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Woolridge V. Board of Education of City of Galena |
98 Kan. 397, Supreme Court of Kansas, Docket Number 20378 (6/10/1916) |
Original proceedings in mandamus by W. E. Woolridge and others against the Board of Education of the City of Galena, Kan., and another. Peremptory writ allowed. |
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Atlas Powder Co. V. Goodloe |
131 Tenn. 490, Supreme Court of Tennessee (4/17/1915) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, Davidson County; Jno. Allison, Chancellor. Suit by the Atlas Powder Company against Hallum W. Goodloe, Secretary of State. From a decree of the chancellor sustaining the defendant's demurrer and dismissing the bill, the complainant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Bainbridge V. City of Minneapolis |
131 Minn. 195, Supreme Court of Minnesota, 19664, Docket Number 255 (11/19/1915) |
Appeal from District Court, Hennepin County; John H. Steele, Judge. Injunction by A. G. Bainbridge, Jr., against the City of Minneapolis and others. Temporary injunction denied, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. |
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Biggerstaff V. Riley |
192 Mo.App. 92, Kansas City Court of Appeals, Missouri, Docket Number 11710 (11/1/1915) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Clinton County; A. D. Burnes, Judge. Action by Charles Biggerstaff, Jr., against H. R. Riley, administrator of the estate of Charles Biggerstaff. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Bingham V. Woodell |
109 Miss. 769, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 18145 (10/11/1915) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, Carroll County; A. Y. Woodward, Chancellor. Suit by C. G. Bingham and others against W. D. Woodell and others to enjoin a bond issue to purchase a school site and erect a schoolhouse. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
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Campbell V. U S |
221 F. 186, Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Docket Number 2384 (3/8/1915) |
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Fourth Division of the Territory of Alaska; Fuller, Judge. Joseph Campbell was convicted of murder in the first degree, and he brings error. Affirmed. |
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Carey V. City of Atlanta |
143 Ga. 192, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 210 (2/12/1915) |
Error from Superior Court, Fulton County; Geo. L. Bell, Judge. Action by John Carey and others against the City of Atlanta and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. Reversed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Caughron V. Stinespring |
132 Tenn. 636, Supreme Court of Tennessee (10/13/1915) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, McMinn County; V. C. Allen, Chancellor. Suit by William Caughron and others against J. B. Stinespring and wife. From a decree for defendants, complainants appeal. Reversed and rendered. |
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Cave V. Cave |
101 S.C. 40, Supreme Court of South Carolina, Docket Number 9086 (4/3/1915) |
Appeal from Common Pleas Circuit Court of Barnwell County; W. B. Gruber, Special Judge. Action by Henrietta Cave and others against Evan Cave and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. New trial ordered. |
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Chicago, R.i. & P. Ry. Co. V. Allison |
120 Ark. 54, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 100 (7/5/1915) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Hot Spring County; W. H. Evans, Judge. Action by Linnie E. Allison against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Chicago, R.i. & P. Ry. Co. V. Matukas |
47 Okla. 302, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 2644 (1/26/1915) |
Error from District Court, Pottawatomie County; Roy Hoffman, Judge. Action by Peter Matukas, an infant, by Frances Matukas, his mother and next friend, against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Reversed and remanded for new trial. Kane, C. J., and Hardy, J., dissenting in part. |
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Coker V. Cooper's Estate |
176 S.W. 145, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio, Docket Number 5463 (4/28/1915) |
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Wm. Masterson, Judge. Proceedings by E. W. Robinson for the probate of the will of H. C. Cooper, deceased, in which Abraham Coker appeared as contestant, and in which Bettie Collins intervened. From a judgment admitting the will to probate, contestant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Cole V. Taylor |
132 Tenn. 92, Supreme Court of Tennessee (5/29/1915) |
Appeal from Chancery Court, Shelby County; F. H. Heiskell, Chancellor. Suit by Alice Cole against Sir Charles Henry Taylor. Decree for complainant, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Com. V. George |
61 Pa.Super. 412, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (1/1/1915) |
This is an appeal from a conviction under the Act of May 19, 1887, P. L. 130, which, in substance, is as follows: That any personbeing the owner, lessee, or manager of anytheatre, concert hall, or place of entertainment, or amusement, who shall refuse to accommodate, convey, or admit any person or persons on account of race or... |
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Cox V. Morton |
193 Ala. 401, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 181 (6/10/1915) |
Appeal from City Court of Montgomery; Gaston Gunter, Judge. Action by Clara A. Morton against W.N. Cox and others. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Dicken V. Cruse |
176 S.W. 655, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston, Docket Number 6785 (4/7/1915) |
Appeal from District Court, Newton County; A. E. Davis, Judge. Action by R. A. Cruse and others against R. E. Dicken and others. From a judgment for plaintiffs, defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Farquharson V. Wadkins |
54 Okla. 450, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 5446 (11/30/1915) |
Commissioners' Opinion, Division No. 2. Error from District Court, Logan County; A. H. Huston, Judge. Action by G. T. Wadkins and another, partners, doing business as the Elite Theater, against A. O. Farquharson and another. Judgment for plaintiffs against the defendant named, and he brings error. Reversed. |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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Guinn V. U.s. |
238 U.S. 347, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 96 (6/21/1915) |
ON A CERTIFICATE from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit presenting questions as to the validity, under the 15th Amendment to the Federal Constitution, of an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution fixing standards for suffrage. Answered by holding that the state standards were invalid. The facts are stated in the... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Guinn V. U.s. |
228 F. 103, Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 3736 (10/8/1915) |
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma; john H. Cotteral, Judge. Criminal prosecution by the United States against Frank Guinn and J. J. Beal. Judgment of conviction, and defendants bring error. Affirmed. |
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Harris V. City of Louisville |
165 Ky. 559, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (6/18/1915) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Criminal Division. Appeal from Circuit Court, Jefferson County, Chancery Branch, First Division. Arthur Harris was convicted of violating an ordinance of the City of Louisville, and he appeals. Action by C. H. Buchanan against William Warley. Decree for the defendant, and plaintiff appeals. Appeals heard... |
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Hawkins V. State |
77 Tex.Crim. 520, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 3684 (10/13/1915) |
Appeal from District Court, San Patricio County; F. G. Chambliss, Judge. John Hawkins was convicted of robbery, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Hopkins V. City of Richmond |
117 Va. 692, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia, Docket Number 1 (9/9/1915) |
Error to Hustings Court of Richmond. Mary S. Hopkins and another, were convicted of violating an ordinance of the City of Richmond, and they bring error. Affirmed. Error to Circuit Court, Hanover County. John Coleman was convicted of violating an ordinance of the Town of Ashland, and he brings error. Affirmed. Keith, P., dissenting. |
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This is no longer good law for at least one of the points of law it contains. |
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In re Neuman |
169 A.D. 638, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, New York (11/5/1915) |
Proceeding by the Association of the Bar of the City of New York against Samuel E. Neuman, an attorney, for professional misconduct. Finding of guilty, and order of suspension from practice for one year. |
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Jackson V. Berger |
92 Ohio St. 130, Supreme Court of Ohio, Docket Number 13839 (5/4/1915) |
Error to Circuit Court, Hamilton County. Action between one Jackson, Chief of Police, and others, and one Berger. From the judgment, the parties first mentioned bring error. Affirmed. |
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Charles G. Haines, University of Texas |
Judicial Review of Legislation in Canada |
28 Harvard Law Review 565 (April, 1915) |
NOT many years ago it was asserted that constitutional writers in the United States, although prone to compare American institutions with those of other nations, were strangely unconscious of the fact that on the border of their own country there was another great federation, similar in many respects to their own. Within recent years many causes... |
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Kentucky Traction & Terminal Co. V. Wilson |
165 Ky. 123, Court of Appeals of Kentucky (5/28/1915) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Franklin County. Action by John Wilson against the Kentucky Traction & Terminal Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Mercantile Trust Co. Of Illinois V. Kastor |
191 Ill.App. 219, Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Docket Number 20,295 (1/26/1915) |
The main contention of counsel for defendant is that there can be no recovery by plaintiff in this case because (1) the agreement of September 2, 1913, upon which the suit is based, amounts to the pledging of certain accounts receivable to secure the repayment of money advanced, and is, therefore, a mere money loaning agreement, and not an... |
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Morehead V. State |
12 Okla.Crim. 62, Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma, Docket Number A-2501 (10/18/1915) |
Appeal from District Court, Kiowa County; Thomas A. Edwards, Judge. R. C. Morehead was convicted of murder, and appeals. Reversed. |
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Napier V. Church |
132 Tenn. 111, Supreme Court of Tennessee (5/29/1915) |
Certiorari to Court of Civil Appeals. Certiorari on the relation of Laura C. Napier, to review a judgment denying and dismissing her petition and application to contest a will. Judgment affirmed. |
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Newman V. State |
143 Ga. 270, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 248 (3/9/1915) |
Error from Superior Court, Floyd County; Moses Wright, Judge. Henry Newman was indicted for murder. From an order denying a change of venue, he brings error. Reversed. Beck, J., dissenting. |
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