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O'leary V. Illinois Cent. R. Co. |
110 Miss. 46, Supreme Court of Mississippi, Docket Number 16952 (10/25/1915) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Attala County; J. A. Teat, Judge. Action by J. B. O'Leary against the Illinois Central Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Reversed. |
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Price V. Brown |
143 Ga. 671, Supreme Court of Georgia, Docket Number 435 (7/8/1915) |
Error from Superior Court, Camden County; C. B. Conyers, Judge. Action by W. H. Price against E. Brown. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Reversed. |
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Queensborough Land Co. V. Cazeaux |
136 La. 724, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 20909 (1/25/1915) |
Case Certified from Court of Appeal, Second Circuit. Action by the Queensborough Land Company against Alfred Cazeaux and others. Certified questions from the Court of Appeal. Questions answered. O'Niell, J., 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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R.l. Polk & Co. V. Smolik |
44 App.D.C. 55, Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, Docket Number 2801 (11/1/1915) |
The COURT in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal allowed by the court from an interlocutory order vacating the judgment of dismissal of a case and reinstating the same. The original declaration was filed December 16, 1912, by Rosa B. Smolik against the defendant, R. L. Polk & Company, alleging that defendant was the publisher... |
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State V. Giudice |
170 Iowa 731, Supreme Court of Iowa, Docket Number 30213 (6/23/1915) |
Appeal from District Court, Mills County; Thomas Arthur, Judge. The defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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State V. Joseph |
137 La. 52, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 21201 (4/12/1915) |
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; T. F. Bell, Judge. Salem Joseph was convicted of retailing intoxicating liquors without a license, and appeals. Reversed and remanded. Fines and costs of the court in criminal proceedings are not generally recognized as debts'; they are allowances or legal charges authorized by... |
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State V. Phelps |
138 La. 11, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 21418 (10/18/1915) |
Appeal from First Judicial District Court, Parish of Caddo; John R. Land, Judge. Charles Phelps was convicted of manslaughter, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Smith |
93 A. 353, Supreme Court of Rhode Island, Docket Number 4786 (3/29/1915) |
On defendant's motion for reargument. Denied and dismissed. |
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State V. Washington |
136 La. 855, Supreme Court of Louisiana, Docket Number 21098 (3/8/1915) |
Appeal from Twenty-Fifth Judicial District Court, Parish of Tangipahoa; Robert S. Ellis, Judge. William Washington was convicted of assault with intent to commit rape, and appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Strauss V. State |
76 Tex.Crim. 132, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 3381 (1/20/1915) |
Appeal from Tarrant County Court; Jesse M. Brown, Judge. Minnie Strauss was convicted of a misdemeanor, and she appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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Texas & P. Ry. Co. V. Baker |
184 S.W. 664, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Texarkana, Docket Number 1535 (12/30/1915) |
Appeal from District Court, Red River County; Ben H. Denton, Judge. Suit by Archie Baker against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. See, also, 158 S. W. 263. |
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Francis J. Swayze |
The Growing Law |
25 Yale Law Journal 1 (November, 1915) |
My subject is the Growing Law. Growing rather than changing because the latter word connotes often a change for the worse; the actual process is in the long run a change for the better. The growth is for the most part the work of the courts. Of the three methods of development described by Sir Henry Maine, legal fictions and equity are obviously... |
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The Sally |
50 Ct.Cl. 129, United States Court of Claims (2/15/1915) |
The brig Sally, a duly registered vessel of the United States and owned by citizens of the United States, sailed on a commercial voyage from Baltimore, February 20, 1797, bound for the island of St. Bartholomew or the island of Antigua. While peacefully pursuing said voyage she was seized on the high seas March 12 following, to the leeward of... |
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Thomas V. State |
69 Fla. 692, Supreme Court of Florida (6/4/1915) |
Error to Circuit Court, Escambia County; J. Emmet Wolfe, Judge. Emmet Thomas was convicted of murder, and brings error. Affirmed. |
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Tillman V. State |
121 Ark. 322, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 41 (12/13/1915) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Desha County; Jas. C. Knox, Special Judge. Will Tillman was convicted, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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U.s. V. Mosley |
238 U.S. 383, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 180 (6/21/1915) |
IN ERROR to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma to review a judgment sustaining a demurrer to an indictment charging state election officials with a conspiracy to omit the returns from certain precincts at an election for member of Congress from their count and return to the state election board. Reversed.... |
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U.s. V. Stigall |
226 F. 190, Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 4256 (9/4/1915) |
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Action in equity by the United States of America against J. B. Stigall. Judgment for defendant dismissing the suit, and the government appeals. Reversed and remanded, with instructions to overrule the motion to dismiss and to give the... |
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Wilson V. Storthz |
117 Ark. 418, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 271 (3/22/1915) |
Appeal from Pulaski Chancery Court; Jno. E. Martineau, Chancellor. Ejectment by Sam Wilson against Levi Storthz and others. Decree in part for plaintiff and in part for defendants, and all parties appeal; plaintiff being designated appellant. Affirmed. |
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Aalholm V. People |
211 N.Y. 406, Court of Appeals of New York (6/2/1914) |
Appeal from Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department. Proceedings by Matthias Aalholm and others, as executors of William A. Kenneally, deceased, against the people of New York, in which John Kenneally petitioned to have the property paid to him as the first heir at law and next of kin. From an order of the Appellate Division (157 App.... |
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Aliens - Naturalization of Aliens - Who Is a "Free White Person" Within Federal Naturalization Law |
27 Harvard Law Review 277 (January, 1914) |
The plaintiff applied for naturalization as a white person, maintaining that as a high caste Hindu of pure blood he was a member of the Aryan race. Held, that he is entitled to naturalization. In re Akhay Kumar Mozumdar, 207 Fed. 115 (Dist. Ct., E. D. Wash., N. D.). Former cases have held a Syrian, an Armenian, and a Parsee entitled to... |
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Allen V. Scruggs |
190 Ala. 654, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 546 (11/7/1914) |
Appeal from Probate Court, Choctaw County; W.H. Lindsey, Judge. Petition by Robert Allen to establish and probate a lost will, with contest by Joe Scruggs and others. From a decree denying probate to the will, petitioner appeals. Reversed, rendered, and remanded. |
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Allen V. Trimmer |
45 Okla. 83, Supreme Court of Oklahoma, Docket Number 4806 (11/17/1914) |
Error to District Court, Garvin County; R. McMillan, Judge. Action by Stephen W. Allen and others against J. F. Trimmer, Treasurer of Garvin County. Judgment for defendant and plaintiffs bring error. Affirmed. Kane, C. J., and Turner, J., dissenting. |
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Babb V. Elsinger |
147 N.Y.S. 98, Supreme Court, Appellate Term, New York, First Department (4/14/1914) |
Appeal from Municipal Court, Borough of Manhattan, Seventh District. Action by Aldwin C. Babb against Ralph Elsinger. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Barfield V. Evans |
187 Ala. 579, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 710 (5/14/1914) |
Appeal from City Court of Birmingham; C.C. Nesmith, Judge. Action by J.S. Evans, as administrator, against Frances J. Barfield, for damages for the death of his intestate caused by an automobile accident. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Calaf V. Calaf |
232 U.S. 371, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 199 (2/24/1914) |
APPEAL from the Supreme Court of Porto Rico to review a decree, which, reversing a decree of the District Court of Arecibo, dismissed the complaint in a suit to nullify a will instituting a universal heir. Affirmed. See same case below, 17 P. R. R. 185. The facts are stated in the opinion. |
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Dickson V. Lights |
170 S.W. 834, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, El Paso, Docket Number 353 (10/29/1914) |
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Wm. Masterson, Judge. Action for libel and slander by W. L. Dickson against F. L. Lights and others. From a judgment entered on a directed verdict, plaintiff appeals. Affirmed as to part of the defendants and reversed as to the other part. |
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Duhart V. State |
14 Ga.App. 563, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 5583 (5/14/1914) |
Error from Superior Court, Houston County; H. A. Mathews, Judge. Andrew Duhart was convicted of manslaughter, and brings error. Affirmed. |
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Ex Parte Dow |
211 F. 486, District Court, E.D. South Carolina (2/18/1914) |
Application by George Dow for naturalization. Denied. Order affirmed on rehearing in 213 Fed. 355. |
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Georgia Life Ins. Co. Of Macon, Ga., V. Easter |
189 Ala. 472, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 785 (11/7/1914) |
Appeal from City Court of Birmingham; John H. Miller, Judge. Action by Martin L. Easter, as administrator of the estate of Margaret Easter, against the Georgia Life Insurance Company of Macon, Georgia, for the amount of the policy issued on the life of his intestate, whose death is alleged to have been caused independently and exclusively of all... |
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Hamilton V. U.s. |
41 App.D.C. 359, Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, Docket Number 2586 (1/5/1914) |
The COURT in the opinion stated the facts as follows: Appellant, Percy Hamilton, defendant below, was convicted in the supreme court of the District of Columbia of the crime of seduction under sec. 873 of the District Code, which provides: If any person shall seduce and carnally know any female of previous chaste character, between the ages of... |
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