another v. Mary Busch. — Motion to revive action granted without costs-Cyrus H. McCormick, respond. ent, v. Pennsylvauia Ceutral R. Co., appellant. Ordered, that a calendar be made for a term of this court to be held at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, on Monday, the 19th day of January, 1885, on which shall be placed only those cases in which the returns and notices of argument, with proof of service, shall have been filed with the clerk of this court on or before Wednesday, the 31st day of December, 1884. A AL BA BO The publishers announce in their advertisement that “the object of this series is not merely to give a number of unconnected narratives of men in American political life, but to produce books which shall, when taken together, indicate the lines of political thought and development in American history — books embodying in compact form the result of extensive study of the many and diverse influences which have combined to shape the political history of our country.” The series thus far numbers eleven volumes, as follows: John Quincy Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, by John T. Morse, Jr.; Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Webster, by Henry Cabot Lodge; John C. Calhoun, by H. von Holst; Andrew Jackson, by W. G. Sumner; John Raudolph, by Henry Adams; James Monroe, by Daniel C. Gilman; Albert Gallatin, by John Austin Stevens; James Madison, by Syndney Howard Gay. Marshall, by A. B. Magruder. Clay, by Carl Schurz; and Van Buren, by William Dorsheimer, are announced as in preparation. The selection of subjects thus far is judicious; indeed, almost inevitable, unless perhaps the biography of Gallatin might have been spared, and it is a little doubtful whether Randolph was a "statesman.” In respect to the treatment we can speak with almost unqualified praise. These are by no means biograpbies in the hackneyed sense, but rather studies by competent scholars and critics of the career of these distinguished men, written with a great deal of insight and impartiality. The reader will find these the first American biographies not tinged by hero. worship. We have been most forcibly struck by the calmness of their style and the severity of their judgments. This is particularly noticeable in Mr. Lodge's sketches of Webster and Hamilton. A friendly warmth and exaggeration might well be pardoned in respect to these two brilliant men, but Mr. Lodge is not for a moment betrayed from the cooluess of the judge into the panegyric of the advocate. He deals most honestly with Webster's great faults, and has the courage to rate his legal acquirements at their true worth. The sketches of Randolph and Jackson are among the most readable and vigorous. Nearly all American statesmen have been lawyers. There are still a great many contingent statesmen in the ranks of the lawyers. To all lawyers the biographies of statesmen are of the greatest value and interest, and we do not know of any other source of information about these great men at once 80 concise, so trustworthy and so entertaining as the present series. Nearly all of the series have passed more than one edition, some of them as many as six or seven. They deserve this marked success, and we cordially recommend them to the legal profession. The books are handsomely printed, and are of convenient size-16 mo. MAN named Corset has tried to kill himself by cutting his throat. That certainly is the appropriate way for a man of that name to kill himself.— Example of French wit brought out by the new di. vorce law: Husband and wife present themselves before the divorce court. “What do you want, mad. ame?” “Divorce from that wretch." "And you, sir?" “Divorce from that vixen." "The decree is refused; there is no incompatibility of temper. You both seem to be perfectly agreed. Call the next case." -Where the money had gone: "As I was coming home from the lawyer's to-day I noticed the most beautiful sealskin sacque. It cost only $300.” “Why did'nt you buy it, my dear?" "I was just coming away from the lawyer's," I said. “Ob!”-Graphic. -The 56th Vermont Reports is an interesting and well edited volume. We found thirteen cases in it which we deemed of enough general importance and interest to go into the American Reports. This is a large number. Mr. Palmer, the reporter, is doing bis work well, and the court is fully up to the high New England standard of ability. COURT OF APPEALS DECISIONS. THE HE following decisions were handed down Fri day, Dec. 19, 1881: Judgments affirmed with costs—Charles F. Nichols, respondent, v. Weed Sewing Machine Co., appellant; Thomas Eames, appellant, v. City of Brooklyn, respondent; John Food, appellant, v. James Dooley, respondent; Victory Webb, etc., Manufacturing Co., appellant, v. John B. Foord and another, respondents; Same v. H. W. Beecher; William H. Popham, respondent, v. Twenty-third Street R. Co., appellant; Union Dime Savings Institution, respondent, v. Thomas L. Sanford, appellant. - Motion to put ou preferred calendar denied with costs—Carl F. W. Busch and Envoy -E.S. M., in Life. GENERAL INDEX. 62 320 Page. | CURRENT TOPICS-Continued. Page. Adams-Coleridge libel suit; Solicitors. Journal on Justice Manisty's course. 461 Allison, Mr. Andrew, on the rise and probable de 161 America, extract from letter of Lord Coleridge on.. American Reports, head notes of, generally state or 261 anecdotes reported of Judge Drummond 61 denied by him.. 101 anecdotes of Judge Grover, Judge Hall, Chief Justice 139 Waite and others 81 “Anglo-American law, some leading principles of," by Prof. H. T. Terry, of University of Tokio, Japan 101 519 annoyance in court by continued hammering or 380 302 161 459 association for reform and codification of law of 40 nations, executive council of, adjourned to meet 460 101 “Auld Ash Tree, The," poem by Thomas Davidson, 380 321 379 autographs; pamphlet containing "seven hundred verses," commended to political candidates; sen- 240 timents appropriate for presidential candidates, 379 141 379 Bacon, Mr. Theodore, exceptions to his assertions 300 in regard to lawyers' morals as reported in 379 341 460 reference to paper by, on a lawyer's morals”... 362 380 Bar, etiquette of, recommended by Melbourne (Aus- 380 tralia) committee, to be reduced to written code.. 262 480 Bar Association, Alabama State, report of; interest- 20 401 379 American, meeting of, at Saratoga; address by 100 161 address before, by Judge Dillon, on legal institu- 379 161 380 meeting of special committee appointed to urge 20 501 460 of New York State, prize of $250 to be awarded 379 at third annual meeting of committee on 400 142 460 Barrister (Eng.), inability of, to compel payment of 181 Barristers and attorneys, separation of; ludicrous chaperoning" of client. 262 Beach, William A., death and character of. 1 " Bench and Bar of Chicago, The," biographical sketches of judges and members; suit in regard to payment for insertion of portrait, etc... 122 Benjamin, Mr., will of.. 62 362 bill to regulate commercial paper, and to codify law of negotiable instruments, introduced by Judge 62 459 Bosworth, Judge, fitting commemoration of his . 420, 459, 519 death ; extract from remarks by William Allen Butler thereon at bar meeting... 121 Bradley, Mr. Justice, address before University of 100 Pennsylvania; extract from, on influence of law; 322 Bramwell, Lord Chief Justice, on cutting off the 120 302 480 Campbell, John A., address by, before Alabama Bar 340 Association; improper text for assembly of lawyers 401 80 Cassoday, Judge, address before Law Class of Uni- 341 499 Chaney, Mr., of Michigan, most concise head notes 340 261 19 281 10 404 citations generally made by judges in New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts from their own State reports; Illinois little cited 261 tendency of judges to give too many. 321 of Oregon as “Oreg." by Law Journal.. 162 indorsed by author of Lawyer's Reference Man- 82 221 Citizen in relation to State, The;"' paper by Mr. 161 article on..., CURRENT TOPICS-Continued. Page. 502 frame-work like commandments; mistake in as- 102 241 tled "Some Leading Principles of Anglo-Amer- 101 cil of, association for, adjourned to meet at 101 cation of law of nations at Hamburg, on ac- 142 481 481 441 Bar Association, by David Dudley Field, Walrus 181 tion appointed to urge rejection of civil code.. 501 21 1 141 1 relative to statement that he was writing book 62 181 prohibited by local ordinance in Truro, England.. 281 advantage of; suggestion to have laws enacted to 241 and eating another; necessity no excuse for... 282 401 161 222 61 101 501 502 dress by, at law school commencement; his estimate of number of deaths by witchcraft 141 on philosophy of punishment for crime... 481 342 262 142 441 Mr. Justice Manisty.. tographs on sale, incompetent in trial for indict- 402 .81, 82 181 American Bar Association, to appoint com- 81 81 411 312 301 201 342 CURRENT TOPICS-Continued. Page. jections to proposed codification... by-laws, etc., pamphlet on... 81 81 his antagonist's head 261 legal conclusion should be impregnated with 381 gent fees; suggestion to enact lawsito give lien for 241 141 441 502 and business activity... American Law Record on. where latter properly constructed; examples 381 ments of a syllabi, generally a vicious system.. 381 141 421 281 41 views of master of rolls on ... 2 to be styled “His Honor," prefixed to word 181 21 nouncing murder York, Pencsylvania and Massachusetts 281 321 321 length and Judge Manning, Louisiana.... O'Brien on abridgment of compensation of.... 381 drum is playing a drum, or that a colt is of the 261 401 Field to appoint committee to report remedy for 181 261 421 249 81 versity Pennsylvania, by Mr. Justice Bradley upon.... 421 Bacon.. 341 well, die poor". Cassoday... earnings of; Philadelphia tion .... 301 on... 122 842 122 341 fol' on..... can- CURRENT TOPICS-Continued. Page. curiosities of; English Post-office Protection Act... 441 Salvation Army prohibited by local ordinance of Truro, England, from playing musical instruments in the street... 281 221 Scalchi's suit for salary defended by Abbey, on 502 "Sheepfol' bin," explanation of term in poem “De 21 321 442 61 5022 speeches, arguments and papers by David Dudley 81 Stephen, Mr. Justice, suppressing hammering out- side as annoying the court, at assizes 302 shod legislation ". 162 paper before American Bar Association 181 121 481 Sullivan and Greenfield guilty of no offense in their pugilistic encounter 502 142 Sunday trading, English prosecution of... Legal Advertiser... 261 462 Terry, Prof. H. T., work by, on some leading prin. 61 ciples of Anglo-American law;" exceptions to some of his suggestions on codification.. 101 481 verdict, special, the, in case of “Mignonette nibals..... 442 441 setting aside of, by Justice Manisty, in Adams- Coldridge libel suit 442 462 2 502 Wade, Chief Justice of Montana, experience of stage- coach robbery : 401 161 81 Washington, his spelling of clothes, unable to pass 481 162 Watson, Lord, on what constitutes temperate habits, 462 282 382 Wharton's, Dr., Commentaries on American Law, 281 181 witchcraft, mention of, by Chief Justice Elliott.. 141 421 woman suffrage, Mrs. James Bennett pamphlet on.. 342 women, discussion as to necessity of, removing glove while being sworn 302 402 Wood, Mr. George, of New York, tribute to, by Jus- 2 322 Young, Mr. Edwin, on the jury in modern corporate 221 421 Yacht “Mignonette," case of one survivor killing 382 and eating the other survivor; necessity no excuse for crime 282 161 “DOGGEREL FOR DOG-DAYS," a faithful 182 report of ; State v. Harriman (75 Me. 62), holding that dogs are not "domestic animals 159 ENGLAND (see Recent English Decisions). 80 60 221 ENGLISH COUNTY COURT, advantages of, a sketch 119 361 481 200, 200, 300, 359, 399, 440, 479 For subjects see Index-Digest. 121 FOLGER, SECRETARY, portrait of, in Court of Appeals room, by Eastman Johnson... 221 62 FOWLER, ROBERT LUDLOW, pamphlet on 21 221 520 GILHOOLY, ANDREW, on remedies for defective 286 181 Probable Decline," paper by Mr. Andrew Allison.. 161 conveyance of real estate. 142 can Decisions). 382 INFANTS, recently held in England, that ivory and silver mounted pistol may be necessary for; rules 221 for protection of minors. 401 392 Decisions). INSURANCE LAW. Abstracts of decisions....58, 199 220, 320, 456, 498 322 See Index-Digest. 382 KANSAS Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent Ameri ture..... 421 can Decisionis). 60 384 401' KING'S TRIAL, the Journal on.... Page. 19 92 Recent American Decisions). vertiser; a falthful report of State v. Harriman 159 41 No. 1), "J, H. H.' Powers v. Cassidy (79 N. Y. 602)... 2013 Page. 21 Adams, George H., on "the Extradition of Eno 144 184 164 303 344 23, 64, 222, 324 444 8 164 144 202 484 484 245 66 45 264 100 182 458 404 384 505 204 26 245 of payment, the, John D. Lawson on..... 84, 103, 124 45 223 of sale or manufacture, Andrew Gilhooly on 286 slipshod legislation.... 182 244 464 505 464 American Decisions). stret (see Recent American Decisions). American Decisions). American Decisions). American Decisions). American Decisions). can Decisions). ican Decisions). American Decisions). cisions). American Decisions). 20; (Oct. 7), 300; (Oct. 14), 320; (Oct. 21), 340; (Oct. 28), 9), 480; (Dec. 16), 500; (Dec. 19), 520. CLion). can Decisions). 162 RHODE ISLAND Supreme Court Abstract (see Re cent American Decisions). 180, 476 297, 451 17, 57, 90, 414 398, 418 436, 495 452, 517 137, 374, 454, 477 117, 279 .375, 437 475 54, 177 371, 412, 472, 493 455, 517 336 236, 377, 439, 514 17 115 276, 295, 313, 337, 395, 430, 473, 494 174, 197, 233, 256, 312, 33, 372 157, 279, 358, 397, 416 177 315 .38, 57, 187, 317 39, 59, 118, 138, 270, 359, 378, 419, 456 223 cases..... .. SCENE IN AN ENGLISH COURT. Sentenced 839 140 100 100 who acts as wife's agent... cisions). cent American Decisions). cisions). cisions). American Decisions). American Decisions). some of his duties cent American Decisioms). 8 American Decisions). Rea.. 264 300 |