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Harrison V. Harker |
44 Utah 541, Supreme Court of Utah, Docket Number 2543 (3/27/1914) |
Appeal from District Court, Salt Lake County; Geo. G. Armstrong, Judge. Habeas corpus by J. B. Harrison against David Harker and wife to determine the custody of an infant child. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendants appeal. Affirmed. McCarty, C. J., dissenting. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Havis V. Philpot |
115 Ark. 250, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 235 (11/9/1914) |
Appeal from Jefferson Chancery Court; John M. Elliott, Chancellor. Appeal from Circuit Court, Garland County; C. T. Cotham, Judge. Petition by C. J. Horner and others for license to sell intoxicating liquor, to which C. M. Wade and others filed a remonstrance. From an order of the county court refusing to take jurisdiction of their petition, the... |
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Hemphill V. State |
75 Tex.Crim. 63, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, Docket Number 3248 (10/21/1914) |
Appeal from District Court, Guadalupe County; M. Kennon, Judge. Will Hemphill was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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In re Dow |
213 F. 355, District Court, E.D. South Carolina (4/15/1914) |
On rehearing. Application for naturalization denied. For former opinion, see 211 Fed. 486. |
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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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Johnson V. Board of Education of Wilson County |
166 N.C. 468, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 61 (9/16/1914) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Wilson County; Bond, Judge. Mandamus on application of J. S. Johnson against the Board of Education of Wilson County. From a judgment granting the writ, defendant appeals. Reversed. |
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Jones V. Jones |
234 U.S. 615, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 339 (6/22/1914) |
IN ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee to review a decree which, reversing a decree of the Court of Civil Appeals of that state, affirmed a decree of the Chancery Court of Shelby County, granting the relief prayed in the bill in a suit to remove a cloud on title. Affirmed. The facts are stated in the opinion. |
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Keetoowah Society V. Lane |
41 App.D.C. 319, Court of Appeals of District of Columbia, Docket Number 2538 (1/5/1914) |
The COURT in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from a decree in the supreme court of the District sustaining appellee's demurrer and dismissing appellants' bill, wherein they sought to enjoin Franklin K. Lane, the Secretary of the Interior, from allotting lands to freedmen Cherokees, and from distributing to such freedmen... |
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Lemons V. Harris |
115 Va. 809, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1/15/1914) |
Error to Circuit Court, York County. Action by Harriet Lemons against A. A. Harris and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error. Reversed and remanded for new trial. |
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Little Rock Ry. & Elec. Co. V. Hampton |
112 Ark. 194, Supreme Court of Arkansas (3/23/1914) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pulaski County; Guy Fulk, Judge. Action by Mary Hampton against the Little Rock Railway & Electric Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded for new trial. |
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Lowry V. Baltimore & O.r. Co. |
74 W.Va. 791, Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, Docket Number 2522 (9/22/1914) |
Error to Circuit Court, Jefferson County. Action by William Lowry against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed. |
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Marre V. Marre |
184 Mo.App. 198, St. Louis Court of Appeals, Missouri, Docket Number 13671 (6/20/1914) |
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court; Chas. C. Allen, Judge. Action by Louis Marre against Agnes E. Nash Marre to annul a marriage. From a decree for plaintiff, defendant appeals. Reversed. |
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Mccabe V. Atchison, T. & S.f. R. Co. |
235 U.S. 151, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 15 (11/30/1914) |
APPEAL from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to review a decree which affirmed a decree of the Circuit Court for the Western District of Oklahoma, dismissing the bill in a suit to enjoin railway carriers from complying with the separate coach law. Affirmed. See same case below, 109 C. C. A. 110, 186 Fed. 966. The... |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Mcclure V. Topf & Wright |
112 Ark. 342, Supreme Court of Arkansas, Docket Number 248 (4/6/1914) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pulaski County; Geo. W. Hendricks, Judge. Proceeding on a petition by Topf & Wright and others for the licensing of the sale of liquor in which I. D. McClure filed a remonstrance. From a judgment dismissing his appeal to the circuit court from the finding of the county court, the remonstrant appeals. Reversed and... |
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Medlin V. County Bd. Of Educ. Of Wake |
167 N.C. 239, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 256 (11/18/1914) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Wake County; Allen, Judge. Action by J. R. Medlin for writ of mandamus against the County Board of Education of Wake and others. From a judgment for relator, respondents appeal. Affirmed. Walker and Hoke, JJ., dissenting. |
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Mobile & O.r. Co. V. Spenny |
12 Ala.App. 375, Court of Appeals of Alabam, Docket Number 138 (12/15/1914) |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Autauga County; W.W. Pearson, Judge. Action by V.A. Spenny against the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Reversed and remanded. Thomas, J., dissenting in part. |
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Nunn V. Hazelrigg |
216 F. 330, Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 3968 (7/8/1914) |
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Oklahoma; Ralph E. Campbell, Judge. Action at law by J. T. Hazelrigg against Charles J. Nunn. Judgement for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Reversed. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Parker V. Busby |
170 S.W. 1042, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Galveston, Docket Number 6783 (10/28/1914) |
Appeal from District Court, Hardin County; L. B. Hightower, Judge. Mandamus by W. M. Busby and others against W. S. Parker. Judgment in favor of plaintiffs, and defendant appeals. Affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part. |
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Parrish V. State |
129 Tenn. 273, Supreme Court of Tennessee (2/9/1914) |
Appeal from Criminal Court, Smith County; J. M. Gardenhire, Judge. Ike Parrish was convicted of placing a threatening communication in the yard of another, and he appeals. Reversed and remanded. |
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People V. Jung Hing |
212 N.Y. 393, Court of Appeals of New York (7/14/1914) |
Appeal from Court of General Sessions, New York County. Jung Hing was convicted of murder in the first degree, and appeals. Reversed, and new trial ordered. |
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Pharaoh V. Benson |
164 A.D. 51, Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York (10/16/1914) |
Appeal from Special Term, Suffolk County. Action by Wyandank Pharaoh, as Chief and Head of the Montauk Tribe of Indians, against Jane Ann Benson and another, as executrices of Arthur W. Benson, and others. From a judgment for defendants (69 Misc. Rep. 241,126 N. Y. Supp. 1035), plaintiff appeals upon questions of law and upon the facts. Affirmed. |
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Pines V. State |
15 Ga.App. 348, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 5883 (10/20/1914) |
Error from Superior Court, Webster County; Z. A. Littlejohn, Judge. John Pines was convicted of selling intoxicating liquors, and brings error. Affirmed. |
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Prudential Ins. Co. Of America V. Union Trust Co. |
56 Ind.App. 418, Appellate Court of Indiana, Division No. 1, Docket Number 8275 (6/5/1914) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Marion County; Pliny W. Bartholomew, Judge. Action by the Union Trust Company, administrator of Hugh O. Holmes, against the Prudential Insurance Company of America. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals. Affirmed. |
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Ragland V. State |
187 Ala. 5, Supreme Court of Alabama, Docket Number 701 (4/30/1914) |
Appeal from Law and Equity Court, Morgan County; Thomas W. Wert, Judge. John Ragland was indicted for murder, sentenced to be hanged, and he appeals. Affirmed. |
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Reserve Loan Life Ins. Co. V. Benson |
167 S.W. 266, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio, Docket Number 5299 (5/20/1914) |
Appeal from Bee County Court; T. M. Cox, Judge. Action by the First State Bank of Skidmore against J. E. Benson and others. From a judgment in favor of the other defendants, the defendant Reserve Loan Life Insurance Company appeals. Affirmed in part, and reversed and dismissed in part. |
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Rohrback V. Pennsylvania R. Co. |
244 Pa. 132, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (2/9/1914) |
Appeal from Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County. Action by Morris Rohrback against the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant notwithstanding the verdict, and plaintiff appeals. Affirmed. Argued before MESTREZAT, POTTER, ELKIN, STEWART, and MOSCHZISKER, JJ. |
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Russell V. Turner |
14 Ga.App. 344, Court of Appeals of Georgia, Docket Number 4661 (1/27/1914) |
Error from City Court of Jefferson; A. C. Stone, Judge. Action by N. S. Turner against L. C. Russell and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. Affirmed. This case originated in a suit brought by the defendant in error, Turner, against the plaintiffs in error L. C. Russell, as maker, and W. H. Toole, as security, to recover on... |
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Sebree V. Thompson |
26 Cal.App. 166, District Court of Appeal, First District, California, Docket Number 1401 (12/10/1914) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Fresno County; H. Z. Austin, Judge. Action by Dudley Sebree and others against C. L. Thompson and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs appeal. Affirmed. |
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Charles A. Boston, New York City |
Some Conservative Views upon the Judiciary and Judicial Recall |
23 Yale Law Journal 511 (April, 1914) |
The New York County Lawyers' Association recently appointed a Special Committee to investigate the causes of discontent with our judicial system and the manner in which justice is administered, and to recommend the abatement of evils, if any, and the correction of weaknesses, if any. As a member of that Committee I concurred in its report, the... |
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Southern Express Co. V. City of High Point |
167 N.C. 103, Supreme Court of North Carolina, Docket Number 361 (10/28/1914) |
Appeal from Superior Court, Guilford County; Lane, Judge. Suit by the Southern Express Company against the City of High Point and others, officers thereof. Plaintiff's motion for a restraining order, based on its verified complaint, was denied, and it appeals. Affirmed. Clark, C. J., dissenting in part. |
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Spencer V. Looney |
116 Va. 767, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (9/7/1914) |
Error to Circuit Court, Buchanan County. Action by George Spencer against George Looney. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Reversed. |
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