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  Fischer V. Carey 173 Cal. 185, Supreme Court of California, Docket Number 6958 (7/27/1916) Department 2. Appeal from Superior Court, City and County of San Francisco; John J. Van Nostrand, Judge. Action by Harry F. Fischer and others against F. W. Carey and others. From an order appointing a receiver of a ship, certain defendants appeal. Reversed. 1916 Cases    
  Freeman V. State 80 Tex.Crim. 20, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 4152 (6/23/1916) Appeal from District Court, Galveston County; Robt. G. Street, Judge. Sallie Freeman was convicted of manslaughter, and she appeals. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Haynes V. State 71 Fla. 585, Supreme Court of Florida (4/28/1916) Error to Circuit Court, Hillsborough County; F. M. Robles, Judge. Charles H. Haynes was convicted of murder in the first degree, and brings error. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Huff V. Norfolk-southern R. Co. 171 N.C. 203, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 170 (3/22/1916) Appeal from Superior Court, Craven County; Bond, Judge. Action by John W. Huff against the NorfolkSouthern Railroad Company. From a judgment for the defendant, the plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  In re Leslie's Estate 175 A.D. 108, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York (11/17/1916) Appeal from Surrogate's Court, New York County. In the matter of the estate of Frank Leslie, also known as Mrs. Frank Leslie, also known as the Baroness de Bazus, deceased. From a decree of the Surrogates' Court (92 Misc. Rep. 663,156 N. Y. Supp. 346), denying a motion by Arthur Leslie for an order reopening, setting aside, or vacating the... 1916 Cases    
  Jacks V. Masterson 99 Kan. 89, Supreme Court of Kansas, Docket Number 20355 (11/11/1916) Appeal from District Court, Wyandotte County. Action by Alexander D. Jacks and others against Emily C. Masterson and others. From a judgment for defendants Otto Freeman and another, plaintiffs and defendants Emily C. Masterson and others appeal. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Lake V. State 79 Tex.Crim. 234, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 3989 (3/15/1916) Appeal from District Court, Wood County; R. M. Smith, Judge. J. T. Lake was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1916 Cases    
  Mccline V. Ridley 134 Tenn. 164, Supreme Court of Tennessee (3/7/1916) Certiorari to Court of Civil Appeals. Will contest by Ellen McCline and others against McMurry Ridley and others. Certiorari on application of contestants to review a judgment affirming a judgment against them. Reversed and remanded. 1916 Cases    
  People V. Kingcannon 276 Ill. 251, Supreme Court of Illinois, Docket Number 10901 (12/21/1916) Error to Circuit Court, Winnebago County; Arthur H. Frost, Judge. John Kingcannon was convicted of rape, and he brings error. Reversed and remanded. Farmer and Cooke, JJ., dissenting. 1916 Cases    
  Pitman V. Drabelle 267 Mo. 78, Supreme Court of Missouri, Docket Number 19348 (2/21/1916) In Banc. Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court; George H. Shields, Judge. Action by Charles A. Pitman against John W. Drabelle and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Prescott V. Ayers 276 Ill. 242, Supreme Court of Illinois, Docket Number 10933 (12/21/1916) Appeal from Circuit Court, Cook County; Thomas G. Windes, Judge. Suit by James Prescott and others against Charles Ayers and others to set aside the will of Albert Covington, deceased. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal. Reversed and remanded. 1916 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  R.h. Thomas Co. V. Lewis, Hubbard & Co. 79 W.Va. 138, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Docket Number 3179 (10/31/1916) Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by the R. H. Thomas Company against Lewis, Hubbard & Co. and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Rea V. Griffin 29 Ohio Dec. 174, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Madison County (8/14/1916) This is a suit to construe certain items of the will of Sarah J. Johnson. The petition recites that testatrix died in Champaign county, Ohio, on or about May 13, 1914; that O. P. Con verse and Matthew L. Rea were appointed executors by the will; that O. P. Converse, joint executor under the will and named trustee under Item 11 thereof, died prior... 1916 Cases    
  Rea V. Griffin 29 Ohio Dec. 174, Court of Common Pleas of Ohio, Madison (8/14/1916) This is a suit to construe certain items of the will of Sarah J. Johnson. The petition recites that testatrix died in Champaign county, Ohio, on or about May 13, 1914; that O. P. Con verse... 1916 Trial Court Orders    
  Riley V. Jaeger 189 S.W. 1168, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1 (12/1/1916) Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court; Chas. Claflin Allen, Judge. Suit by Jennie L. Riley and others against Gustave A. Jaeger and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Judgment affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Scott V. Quimby 56 Okla. 301, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 6633 (3/7/1916) Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 4. Error from District Court, Seminole County; Tom D. McKeown, Judge. Action by Lucy Scott, formerly Lucy Grayson, against John Quimby and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiff brings error. Reversed and remanded, with directions. 1916 Cases    
  Simmons V. State 14 Ala.App. 103, Court of Appeals of Alabam, Docket Number 3DIV223 (5/18/1916) Appeal from Circuit Court, Conecuh County; A.E. Gamble, Judge. George Simmons was convicted of violating the prohibition law, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1916 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Sims V. Birden 197 Ala. 690, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 3 DIV. 228 (11/23/1916) Mayfield, Gardner, and Thomas, JJ., dissenting. Appeal from Chancery Court, Montgomery County; O.S. Lewis, Chancellor. Bill by Zalena Birden against Katie Sims and others to set aside and vacate a decree of the probate court setting off a homestead, and vesting the same absolutely in Katie Douglass, now Katie Sims. From a decree granting the relief... 1916 Cases    
Albert Swindlehurst, Montreal, Canada Some Phases of the Law of Marriage 30 Harvard Law Review 124 (December, 1916) IN the vast field of Comparative Law there is no subject which so profoundly affects the welfare of society as that of marriage, nor has any other institution been so powerfully influenced by superstition, religion, philosophy, and politics. Eastern legislators regarded matrimony as a means of securing salvation in the world to come; Caesar and... 1916 Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources    
  Southern Ry. Co. V. Norton 112 Miss. 302, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A, Docket Number 18572 (12/4/1916) Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County; F. E. Everett, Judge. Action by Mary L. Norton against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Southern Ry. Co. V. Primrose 73 So. 2, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Division A, Docket Number 18574 (12/4/1916) Appeal from Circuit Court, Washington County; F. E. Everett, Judge. Action by Carrie Primrose against the Southern Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  State V. Dixon 190 S.W. 290, Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 2, Docket Number 19683 (12/6/1916) Appeal from Circuit Court, Lincoln County; Edgar B. Woolfolk, Judge. Robert Dixon was convicted of second degree murder, and appeals. Reversed and remanded. 1916 Cases    
  State V. Galveston, H. & S.a. Ry. Co. 184 S.W. 227, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Austin, Docket Number 5533 (1/26/1916) Appeal from District Court, Travis County; Geo. Calhoun, Judge. Action by the State of Texas against the Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and the State appeals. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  State V. Sanders 103 S.C. 216, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 9273 (2/26/1916) Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Richland County; H. F. Rice, Judge. To be officially reported. James Sanders was convicted of murder, and appeals. Reversed and remanded for new trial. 1916 Cases   This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed or overruled.
  Taylor V. State 17 Ga.App. 787, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 6818 (4/17/1916) Error from Superior Court, Bibb County; H. A. Mathews, Judge. W. H. Taylor was convicted of assault with intent to murder, and brings error. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Virginia-carolina Peanut Picker Co. V. Benthall Mach. Co. 241 F. 89, Circuit Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, Docket Number 1440 (11/23/1916) Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk; Edmund Waddill, Jr., Judge. Suit in equity by the Benthall Machine Company, Incorporated, against the Virginia-Carolina Peanut Picker Company, Incorporated. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals. Reversed. For opinion below, see 222 Fed.... 1916 Cases    
  Warwick County V. City of Newport News 120 Va. 177, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (11/16/1916) Error to Circuit Court, Warwick County. Petition by the City of Newport News against the County of Warwick and others. There was a decree ordering the annexation to the city of certain territory belonging to the county, and the county and others bring error. Judgment affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Wehunt V. State 136 Tenn. 223, Supreme Court of Tennessee (10/5/1916) Error to Circuit Court, Bradley County; S. C. Brown, Judge. Jim Wehunt was convicted of carrying a pistol, and to review his conviction he brings error. Judgment reversed, indictment quashed, and suit dismissed. 1916 Cases    
  Weller V. Missouri, K. & T. Ry. Co. 187 S.W. 374, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio, Docket Number 5690 (6/14/1916) Appeal from District Court, Travis County; George Calhoun, Judge. Action by C. B. Weller and wife, against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. 1916 Cases    
  Whitfield V. La Grone 191 S.W. 1169, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Beaumont, Docket Number 108 (12/9/1916) Appeal from District Court, Panola County; W. C. Buford, Judge. Trespass to try title by M. J. Whitfield and others against G. W. La Grone and others. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs appeal. Reversed and rendered. 1916 Cases    
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