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Moorehead V. Dial |
134 Ark. 548, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 55 (6/17/1918) |
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; Jno. M. Elliott, Chancellor. Suit by R. H. Moorehead against H. M. Dial and others. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed in part, and reversed in part. |
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Parus V. District Court of Fourth Judicial Dist. Of Nevada in and for Elko County |
42 Nev. 229, Supreme Court of Nevada, Docket Number 2336 (9/5/1918) |
Proceeding in prohibition by Arne W. Parus against the District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of Nevada in and for the County of Elko and E. J. L. Taber, the Judge thereof. Writ denied. Coleman, J., dissenting. |
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Peay V. Commonwealth |
181 Ky. 396, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (9/24/1918) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Christian County. Jim Peay was convicted of voluntary manslaughter, and he appeals. Reversed. |
1918 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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People V. Miller |
177 Cal. 404, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number 2100 (2/1/1918) |
In Bank. Appeal from Superior Court, Ventura County; Merle J. Rogers, Judge. Fred Miller was convicted of first degree murder and appeals from the judgment and an order denying his motion for new trial. Affirmed. |
1918 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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People V. Parker |
284 Ill. 272, Supreme Court of Illinois, Docket Number 11972 (6/20/1918) |
Error to Circuit Court, St. Clair County; George A. Crow, Judge. Fayette Parker and others were convicted of murder, and they bring error. Affirmed. |
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Rogers V. State |
136 Ark. 161, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 198 (10/28/1918) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pulaski County; John W. Wade, Judge. W. M. Rogers was convicted of murder in the second degree, and he appeals. Judgment affirmed. Defendant was indicted in proper form for the crime of murder in the first degree in killing a certain infant whose real name, it is alleged, is unknown to these grand jurors. He... |
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Shelton V. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co. |
139 Tenn. 378, Supreme Court of Tennessee (3/9/1918) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Davidson County; A. G. Rutherford, Judge. Action by Mrs. Mattie Shelton and another against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Company. Judgment on verdict for plaintiff, which was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals, and the Railroad Company appeals. Affirmed on condition that remittitur be filed; otherwise... |
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South Covington & C. St. Ry. Co. V. Commonwealth |
181 Ky. 449, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (9/27/1918) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kenton County. The South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Company and the Cincinnati, Covington & Erlanger Railway Company were convicted of a violation of the Separate Coach Law, their motions for a new trial were overruled, and they appeal. Judgment in each case affirmed. |
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Southern Ry. Co. V. Commonwealth |
124 Va. 36, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (11/14/1918) |
Appeal from State Corporation Commission. Action by the Commonwealth, on the relation of the State Corporation Commission, against the Southern Railway Company. From an order of the State Corporation Commission, defendant appeals. Reversed, with directions. |
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State V. Barnhart |
143 La. 596, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 23044 (5/27/1918) |
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier; John N. Sandlin, Judge. Nelse Barnhart, alias Big Boy, was convicted of murder, without capital punishment, and sentenced therefor, and he appeals. Verdict and sentence set aside, and cause remanded. |
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State V. Cook |
81 W.Va. 686, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Docket Number NO. 3437 (2/26/1918) |
Error from Circuit Court, Raleigh County. Ed Cook was convicted of murder in the first degree, and from a judgment of the circuit court for Raleigh county, refusing to grant him a writ of error to a judgment of the criminal court of the county, he brings error. Affirmed. |
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State V. Howard |
144 La. 97, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 23156 (12/2/1918) |
Appeal from Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Landry; B. H. Pavy, Judge. Jack Howard was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Young |
82 W.Va. 714, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Docket Number 3664 (10/15/1918) |
Error to Circuit Court, Raleigh County. Rock Young was convicted of murder, and he brings error. Reversed and remanded for new trial. |
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Thurlow M. Gordon, New York City |
The Child Labor Law Case |
32 Harvard Law Review 45 (November, 1918) |
ON June 3, 1918, the Supreme Court of the United States held unconstitutional the act of Congress of September 1, 1916, entitled An Act to prevent interstate commerce in the products of child labor and for other purposes. Mr. Justice Day delivered the opinion of the majority of the court. With the dissenting opinion, written by Mr. Justice... |
1918 |
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Jules Valery, Université de Montpellier, Faculté de Droit |
The World War and its Effect on Future Private International Law |
31 Harvard Law Review 980 (May, 1918) |
ONE need only glance into history to see the profound influence which has been exercised over private international law by each one of those great conflicts which from time to time during the Christian era have set European nations against each other. Such conflicts agitate nations to the bottom and, when peace comes, previous relations have been... |
1918 |
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Walker V. Henderson |
109 S.C. 160, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 9925 (3/13/1918) |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Barnwell County. Action by Drayton Walker against Malinda Henderson and others, for partition of land of an estate. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals. Reversed. |
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White V. Pasfield |
212 Ill.App. 73, Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District (7/15/1918) |
Charles Fred White and four other complainants filed their second amended bill in chancery in the Circuit Court of Sangamon county, making George Pasfield, Jr., and the other trustees of the Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Springfield, Illinois, and E. D. McNeil and James O. Sylvia parties defendant. It is averred in the bill that the... |
1918 |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Wiley V. Harlow |
274 Mo. 170, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, Docket Number 18619 (1/5/1918) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pike County; Edgar B. Woolfolk, Judge. Action by Eliza Wiley and another against Dorothy A. Harlow. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Reversed, and remanded for new trial. |
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Aetna Club V. State |
193 S.W. 1106, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso, Docket Number 676 (3/15/1917) |
Appeal from District Court, El Paso County; Dan M. Jackson, Judge. Suit by the State of Texas against the Ætna Club and W. C. Clark. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Anderson V. Mathews |
174 Cal. 537, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number 8035 (3/8/1917) |
In Bank. Application by Ethen Anderson for a writ of mandate against Shafter Mathews, County Clerk of Lake County, Cal. Writ issued. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Angelus V. Sullivan |
246 F. 54, Circuit Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, Docket Number 130 (10/22/1917) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Suit by John Angelus against John Sullivan and others, as members of the Local Board for Division No. 155 of the City of New York, state of New York. From an order dismissing the bill of complaint, complainant appeals. Affirmed.... |
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Appellants' Statement, Brief and Argument., Shepard V. Barkley |
Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number No. 257 (1/22/1917) |
The bill in this case was filed December 8, 1909. The complainants were James M. Barkley, Moderator of General Assembly and Chairman of the Executive Commission of the General Assembly of... |
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Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. V. State |
73 Fla. 609, Supreme Court of Florida (3/12/1917) |
Error to Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; F. M. Robles, Judge. Action by the Railroad Commissioners, in the name of the State of Florida, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Reversed. |
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Bivins V. State |
147 Ga. 229, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 563 (8/18/1917) |
Error from Superior Court, Sumter County; Z. A. Littlejohn, Judge. Honor Bivins was convicted of being an accessory before the fact of murder, and he brings error. Affirmed. See, also, 145 Ga. 416, 89 S. E. 370. |
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Board of Election Com'rs of City of Indianapolis V. Knight |
187 Ind. 108, Supreme Court of Indiana, Docket Number 23375 (10/26/1917) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Marion County; John J. Rochford, Judge. Suit by William W. Knight against the Board of Election Commissioners of the City of Indianapolis and others. From a decree for complainant, defendants appeal. Affirmed. For dissenting opinion, see 117 N.E. 650. |
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Brooks V. Texas & P. Ry. Co. |
141 La. 809, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 22203 (4/16/1917) |
Appeal from Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Rapides; James Andrews, Judge. Action by Lovinia Augustin Brooks against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Judgment annulled, and judgment for defendant dismissing the suit. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Buchanan V. Warley |
245 U.S. 60, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 33 (11/5/1917) |
In Error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. Action by Charles H. Buchanan against William Warley. A decree for defendant was affirmed by the Court of Appeals of Kentucky (165 Ky. 559, 177 S. W. 472, Ann. Cas. 1917B, 149), and plaintiff brings error. Reversed and remanded. |
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Burgess V. Burgess |
199 Ala. 552, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 8 DIV. 993 (4/5/1917) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, Franklin County; James E. Horton, Jr., Chancellor. Bill by Houston Burgess and others against W.P. Burgess and others. From the decree, defendants appeal. Corrected and affirmed. |
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Chicago, R.i. & P. Ry. Co. V. Lane |
69 Okla. 145, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 7377 (5/15/1917) |
Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 2. Error from District Court, Le Flore County; W. H. Brown, Judge. Action by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company against D. G. Lane, County Treasurer Le Flore County, Okl. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed. |
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City of New Orleans V. Piazza |
142 La. 167, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 22624 (6/30/1917) |
Appeal from Recorder's Court of New Orleans; Louis Burthe, Jr., Recorder. Willie V. Piazza was convicted of the violation of an ordinance of the City of New Orleans, and she appeals. Judgment reversed, and defendant discharged. |
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