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Samuel F. Miller, Justice Of The Supreme Court, 1862-1890, Charles Fairman
Samuel F. Miller, Justice Of The Supreme Court, 1862-1890, Charles Fairman
Vanderbilt Law Review
It was in the summer, about 1880. Miller, on the rounds of his circuit, had come to Omaha, where, in chambers, he was to hear counsel argue a mining case from Colorado. In the hall of the post office building, Miller saw Roscoe Pound (aetat circa 101 and already known to the Judge), and greeted him with the inquiry: "Well, sonny, how would you like to come with me while I hear a case?" Gladly the lad went along, and seated himself on the floor, Turkish-fashion, under the Judge's desk. The controversy concerned what was then a new and highly …