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Illustrative Cases On Equity Jurisprudence, Harry B. Hutchins, Robert E. Bunker

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“‘Hutchins & Bunker’s Illustrative Cases on Equity Jurisprudence” is a recently published collection of 286 cases, selected by Dean Harry B. Hutchins and Prof. Robert E. Bunker, both of the University of Michigan. These cases cover the entire subject of Equity Jurisprudence, and are classified according to the arrangement that is followed in Eaton on Equity….” -- American Law School Review 1, no.1 (1902): 30, “Recent Legal Publications.”

The Law Of Personal Injuries And Incidentally Damage To Property By Railway-Trains, Based On The Statutes And Decisions Of The Supreme Court Of The State Of Georgia, John L. Hopkins

Historical Treatises

From the front matter:

Testimonials From the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Georgia

Atlanta, May 22, 1902.

We have given the book prepared by Hon. John L. Hopkins, entitled "The Law of Personal Injuries," etc., a sufficient examination to enable us to say, without hesitation, that it is a work of great merit and utility. It will surely save the hard-worked judge and busy lawyer much time and labor by making the decisions of this court, bearing on the subjects treated, readily accessible in available form. The distinguished author's wel1 - executed plan of grouping …

Ley Y Reglamento Del Impuesto Del Uno Por Ciento Sobre La Venta Y Entradas Brutas, República De Cuba. Senado

Mario Diaz Cruz Pamphlets

Cámara de Comercio, Industria y Navegación de la Isla de Cuba.

An Act Making Appropriations For The Current And Contingent Expenses Of The Indian Department And For Fulfilling Treaty Stipulations With Various Indian Tribes For The Fiscal Year Ending June Thirteenth, Nineteen Hundred And Two, And For Other Purposes., United States Congress

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

This United States (US) public law, noted as “Chap. 832” dated March 3, 1901, details the appropriations that will be made to various tribes for the fiscal year ending June 1902. This funding breakdown includes payments made to the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara tribes residing at the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Appropriations in this law are noted as supporting treaty stipulations, schools, and a variety of miscellaneous expenses including construction, provisions, and the management of small pox.

National University Law Department Announcement, 1901-1902, National University

Catalogues, Registers, and Announcements of the National University School of Law

This 1901 pamphlet from the National University Law Department provides information about the school, academics, course schedules, and students.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1901, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in a session which began on the 5th day of February, and adjourned sine die on the 30th day of Mat, 1901.

Published by authority

The Ontario Law Reports, 1901-1931 (66 V)

Law Reports & Digests

The Ontario Law Reports : Cases Determined in the Court of Appeal and in the High Court of Justice for Ontario. Toronto : Canada Law Book Company, 1901-1931. 66 v

Cited as: OLR

• v 1 (1901) – Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1901
• v 2 (1901) – Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1902
• v 3 (1901-1902) – Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1902
• v 4 (1902) – Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1903
• v 5 (1902-1903) – Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1903
• v 6 (1903) – Toronto: Canada Law Book Company, 1903
• v 7 (1903-1904) – Toronto: Canada …

A Treatise On The Law Of Sale Of Personal Property, Volume I, Floyd R. Mechem

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When this task was undertaken the writer believed that there was a real need for an American book upon the law of Sale. In the long time that he bas been at work, various contributions to the subject have been made by others, so that it is possible that the need, if it ever existed, has long since been supplied. The writer, however, whether wisely or unwisely, has persisted in his undertaking, and if bis work shall prove to have a value in some degree commensurate with the labor spent upon it, he will be content.

Outlines Of The Law Of Agency, Floyd R. Mechem

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The subject of Agency belongs to a comparatively recent period in our law … Agency belongs distinctively to a commercial age, and its growth has kept pace with the progress of commercial activity. It furnishes the means by which the range of individual and corporate activity is enormously increased. One person may thus have many an alter ego. A single brain may direct a hundred hands. The modern business man may be constructively present in many places and carry on diverse and widely separated industries at the same time.

The following pages have been printed to accompany the writer’s …

A Treatise On The Law Of Sale Of Personal Property, Volume Ii, Floyd R. Mechem

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When this task was undertaken the writer believed that there was a real need for an American book upon the law of Sale. In the long time that he bas been at work, various contributions to the subject have been made by others, so that it is possible that the need, if it ever existed, has long since been supplied. The writer, however, whether wisely or unwisely, has persisted in his undertaking, and if bis work shall prove to have a value in some degree commensurate with the labor spent upon it, he will be content.

1901 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus yearbook that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• Photographs of the Law Faculty and Class of 1901
• A Photograph of the members of Phi Delta Phi (Law Fraternity)
• A list of Senior and Freshman Class Officers
• A satire piece titled Among the Lawyers

A Study Of The United States Steel Corporation In Its Industrial And Legal Aspects; Being Three Lectures Delivered To The Class In Private Corporations, In The University Of Michigan, June 3, 4 And 5, 1901, Horace L. Wilgus

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When the. class in corporations asked me to lecture upon the United States Steel Corporation, I replied I had not at band such of the documents use.d in its organization as would justify a legal discussion, and I did not wish to rely upon newspaper reports as to their contents. I promised, however, to try to secure authentic information. In order to do this, I wrote Messrs. J. P. Horgan & Co., requesting copies of such papers as were not considered private, stating what use was to be made of them. In reply to this request, they very kindly sent …

Translation Of The Penal Code In Force In Cuba And Porto Rico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, United States. Division Of Customs And Insular Affairs

Cuban Law

Table of Contents: Book I. General provisions regarding crimes and misdemeanors, the persons liable, and the penalties. Book II. Crimes and their penalties. Book III. Misdemeanors and their penalties.

Kent College Of Law Stock Certificate #12 - Kent College Of Law, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law

Law School Memorabilia

This stock certificate, numbered 12 and dated January 11, 1900, signifies the purchase of 41 shares of stock in the Kent College of Law (issued to Kent College of Law), which would later become the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The certificate bears the signatures of William F. Momeyer and Marshall D. Ewell, founder of Kent College of Law. The back of the certificate indicates that the stock shares were transferred to Thomas A. Moran (first dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law) in June of 1900, witnessed by Momeyer and Ewell.

Kent College Of Law Stock Certificate #9 - Marshall D. Ewell, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law

Law School Memorabilia

This stock certificate, numbered 9 and dated January 11, 1900, signifies the purchase by Marshall D. Ewell of 36 shares of stock "in lieu of no. 1 surrender" in the Kent College of Law, which would later become the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The certificate bears the signatures of William F. Momeyer and Marshall D. Ewell, founder of Kent College of Law. The back of the certificate is signed and witnessed by Momeyer and Ewell, but is otherwise blank.

Kent College Of Law Stock Certificate #11 - Marshall D. Ewell, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law

Law School Memorabilia

This stock certificate, numbered 11 and dated January 11, 1900, signifies the purchase by Marshall D. Ewell of one share of stock "in lieu of no. 2" in the Kent College of Law, which would later become the Chicago-Kent College of Law. The certificate bears the signatures of William F. Momeyer and Marshall D. Ewell, founder of Kent College of Law. The back of the certificate indicates that the stock share was transferred to T.A. Moran (Thomas A. Moran, first dean of the Chicago-Kent College of Law) on June 11, 1900, witnessed by Momeyer and Ewell.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1899, Jamaica

Jamaica

A session which began on the 22nd day of March, and adjourned sine die on the 2nd day of June, 1899.

Published by authority.

The Laws Of Jamaica, 1900, Jamaica

Jamaica

The Laws of Jamaica passed in a session which began on the 20th day of February, and adjourned sine die on the 15th day of June, 1900

Published by authority

The Canadian Law List (Hardy's) 1900, H. Cartwright

Thompson Rare Book Collection

The Canadian Law List (Hardy's) 1900 edited by H. Cartqright, Esq. includes:

• Canadian law firms and barristers;
• Canadian Commissioners;
• Dominion Laws;
• Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada;
• Judges;
• Synopsis of laws.3

Content is organized by province.

Aguajito - Diseños, Glo No. 282-A, Apn 101, Apn 103, Monterey County, And Associated Historical Documents.

Individual Ranchos in Monterey and SLO Counties

Diseños - Hand-drawn Spanish-Mexican map demonstrating the physical boundaries of land granted to Mexican citizens by the Spanish or Mexican governments.

Work Progress Administration Abstract (WPA Abstract) – A summary document prepared in 1938 under the Work Progress Administration program detailing the history of a rancho beginning with the Spanish-American land through the U.S. patenting process.

Hornbeck Rancho Detail Sheet (AKA Detail Sheet) – A summary sheet generated from a land patent database that details the history of a rancho, along with the various state and federal agency record numbers relating to the rancho.

Bancroft Notes – Document detailing information …

Equity 1900-1901 3rd Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his third year Equity Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

1900 Arbutus (Law School Pages), Indiana University Senior Class

Arbutus (Yearbook)

Pages from the IU Arbutus yearbook that relate to the Law School.

Included are:

• A photograph of the members of Phi Delta Phi (Law Fraternity)
• A list of the Officers of the Senior and Junior Law Classes
• A composite photograph of the Law Faculty and Class of 1900

Consult Primary Authorities--Step Three In The Research Process--Case Law

Research in Virgil Hawkins' World of Print--Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion

The student would also use case law to learn about Florida’s treatment of abortion laws. To read Eggart v. State, using the citation provided by Florida Law and Practice, the student would have gone to volume 25 of the Southern Reporter and opened it to page 527. From the case, they would learn the history of Florida’s antiabortion statute and how it could be used to convict, of manslaughter, anyone who set out to cause a woman to miscarry. The first page of the Eggart case is to the left; the entire case can be found by scrolling …

Florida Reports

Research in Virgil Hawkins' World of Print--Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion

Some states have official and unofficial case reporter systems. Florida Reports was the official case reporter series that reported the decisions of the Florida Supreme Court from 1846 through 1948 in 160 volumes. When an official reporter exists court rules often require citation to both the official and unofficial reporter.

The Southern Reporter

Research in Virgil Hawkins' World of Print--Historical Print Research Project No. 1: Abortion

Some states have official and unofficial case reporter systems. When an official reporter exists court rules often require citation to both the official and unofficial reporter. The Southern Reporter is the unofficial, regional, reporter series that reports the decisions of the Supreme Courts in Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, and Mississippi.

National University Law Department Announcement, 1899-1900, National University

Catalogues, Registers, and Announcements of the National University School of Law

This 1899 pamphlet from the National University Law Department provides information about the school, faculty, academics, students, and the alumni association.

Athenaeum Law Bulletin - Vol. 11, No. 1, Chicago College Of Law

Law School Memorabilia

The Athenaeum Law Bulletin was published by the Chicago College of Law at the Law Department of Lake Forest University, the predecessor of Chicago-Kent College of Law. This volume, the 1899 Commencement Number, was published and edited by the law school's secretary, Elmer E. Barrett. It includes portraits of class prize winners, faculty portraits, articles, a list of legal fraternities and class organizations, and a list of graduates receiving Degree of LL.B. in 1899. This issue also includes the text of two speeches delivered at the 1899 Commencement: "The Lawyer, His Duty to the Profession and to the Public," delivered …

Equity: 1899-1900 Second Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his second year Equity Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Constitutional Law: 1899-1900 Second Year, Donald Frank Matheson

Thompson Rare Book Collection

This notebook was used by D. Frank Matheson, an alumnus of Dalhousie Law School, Class of 1901, in his second year Constitutional Law class.

The Matheson Notebooks are a collection of seven bound notebooks used by Frank Matheson during his time at Dalhousie School of Law between 1898 and 1901. In 2018, they were found in the basement of a Lunenburg law firm and donated to Schulich School of Law. There are two or three notebooks from each year of Matheson’s studies, ranging slightly in size and style. The notebooks have pages made from linen rags, are bound with paper …

Franklin Laveale Anderson (Ex 1899), Rebecca Ciota

Black History at Colorado Law

Only four years after the University of Colorado Law School’s 1892 opening, Franklin LaVeale Anderson (ex 1899) enrolled at the law school in 1896. He is believed to be the first Black student to enroll at the University of Colorado Boulder and is the University of Colorado Law School’s first Black student.

Anderson was born a free person in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1859. During his early childhood, slavery was legal in Missouri. Slave-holding states in the Antebellum United States forbid the formal education of Black persons.¹¹ However, records indicate that Anderson received some education in Missouri, while also …