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Frazee V. Spokane County |
29 Wash. 278, Supreme Court of Washington (7/28/1902) |
Appeal from superior court, Spokane county; Geo. W. Belt, Judge. Action by Gregorie Frazee and wife against Spokane county and its treasurer. Judgment for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Garth V. Arnold |
115 F. 468, Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit, Docket Number 1599 (3/31/1902) |
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri. For opinion below, see 106 Fed. 13. |
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| John Chipman Gray |
Gifts for a Non-charitable Purpose |
15 Harvard Law Review 509 (March, 1902) |
A DEVISE or bequest for a charitable purpose is valid although there be no definite cestui que trust. The State, through the attorney-general, will compel the trustee, or, if need be, will appoint a trustee, to carry out the purpose. Charities offer an exception to the general rule that every trust without a definite cestui que trust is void. When... |
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Hampton V. Mays |
4 Ind.T. 503, Court of Appeals of Indian Territory (9/25/1902) |
Appeal from the United States court for the Southern district of the Indian Territory; before Justice Hosea Townsend, July 2, 1901. Proceedings by Mays & Williams and another against Wade Hampton and others. From an adverse order, the latter parties appeal. Affirmed. The proceedings in this case were commenced by the bringing of a suit in the... |
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Hines V. State |
44 Tex.Crim. 319, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (12/3/1902) |
Appeal from district court, Marion county; J. M. Talbot, Judge. Bob Hines, convicted of murder, appeals from an order denying a motion for new trial and in arrest of judgment. Dismissed. |
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Hooker V. Town of Greenville |
130 N.C. 472, Supreme Court of North Carolina (6/17/1902) |
Appeal from superior court, Pitt county; Winston, Judge. Injunction by S. T. Hooker and others against the town of Greenville. From an order refusing the writ, plaintiffs appeal. Reversed. |
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In re Lewis |
114 F. 963, Circuit Court, N.D. Florida (4/12/1902) |
Habeas Corpus. |
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In re Takuji Yamashita |
30 Wash. 234, Supreme Court of Washington (10/22/1902) |
Application by Takuji Yamashita for admission to the bar. Application denied. |
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Jackson V. State |
71 S.W. 280, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (12/17/1902) |
Appeal from district court, Collin county; J. E. Dillard, Judge. Phil. Jackson was convicted of crime, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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Jemison V. State |
43 Tex.Crim. 456, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (2/19/1902) |
Appeal from district court, Hunt county; H. C. Connor, Judge. Leach Jemison was convicted of murder, and appeals. Reversed. |
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Johnson V. Humphrey Pop Corn Co. |
14 Ohio C.D. 135, Circuit Court of Ohio (11/17/1902) |
The parties here are as they were in the court of common pleas. The plaintiff filed a petition against the defendant, setting up that the defendant is a corporation, and was, on July 17, 1901, and for many weeks prior thereto, the proprietor of and operated as such proprietor a pleasure resort, a place of public accommodation and amusement, called... |
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Kelly V. State |
133 Ala. 195, Supreme Court of Alabama (5/15/1902) |
Appeal from circuit court, Clarke county. Willie Kelly was found guilty on a bastardy proceeding, and appeals. Reversed. |
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Kelly V. State |
44 Fla. 441, Supreme Court of Florida (9/25/1902) |
Error to circuit court, Jackson county; Lucius J. Reeves, Judge. Sam Kelly was convicted of murder, and brings error. Affirmed. |
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Lawson V. Lawson |
30 Tex.Civ.App. 43, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas (6/2/1902) |
Appeal from district court, Ft. Bend county; Spencer C. Russell, Special Judge. Suit by Caroline Lawson against Harry Lawson and Virginia Walker Lawson and her four minor children. From a decree for plaintiff, the minor defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Lloyd V. Rawl |
63 S.C. 219, Supreme Court of South Carolina (3/27/1902) |
Appeal from common pleas circuit court of Richland county; Gage, Judge. Action by Marie I. Lloyd and James H. Root against Frances E. Rawl and others. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal. Affirmed. |
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Oliver V. Columbia, N. & L.r. Co. |
65 S.C. 1, Supreme Court of South Carolina (12/8/1902) |
Appeal from common pleas, circuit court of Richland county; Benet, Judge. Action by Alice E. Oliver and P. M. Oliver, her husband, against the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad Company. From judgment for plaintiffs, defendant appeals. Affirmed. See 33 S. E. 584. |
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People of State of New York V. Bennett |
113 F. 515, Circuit Court, S.D. New York (1/14/1902) |
Motion to Remand to State Court. |
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This has some negative history but hasn’t been reversed
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Smith V. State |
44 Tex.Crim. 90, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (5/28/1902) |
Appeal from district court, Grayson county; Rice Maxey, Judge. Robert Smith was convicted of murder, and appeals. Reversed. |
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State V. Bohemier |
96 Me. 257, Supreme Judicial Court of Maine (3/5/1902) |
Report from supreme judicial court, Androscoggin county. |
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State V. Finger |
131 N.C. 781, Supreme Court of North Carolina (11/25/1902) |
Appeal from superior court, Lincoln county; Starbuck, Judge. Clarence Finger was convicted of an assault with intent to rape, and appeals. Affirmed. |
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State V. Smiley |
65 Kan. 240, Supreme Court of Kansas (6/7/1902) |
In banc. Appeal from district court, Rush county; J. E. Andrews, Judge. E. J. Smiley was convicted of violation of the antitrust law, and appeals. Affirmed. Pollock, J., dissenting. |
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State V. Wilson |
109 La. 74, Supreme Court of Louisiana, 14, Docket Number499 (6/16/1902) |
Appeal from judicial district court, parish of Tensas; J. L. Dagg, Judge. Edgar Wilson was convicted of crime, and appeals. Reversed. |
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| Wm. Hardcastle Browne |
The Law of Marriage and Divorce |
11 Yale Law Journal 340 (May, 1902) |
Marriage.In ancient time daughters could be disposed of by their fathers, who had unlimited power over them. Nature enjoins monogamy and all cultured nations practice it. Christianity requires its observance as a moral duty. The Orientals recognized polygamy, and hence despotism exists there. In the middle ages morganatic, or left-handed... |
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Williams V. International & G.n.r. Co. |
28 Tex.Civ.App. 503, Court of Civil Appeals of Texas (3/19/1902) |
Appeal from district court, Comal county; L. W. Moore, Judge. Action by Alex Williams against the International & Great Northern Railroad Company. From a judgment for defendant, plaintiff appeals. Reversed. |
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Blythe V. Hinckley |
180 U.S. 333, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 347 (2/25/1901) |
IN ERROR to the Supreme Court of the State of California to review a decision affirming a judgment sustaining a state statute giving aliens the right to hold property. Affirmed. See same case below, 127 Cal. 431, 59 Pac. 787. |
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Bunckley V. Jones |
79 Miss. 1, Supreme Court of Mississippi (4/8/1901) |
Appeal from chancery court, Franklin county; Claude Pintard, Chancellor. To be officially reported. |
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Castleberry V. State |
69 Ark. 346, Supreme Court of Arkansas (6/1/1901) |
Appeal from circuit court, Pulaski county; W. H. Pemberton, Special Judge. Fred Castleberry was convicted of larceny, and he appeals. Reversed. |
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Downes V. Bidwell |
182 U.S. 244, Supreme Court of the United States, Docket Number 507 (5/27/1901) |
IN ERROR to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York to review a judgment sustaining a demurrer to a complaint in an action to recover back duties paid under protest upon importations from Porto Rico under the Foraker act. Affirmed. |
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Eastling V. State |
69 Ark. 189, Supreme Court of Arkansas (3/30/1901) |
Appeal from circuit court, Perry county; Robert J. Lea, Judge. Ed Eastling was convicted of murder, and he appeals. Modified. |
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Ex Parte Whitney |
60 S.W. 962, Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas (2/13/1901) |
Appeal from district court, Harris county; A. C. Allen, Judge. Application by Ralph Whitney for habeas corpus. The prisoner was remanded to custody, and he appeals. Reversed. |
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