas. |
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In re Opinion of the Justices |
237 Mass. 591, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, (3/14/1921) |
Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court relative to the constitutional power of the General Court to enact a bill rendering women liable to jury duty; two questions being submitted by the House of Representatives. Questions answered. |
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In re Paquet's Estate |
101 Or. 393, Supreme Court of Oregon (9/27/1921) |
Department 1. Appeal from Circuit Court, Tillamook County; Geo. R. Bagley, Judge. In the matter of the estate of Fred Paquet, deceased. Petition of John Paquet for removal of Ophelia Paquet as administratrix. From decree of removal and appointment of petitioner, administrator Ophelia Paquet appealed, and from affirmance in the circuit court she... |
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In re Salvador |
195 A.D. 571, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York (3/4/1921) |
Appeal from Surrogate's Court, New York County. In the matter of the application of Baroness Althea Salvador to set aside a decree admitting to probate the last will and testament of Mrs. Frank Leslie, deceased. Application by Henrietta R. Hurlbut, as administratrix of the goods, etc., of Baroness Althea Salvador, to revive the application; the... |
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Johnson V. State |
90 Tex.Crim. 229, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 6412 (11/2/1921) |
Appeal from District Court, Lamar County; A. P. Dohoney, Judge. Fleming Johnson was convicted of murder and appeals. Affirmed. |
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Kingman V. New Bedford Home for Aged |
237 Mass. 323, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol (1/15/1921) |
Appeal from Supreme Judicial Court, Bristol County. Petition by George M. Kingman and others, trustees, against the New Bedford Home for Aged and others. From decree of the probate court adverse to it, the named defendant appealed to the Supreme Judicial Court, which, after hearing by single justice, affirmed, and the named defendant appeals to the... |
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Lee V. State |
124 Miss. 398, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A, Docket Number 21256 (1/31/1921) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Alcorn County; C. P. Long, Judge. F. E. Lee was convicted of manslaughter, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Leser V. Garnett |
139 Md. 46, Court of Appeals of Maryland, Docket Number 43 (6/28/1921) |
Appeal from Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City; Chas. W. Heuisler, Judge. Petition by Oscar Leser and others against J. Mercer Garnett and others, constituting the Board of Registry of the Seventh Precinct of the Eleventh Ward of Baltimore City, to have particular names stricken from the registry of voters of such precinct. Petition dismissed,... |
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