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Arbitration By Jury, Edward W. Hinton
President's Address, Glenn J. Fairbrook
President's Address, Glenn J. Fairbrook
Washington Law Review
Presidential addresses have shown a decided trend in the last few years away from discussions of cases in which only a few were interested, and from controversial political subjects, toward themes more vitally touching our everyday life. Where a few years ago we found advocacy of a code of legal ethics and higher educational standards urged, we now take those things for granted. Our constitution still permitting the president one chance to air his views before passing into oblivion, I feel justified in following this trend, and will endeavor, therefore, to report on the stewardship of your officers for the …
Some Problems In Modern Legal Education, Harold Shepherd
Some Problems In Modern Legal Education, Harold Shepherd
Washington Law Review
Those of you who enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan recall, no doubt, the Lord Chancellor's appraisal of the law in "Iolanthe," "The law is the true embodiment of everything that is excellent, it has no kind of fault or flaw, and I, my lords, embody the law." Those of you who enjoy Dickens may also recall that one of his characters, Mr. Bumble, summed it all up by the expression, "The law is an ass." I have always suspected that the truth lies somewhere between the two, and that perhaps, in a nut shell, the true task of modern legal education …
Recent Cases, A. G.
Recent Cases, A. G.
Washington Law Review
Sales—Conditional Sales—Retention of Possession by Vendor; Evidence—Res Gestae—Opinion of a Bystander; Mortgates—Nature of Conveyance—Rights of Mortgagee—Rents and Profits; Boundaries—Deeds—Rights of Riparian Owner
Bench And Bar, F. L. Stotler
Bench And Bar, F. L. Stotler
Washington Law Review
President's Message; Proceedings of Opening Session; Washington Integrated Bar Act; Officers and Committee Appointments for 1931-1932; Report of Obituary Committee of State Bar Association of Washington, July 31, 1931
State Income Taxation As Affected By Property Tax Limitations, Alfred Harsch
State Income Taxation As Affected By Property Tax Limitations, Alfred Harsch
Washington Law Review
On all sides one hears of the crying need for tax reduction. The owner of tangible property, particularly real property, constantly complains that the tax burden imposed is confiscatory While it has been the political slogan of each campaign that taxes will be reduced the public is beginning to realize that there is no relief to be had in this direction. The "public" demands too much of government today to even hope that such can be realized. The answer to the property owner's plea for taxation relief must be along the line of a new distribution of tax burdens. This …
Admissibility Of Previous Consistent Statements By A Witness, Herald A. O'Neill
Admissibility Of Previous Consistent Statements By A Witness, Herald A. O'Neill
Washington Law Review
Today the courts are almost unanimous in holding that proof of statements made by a witness out of court similar to and in harmony with his testimony are inadmissible. "This rule of evidence," said Mr. Justice Holloway, speaking for the Supreme Court of Montana in the case of Fairleigh v.Kelley (1903), "became settled long ago." It is unquestionably supported by the decided weight of authority, and in fact, it may now be said that the rule is more than general—it is well nigh universal. There are, however, well settled exceptions to this general rule. In fact, the exceptions "have become …
Bench And Bar, Anon
Recent Cases, D. W.
Recent Cases, D. W.
Washington Law Review
Schools and School Districts—Liability—Torts—Negligence of Officer; Sales—Warranties—Implied Warranty of Quality—Food for Stock; Adverse Possession—Color of Title—Claim of Right in Good Faith
The Rights Of Japanese And Chinese Aliens In Land In Washington, Jack D. Freeman
The Rights Of Japanese And Chinese Aliens In Land In Washington, Jack D. Freeman
Washington Law Review
Here on the Pacific Coast the question of what rights a Japanese or Chinese alien can acquire in real property is of vital importance. A glance into the early law in regards to the rights of aliens in general will serve as an introduction to the problem. The early English common law would not allow an alien to hold land because of the poor policy of permitting the holding of land by one who owed allegiance to another sovereign. This was evaded by a system of uses and trusts. The early American law was the same. Again a system of …
Injunctions To Restrain Threatened Or Impending Criminal Prosecutions, Frederick G. Hamley
Injunctions To Restrain Threatened Or Impending Criminal Prosecutions, Frederick G. Hamley
Washington Law Review
The general rule is always stated to be that an injunction will not be granted to stay criminal or quasi-crininal proceedings. The original basis of the rule, it is quite generally agreed, was founded upon the theory that to sustain a bill in equity to restrain or relieve against proceedings for the punishment of offenses would constitute an invasion of the law courts. This theory was the natural outgrowth of the lack of relation between equity and law courts as they formerly existed in England. With the gradual ebb in the jealousies and antagonisms between courts of law and of …
Does Washington Law Require Testator To Sign His Will In Presence Of Attesting Witness?, Ivan W. Goodner
Does Washington Law Require Testator To Sign His Will In Presence Of Attesting Witness?, Ivan W. Goodner
Washington Law Review
It will be observed that while the statute does not, in terms, require testator to sign in the presence of the attesting witness, it does not mention acknowledgment as a mode of execution. What does "attestation" mean? Webster says that "the subscription of a name to a writing as a witness" is an attestation.
Federal Court Judgment Liens, Marion Edwards
Federal Court Judgment Liens, Marion Edwards
Washington Law Review
Apparently, at the present time, the thought of lawyers on the law relating to the territorial extent of Federal Court judgment liens on real property in the states, is somewhat confused. To attribute the bewilderment to any inherent difficulty in the subject would be ungracious if not unjust. It would be fairer to ascribe it to the distractions of modern life and business, though doubtless some modicum of blame is due to that propensity so gloomily pondered by Sir Joshua Reynolds when he said, "There is no expedient to winch man will not resort to avoid the labor of thinking." …
Recent Cases, H. S.
Waiver Of Patient's Privileges, De Wolfe Emory
Waiver Of Patient's Privileges, De Wolfe Emory
Washington Law Review
It is the purpose here to discuss the circumstances under which a patient is deemed to have waived the privilege veiling commumcations made to his physician, paying more particular attention to the law on that subject as it now exists in this state, in an attempt to arrive at the every-day and practical effect of the claim of privilege upon the ascertainment of truth in the court room.
A Review Of Common Carrier Motor Vehicle Regulation, Karl Stecker
A Review Of Common Carrier Motor Vehicle Regulation, Karl Stecker
Washington Law Review
Perhaps no other single factor has played so great a part in the revolution of the economic and social life of the nation during the past generation as the motor vehicle. With the growth of its importance in transportation has come the necessity for regulation. Broadly speaking, outside of the matter of general registration, the regulation, or necessity for regulation, falls within three periods corresponding with the improvement of the motor vehicle itself and with the development of the highways (1) the intracity or "jitney bus" period, (2) the intrastate period, and (3) the interstate period. The regulation of the …
Degrees Of Secondary Evidence, Story Birdseye
Degrees Of Secondary Evidence, Story Birdseye
Washington Law Review
One of.the most ancient of all legal doctrines is the "best evidence rule," although originally it had a much broader meaning than at present. According to the early view, it meant that only the best evidence which could be produced was admissible, it was applicable to all classes of evidence and not confined to documents. In its modern application, however, the best evidence rule amounts only to the requirement that the contents of a written instrument must be proved by the introduction of the writing itself, unless its absence is satisfactorily accounted for. The reason for this law of evidence …
Cases And Materials On The Law Of Credit Transactions, By Wesley A. Sturgis (1930), Frank L. Mechem
Cases And Materials On The Law Of Credit Transactions, By Wesley A. Sturgis (1930), Frank L. Mechem
Washington Law Review
No abstract provided.
Bench And Bar, Anon
Bench And Bar, Anon
Washington Law Review
Preparation of annotations to state cases on the restatements; Tacoma Bar Association banquet
Recent Cases, F. G. H.
Cases On Pleading And Procedure, By Charles E. Clark (1930), Ivan W. Goodner
Cases On Pleading And Procedure, By Charles E. Clark (1930), Ivan W. Goodner
Washington Law Review
No abstract provided.