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  Hines V. Meador 145 Ark. 356, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 165 (10/18/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Pulaski County; G. W. Hendricks, Judge. Action by R. L. Meador against Walker D. Hines, Director General of Railroads. From judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1920 Cases    
  Hines V. Miniard 204 Ala. 514, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 6 DIV 51 (6/3/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County; Romain Boyd, Judge. Action by Mary Miniard against Walker D. Hines, as Director General of Railroads, operating the Illinois Central Railroad, for damages for injuries while a passenger. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1920 Cases    
  Hoagland V. Hoagland 27 Wyo. 178, Supreme Court of Wyoming (12/13/1920) Error to District Court, Laramie County; William C. Mentzer, Judge. Action for divorce by John L. Hoagland against Mary Hoagland. From a judgment denying the petition for divorce, plaintiff brings error. Reversed and remanded, with directions to enter a decree of divorce for plaintiff. 1920 Cases    
  Hunn V. Stiffney 189 Ky. 255, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (10/12/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Lincoln County. Action by Jess Hunn and others against Cora Stiffney. Judgment for defendant on directed verdict, and plaintiffs appeal. Reversed, and remanded for new trial. 1920 Cases    
  Hutchinson V. Garrity 218 Ill.App. 161, Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Docket Number 25094 (4/30/1920) We have viewed the picture or photoplay as thrown upon a screen by the use of said exhibits, and, after such view and a consideration of all the other evidence in the case, we are of the opinion that the judgment should be reversed upon the ground that the verdict and special findings of the jury, and the judgment, are not warranted by the... 1920 Cases    
  In re Grilli 110 Misc. 45, Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, Special Term (1/6/1920) Application by Julia V. Grilli for a peremptory writ of mandamus. Motion denied. 1920 Cases    
  In re Grilli 110 Misc. 45, Supreme Court, Kings County, New York, Special Term (1/6/1920) Application by Julia V. Grilli for a peremptory writ of mandamus. Motion denied. 1920 Trial Court Orders    
  In re Wentworth 229 N.Y. 636, Court of Appeals of New York (10/22/1920) Appeal from an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department (191 App. Div. 889,180 N. Y. Supp. 952), entered February 27, 1920, which affirmed a decree of the New York County Surrogate's Court which adjudged that the respondent herein was entitled to receive the entire legacy bequeathed by a provision of the... 1920 Cases    
  Jelsma V. Butler 80 Okla. 46, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 11207 (12/14/1920) Appeal from District Court, Logan County; Arthur R. Swank, Judge. Quo warranto by C. G. Butler and others against Lawrence Jelsma, County Treasurer, and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Reversed and remanded, with instructions to render judgment for defendants. 1920 Cases    
  Jones V. Kehrlein 49 Cal.App. 646, District Court of Appeal, First District, Division 1, California, Docket Number CIV. 3286 (10/23/1920) Appeal from Superior Court, Fresno County; D. A. Cashin, Judge. Action by Errol Jones, a minor, etc., against Oliver Kehrlein, Jr., and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Affirmed. 1920 Cases    
  Jordan V. State 141 Ark. 504, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 111 (1/12/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Drew County; Turner Butler, Judge. Fairfield Jordan was convicted of murder in the second degree, and appeals. Affirmed. 1920 Cases    
  Mueller V. Phillips 186 Ky. 657, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (1/27/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion County. Action by Mathew Phillips and others against Hans Mueller and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and certain defendants appeal, while others move for permission to appeal. Reversed, motion for leave to appeal sustained, judgment against movants reversed, and cause remanded, with directions. 1920 Cases    
  Owens V. Commonwealth 188 Ky. 498, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/15/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Hardin County. William Owens was convicted of having intoxicating liquors in his possession for the purpose of sale, and appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1920 Cases    
  People V. Bundy 295 Ill. 322, Supreme Court of Illinois, Docket Number 13366 (12/21/1920) Error to Circuit Court, Monroe County; J. F. Gillham, Judge. Leroy N. Bundy was convicted of homicide, and he brings error. Reversed and remanded. Farmer, Stone, and Thompson, JJ., dissenting. 1920 Cases    
  People V. Colvin 294 Ill. 196, Supreme Court of Illinois, Docket Number 13367 (6/16/1920) Error to Criminal Court, Cook County; Joseph Sabath, Judge. Walter Colvin and another were convicted of murder, and bring error. Affirmed. 1920 Cases    
  Perdue V. State 17 Ala.App. 500, Court of Appeals of Alabam, Docket Number 6 DIV 652 (6/15/1920) The indictment contained two counts, the first charging the defendant with assault with intent to murder one C.T. Lambert; and the second count charged him with the offense of assault with intent to rob Lambert. The conviction of the defendant under the second count of the indictment followed, and from this judgment, defendant appeals. [1]... 1920 Cases    
  Ratliff V. State 79 Okla. 152, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 11254 (8/10/1920) Appeal from District Court, McClain County; F. B. Swank, Judge. Proceeding in the nature of a quo warranto by the State of Oklahoma, on the relation of W. H. Woods, County Attorney of McClain County, Okl., against J. A. Ratliff and others. Judgment for relator, and defendants appeal. Reversed and remanded, with directions to grant plaintiffs in... 1920 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Sargent V. Sargent 114 A. 428, Court of Chancery of New Jersey, Docket Number 46 713 (12/29/1920) Suit for divorce by Donald J. Sargent against Frances L. Sargent. Decree for defendant. Decree affirmed, 114 Atl. 439. 1920 Cases    
  Shapleigh Hardware Co. V. Southern Ry. Co. 222 Ill.App. 360, Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District (4/10/1920) The appellant, Shapleigh Hardware Company, is a Missouri corporation, engaged in business in St. Louis, and the appellee, The Southern Railway Company, is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce. From June 30, 1917 to July 2, 1917, inclusive, the appellant delivered to the appellee at East St. Louis, Illinois, five shipments of hardware to... 1920 Cases    
  Sims V. Sims 122 Miss. 745, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 21145 (6/14/1920) In Banc. Appeal from Chancery Court, Lauderdale County; G. C. Tann, Chancellor. Suit by O. B. Sims against Mrs. Henrietta M. Sims to annul a marriage, or in the alternative, for a divorce. From an interlocutory decree awarding defendant alimony pendente lite, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed and remanded. 1920 Cases    
  South Covington & Cincinnati St. Ry. Co. V. Commonwealth of Kentucky 252 U.S. 399, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 252 (4/19/1920) In Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. Criminal prosecution by the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Company. A judgment against the defendant was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Kentucky (181 Ky. 449, 205 S. W. 603), and it brings error. Affirmed. 1920 Cases    
  Southern Ry. Co. In Kentucky V. John T. Barbee & Co. 190 Ky. 63, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (12/17/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Common Pleas Branch, Fourth Division. Action by John T. Barbee & Co. against the Southern Railway Company in Kentucky. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1920 Cases    
  State V. Morgan 147 La. 205, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 23848 (4/5/1920) Appeal from Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Jackson; Cas. Moss, Judge. Pete Morgan was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. See, also, 145 La. 585, 82 South. 711. 1920 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  State V. Nieto 101 Ohio St. 409, Supreme Court of Ohio, Docket Number 16624 (12/6/1920) Exceptions to Court of Common Pleas, Stark county. Mike Nieto was indicted for carrying concealed weapons, and found not guilty, and to the instructions the State brings exceptions. Exceptions sustained. At the January term, 1920, of the court of common pleas of Stark county, Mike Nieto was indicted and tried for the crime of carrying concealed... 1920 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Walker V. J.n. Hirsch Cooperage Co. 222 S.W. 1116, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont, Docket Number 584 (6/8/1920) Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Ewing Boyd, Judge. Action by James Walker against the J. N. Hirsch Cooperage Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. 1920 Cases   This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains.
  Walls V. Midland Carbon Co. 254 U.S. 300, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 219 (12/13/1920) Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Wyoming. Suit by the Midland Carbon Company and another against William L. Walls, Attorney General of the State of Wyoming, and others, to restrain defendants from enforcing or attempting to enforce a statute of the state of Wyoming. From a decree granting an interlocutory... 1920 Cases    
  Ware V. State 146 Ark. 321, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 34 (12/6/1920) Appeal from Circuit Court, Phillips County; J. M. Jackson, Judge. Ed Ware, Will Wordlow, Albert Giles, Joe Fox, John Martin, and Alf Banks, Jr., were convicted of murder, and appeal. Reversed and remanded for new trials. McCulloch, C. J., and Humphreys, J., dissenting in part. 1920 Cases    
Arthur P. Rugg, Chief Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts William Cushing 30 Yale Law Journal 128 (December, 1920) The biographical details of one whose life is chiefly spent in judicial service present little of general interest. No startling events challenge the attention. There is no spectacle of an instant leap from obscurity to fame. Such a life is of necessity one of slow and steady growth, like that of the oak, ring on ring. Thus alone the confidence of... 1920 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Balbas V. U.s. 257 F. 17, Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit (4/5/1919) Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico; Peter J. Hamilton, Judge. Vincente Balbas Capo was convicted of a violation of the Espionage Act, and he brings error. Reversed and remanded. 1919 Cases    
  Boulden V. Shreveport Rys. Co. 145 La. 976, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 21811 (11/3/1919) Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; R. D. Webb, Judge. Action by Miss Harriet Boulden against the Shreveport Railways Company. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Verdict and judgment annulled, and judgment rendered for defendant dismissing the suit. 1919 Cases    
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