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Letter From Roland P. Falkner To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, November 21, 1909, Roland P. Falkner

Immigration

The document is a handwritten letter from Roland P. Falkner to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson concerning a paper on increased restriction of immigration.

Note And Comment, Richard E. Simmonds Jr., Robert T. Hughes, Ralph W. Doty

Michigan Law Review

The Law School--President Angell on Larger Preliminary Requirements--Faculty Changes--Enrollment; A Misleading Opinion as to the Defense of Non-Delivery of a Negotiable Instrument in an Action by a Holder in Due Course; Qualifications of Aliens for Naturalization; Fright Without Physical Impact but Resulting in Physical Injury; Noncompliance with Statutory Requirements as a Defense to Suits Brought by Foreign Corporations Where the Irregularity Has Been Cured Subsequently to the Institution of the Suit; In Absence of Proof What is the Presumption as to the Law of a Country not of Common Law Origin

Book Reviews, Edward S. Rogers, Victor H. Lane, Henry M. Bates, John R. Rood, Victor H. Lane

Michigan Law Review

Nims: The Law of Unfair Business Competition; Moore: A Treatise on Facts or the Weight and Value of Evidence; Reeder: Rate Regulation, as Affected by the Distribution of Governmental Powers in the Constitutions; Reeves: A Treatise on the Law of Real Property; Lorenzen: Cases on the Conflict of Laws

The Commerce Clause, And Taxation Of Gross Receipts And Of "Intangible Property.", Frederick H. Cooke

Michigan Law Review

The decision in Galveston, Harrisburg &c. Ry. Co. v. Texas curiously, perhaps even painfully, illustrates the confusion that has resulted from the establishment by the Supreme Court of what seem to me to be incompatible rules of taxation. As is well understood, the commerce clause of the Federal Constitution imposes certain restrictions upon action under the authority of a State. That is to say, it is a general rule that has been frequently applied, that no restriction by way of prohibition or otherwise may be validly imposed under the authority of a State upon transportation within the scope of the …

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Bankruptcy--Trustee's Right to Enforce Stockholder's Statutory Liability; Bills and Notes--Failure of Consideration--When Maker is Estopped From Pleading It; Bills and Notes--Instrument Payable After Death--Whether Valid Obligation or of a Testamentary Character; Carriers--Interstate and Intrastate Commerce; Carriers--Regulations Relative to Shipment of Live Stock; Constitutional Law--Equal Protection of Laws--Foreign Corporations--Statute Forfeiting Right to Do Business; Constitutional law--Police Power--Personal Liberty--Photographing Persons Charged With Crime; Contempt--Murder of Prisoner Pending His Appeal; Counties--Action by Taxpayer--Compensation of Attorney; Criminal Law--What Constitutes a Disorderly House; Damages--Allowance of Attorney's Fees--rule in Hadley v. Baxendale Applied; Eminent Domain--Taking or Damaging Property--Noise and Smoke From Operation of Railroad; Equity--Illegal Contract--Duty …

Topical Index To Recent Legal Literature, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Illinois Ten-Hour Labor Law For Women, Andrew Alexander Bruce

Michigan Law Review

There are few cases before the American courts today which are of more significance than that which has recently been brought in the Illinois courts by William E. Ritchie of Chicago and which seeks "to enjoin the prosecuting officers of the state from enforcing the provisions of the so-called Women's' Ten-Hour Labor Law. The case of course involves the somewhat mooted question as to whether the remedy in such cases, if remedy there be at all, is by injunction, or whether the slower and more unsatisfactory procedure of a writ of error is not technically demanded, but this question is …

The German Law-Suit Without Lawyers, Simon E. Baldwin

Michigan Law Review

As in the Roman practice, during the formulary period, there were two judicial stages to every law-suit, one in which the issue was determined and: the mode of trial directed, and another for the trial itself, so there are two judicial stages to every German law-suit. In the first, the court finds out what is really in controversy; in the second is the trial. In most cases there must be written pleadings drawn by lawyers, and a trial conducted by lawyers. A plaintiff is not allowed to conduct his own cause in any of the higher courts. But the plaintiff …

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Hamilton Wright, October 18, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Hamilton Wright confirming the termination of his project at the Department of State.

Excerpts From Article In The Publishers Weekly For July 3, 1909 Summarizing Revision History, United States Congress

Legislative History – Copyright Act of 1909

THE COPYRIGHT CODE: ITS HISTORY AND FEATURES

The new copyright code became operative July 1, 1909, and is now in force. In view of its importance, a retrospect of its history and some further comment on its character may be of interest. …

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Excerpts From The Report Of The Register Of Copyrights For The Fiscal Years 1906-1907, 1907-1908 And 1908-1909, United States Congress

Legislative History – Copyright Act of 1909

"During the fiscal year covered by this report important motion has been taken in the direction of a revision of the copyright laws." …

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Charles H. Stockton, June 28, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Charles Stockton asking for a presentation on international law from the Navy's perspective.

1909 Indiana University School Of Law Commencement Exercises Program

Recognition Ceremony

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, Robert E. Bunker, Joseph H. Drake, Joseph H. Drake

Michigan Law Review

Frost: A Treatise on Guaranty Insurance and compensated Suretyship including therein as subsidiary branches, The Law of Fidelity, Commercial and Judicial Insurance, &c.; Freeman: The American Reports. Containing the Cases of General Value and Authority. Decided int eh Courts of Last Resort of the Several States.;Green: Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of last resort of the several states from 1904 to 1909 contained in the American State Reports, vols. 97 to 120 inclusive, and of the notes to cases reported therein.; the Earl of Halsbury et al.: The Laws of England, Being a Complete …

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Bills and Notes--Fictitious or Non-Existing Payee--Knowledge of Maker--English and American Views; Bills and Notes--Holder in Due Course; Carriers--Exemption from Liability for Negligence Under Special Contract; Colleges--Entrance Discriminations--Mandamus Not Remedy for Refusing Admission; Constitutional law--Aliens--Keeping for Immoral Purposes; Constitutional Law--Class Legislation--Licensing Itinerant Vendors; Constitutional Law--Legislative Power--Intoxicating Liquors--License System; Constitutional Law--Police Power--Intoxicating Liquors; Constitutional Law--Police Power--Ordinance Absolutely Prohibiting Billboards; Corporations--Ultra Vires--Organizing Another Corporation--Dissenting Stockholder; Deeds--Cancellation for Fraud--False Representations as to Intention; Deeds--Description--Parol Evidence to Explain Ambiguity; Deeds--Effect of Statute Abolishing the Use of Private Seals; Divorce--Adultery--Consent of Plaintiff; Elections--Qualification of Voters--Payment of Taxes--Payment by Unauthorized Person; Evidence--Privileged Communications--Professional Nurse and Patient; Health--Offering …

College Of Law Commencement Program, 1909, University Of Kentucky

Graduation Programs

No abstract provided.

The Supreme Court And The Fourteenth Amendment, Edward S. Corwin

Michigan Law Review

It was formerly the wont of legal writers to regard court decisions in much the same way as the mathematician regards the x of an algebraic equation: given the facts of the case and the existing law, the outcome was inevitable. This unhistorical standpoint has now been largely abandoned. Not only is it admitted that judges in finding the law act not as automata, as mere adding machines, but creatively, but also that the considerations which determine their decisions, far from resting exclusively upon a narrowly syllogistic basis, often repose very immediately upon concrete and vital notions of what is …

The Anthracite Coal Industry And The Busness Affected With A Public Interest, Andrew Alexander Bruce

Michigan Law Review

The constitutions, state and federal, do not anywhere guarantee any absolute property rights nor right to liberty. The guarantee is merely that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty and property without due process of law. The right to liberty and property was never absolute under the English law, and the American constitutions have never been construed as going further than guaranteeing the continuance of the rights which existed at the time of their adoption.

Note And Comment, Ferris D. Stone, Dan B. Symmons, J. Earl Ogle Jr.

Michigan Law Review

The Execution of the Insured for Crime as a Defense to the Insurer, the Policy Being Silent as to This Contingency; The Power of a Corporation to Hold and Vote Stock of Another Corporation; Effect of an Agreement Not to Compromise Without consent of Attorney Upon Contract for Contingent Fees; The Pennsylvania Supreme Court and The Pennsylvania Railroad Company

Topical Index To Recent Legal Literature, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

No abstract provided.

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Harvey Washington Wiley, May 6, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Harvey Washington Wiley concerning complaints from the French Ambassador Jean Jusserand about ramifications of the Pure Food and Drug Act on a French manufacturer.

The Roman Lawyer--A Sketch, George L. Canfield

Michigan Law Review

OF the Roman lawyer this at least may be said, that his work had the quality which endures. It remains today the fundamental law of the greater part of the world and it was as much the special creation of the lawyer as our common law is the creation of the judge. As the Romans had no officers corresponding to our judges (the "judex" being practically a juror) the law of the case was usually settled by special counsel; disinterested in the issue, but of special learning in the legal points involved. These were the jurisconsults. They gave their opinions …

International Arbitration, Joseph B. Moore

Michigan Law Review

The history of the race whether considered as one of individuals or as nations has been one of struggle. Did one individual fancy another had done him a wrong, he proceeded to right that wrong himself by the exercise of force. From the day when Cain killed his brother Abel, for many centuries contests between individuals were settled, not as justice dictated, but by brute force. The result was a disorderly condition of society unfavorable to peaceful conditions. In the evolution of the race, when men differed, instead of attempting to settle their differences by force, tribunals were brought into …

Topical Index To Recent Legal Literature, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

No abstract provided.

Note And Comment, Paul S. Dubuar, Arthur Clarke, J. Fred Bingham, Dan B. Symons, Lloyd T. Crane

Michigan Law Review

Effect of Taking Possession of Mortgaged Property Under a Chattel Mortgage as Against a Junior Mortgagee; The Effect of the Reunion of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church With the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America Upon the Property of the Former; The Exclusive Use of Part of Railroad Station Grounds by Hackmen; Conflict of Jurisdiction in Bankruptcy Cases Between Federal and State Courts; Right of the Legislature to Amend Corporate Charters Under the Reserved Power; Can A Purchaser From a Tenant Acquire Title by Adverse Possession?; Can a Mortgagor After the Execution of the Mortgage Create an Easement in …

Recent Important Decisions, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Bankruptcy--Discharge of Bankrupt From Arrest--Claims--Judgment--Willful and Malicious Injury; Bills and Notes--anomalous Indorser; Bills and Notes--Innocent Holder of Note Given on the Sale of "Futures"; Constitutional Law--Imprisonment for Debt; Elections--Constitutionality of "Terrell Election Law"; Eminent Domain--Accretions--Extending Highway--Compensation; Guaranty--Consideration--Past and Future Advances; Intoxicating Liquors--Right to Withdraw Names from Local Option Petition; Intoxicating Liquors--Sale of Malt Tonic; Landlord and Tenant--Change in Law Preventing Use of Part of Premises--Abatement of Rent; License--Parol Permission to Use Lands--Revocation of, After Expenditures by Licensee; Mandamus--Nature of the Remedy; Master and Servant--Injuries to Third Persons; Master and Servant--Injuries to Third Persons--Dual Relation--Proximate Cause; Monopolies--Right to Recover on Monopolistic …

Letter From Charles Nagel To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, April 30, 1909, Charles Nagel

Immigration

The document is a typed letter from the Secretary of Commerce and Labor Charles Nagel to the Assistant Secretary of State concerning a memorandum on immigration.

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Victoriano Salado-Alvarez, April 29, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to Victoriano Salado-Alvarez following up on a conversation about the Valenzuela legal case.

General Education Bill Of 1909, Tennessee General Assembly

Establishment of ETSU

Passed on April 27th, 1909 by the 56th General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, the General Education Bill of 1909 established state funding for the establishment and maintenance of normal schools devoted to the education and professional training of teachers in the state of Tennessee. One normal school was established in each division of the state.Two years later, using funding from this act, East Tennessee State Normal School was founded in 1911 and would eventually become East Tennessee State University.

Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To William I. Buchanan, April 13, 1909, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson

Other Correspondence

The document is a carbon copy of a typed letter from the Assistant Secretary of State to William I. Buchanan concerning his appointment as Agent in the Orinoco Steamship Company Case of the United States of America versus the United States of Venezuela at The Hague Court.