Entered according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy,

BY WEED, PARSONS & Co.,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States for the Northern

District of New York.

INDEX.

PAGE.

6, 318

60

1

A.

PAGE.
Bill of costs of an English solicitor,

262
Abbott, Mr., and the code,

362

Bogart, Robert D., application of, for new trial, .. 189
Abuse of injunctions,

260

Book notices, 17, 37, 79, 97, 118, 160, 180, 204, 212
Abstract of recent bankruptcy decisions :
Assignee: In the matter of Barrett,.

323, 380, 398, 419, 460, 499
101
Brady, the late James T., ..

137
Arrest : Goodwin o. Sharkey,...

300
Breach of privilege cases,

132, 151
Burden of proof: Collins and another, assig-

British judicatures, reform of,

385
nees, etc., o. Ball et al., .

300
British law, consolidation of the,.

365
Commercial paper : In the matter of the Mc-
Brooklyn lawyeress, the.....

324
Dermott Patent Bolt Manufacturing Com-
pany,

101

C.
Creditor holding securities : Jervis o. Smith.. 301
District in which petition must be filed: In the California supreme court, digest of recent decisions
matter of Elisha Foster,

101
in,

....20, 357, 375
Distribution: In re Erwin and another, 300 Carriers, duty of, as to providing roadworthy car-
Failure to file schedule: In re Scofield et al.,. 300

riages,
Fraud : In ré Adams...
301 Changing venue in criminal cases,

195
Jurisdiction : In re John R. Penn..

301

Chapter of epigrams:
Preference by mortgage: In re Frederick E.

(See Law and Lawyers in Literature.)
Driggs, assignee, etc., and Moore, Foote & Character, witnesses as to,
Co.,

301

Chief judge and associate judges of the court of
Privileged communications : In re Bellis and appeals, act providing for the election of,...... 264
Milligan,

101

Chief justices and associate justices of the terri-
Proof of debt-amendment: In the matter of

tories, salaries of,...

519
Montgomery,...
101

515
Choate, Rufus, Parker's Reminiscences of,

301
Proving claim : In re Stephen Brown,...

261
Civil and penal codes,.

262
Settling estate : In the matter of Darby,.
101 Client, solicitor and, costs between,

362
What property vests in assignee : In the mat-

Code, Mr. Abbott and the,....
ter of Vogel,..
100 Code, Mr. O'Conor and the,.

.302–345
When voluntary assignment bars discharge:

Code of criminal practice,.

261
In the matter of Goldschmidt,...

101
Col. Edward D. Baker,.

365
Acquitted prisoners, ought the state to re-imburse, 246

Columbia College Law School,

419
Address to law students, .

165, 190 Commissioners of appeal, appointment of, 519
Address to the members of the bar-the constitu-

Common law practice, probable substitution of
tion of the Bar Association of New York, 203

code for, in Illinois,..

230
Administration of justice,....

46, 65

Concerning examinations for admissions to the bar, 350
Admiralty cases, vesting powers to receive initia-

Confessions, value of,..

60
tory proceedings in, in commissioners and re-

Conflicts of jurisdiction,

260
gisters in bankruptcy,..

261

Connecticut supreme court, digest of decisions in,
Admission to the bar,
16, 350

163, 182
Admitting attorneys as a matter of right,

204
Consolidation of British law,...

365
Advice to young lawyers,

380

Constitution of the Bar Association of New York, 203
Agreements to pay debts in gold or silver coin,.. 145

Corn Exchange Insurance Company 0. Armina
A happy quotation,..

78
Babcock, impleaded, etc.,..

241
A ministry of justice,

293

Correspondence :
American judges,

219
Supreme court reporter,...

98
An eminent English lawyer,.

Estates of married women,.
499

342
Answer to correspondent,

442
Relative to homestead law,.

442
Antiquities of the law,

247
Answer to,...

442
Appointment of justices of supreme court,

442
Costs, bill of, of an English solicitor,

262
Appointment of notaries public,. 222, 243, 259, 343

Court-house, singular scene in,.

80
Arrest without warrant-law of, discussed,. 28, 86, 149

Court of appeals, abstract-cases :
A warning,

80
Argand et al., ex’rs, v. Ball et al.,.

181
Allen, ex'r, o. Shepard et al.,.

161
Anderson, adm'r, o. Parks,

182
B.
Baker v. Kenworthy,..

481
Bail, justifying,...
268 Bennett v. Morehouse et al.,.

338
Baker, Col. Edward D.,

365
Bentes v. Thompson,.

338
Bankruptcy decisions, abstract of recent, .101, 300

Blend c. People,. .

338
Bank shares, taxing national,

282
Boerum v. Schenck,.

482
Bar Association of New York, address to the

Bowman v. Tallman,.

100
members of the bar, the constitution and the

Bryant o. Bryant, adm'r, etc.,

338
organization,
203 Buck, receiver, etc. 0. Briggs,.

100
Bar stories, old and new,

45, 306 Buffalo and Allegany Valley Railroad Co. v.
39
Johnson, ex'rx,..

31

Bar wit,

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296

236

136

Current topics—(continued).

Current topics—continued).
law library in New York,.
435, 475 the New York Bar Asssociation,

116, 197
law schools...
136 the New York judiciary,

355
"law's delays,"

159 the nominations for United States supreme
law students,..

178
court,...

117
lawyer's congress,

12, 34
the penal code,

94
lawyers as law makers,.

236 the postal service,
lawyers of the fair sex,.
78 the right of dower,

371
Learned, William L., commissioner of appeals, 519 the St. Louis female lawyer,

434
legal education in England,

394, 491 the supreme court bills,
legal reform in Canada,
158 the supreme court reports,

94
in England,

451 the United States laws, code commission, 475
legal tender case,
235, 271, 296, 333 the United States supreme court, .

254
legislative blunders,

34 the United States supreme court circuits. 159
method in madness,
475 the value of decisions,

270
mixed juries, ..
313 the women jurors of Wyoming,

197, 210
Mordaunt o. Mordaunt,.
492 Traupmann and insanity,.

77
Mr. Hoar and the supreme bench,.
13 trials before ecclesiastical tribunals,

372
multiplicity of laws,..
34 trial before refereces,.

211
murder and insanity,

372, 373
trial by jury,

179, 236
new cause of divorce,.
94 United States judicial circuits,

452
new court of appeals--first meeting of, 519 United States judiciary, salaries, .

476
new judiciary article,

13 United States supreme court and Indiana di-
New York Bar Association,

372
vorces,..

178
New York Times and the legal profession,... 196 usury law,

11
nomination for judicial positions,
412 verdicts by lot,

394
nominees for the court of appeals, 355, 356 violation of profession; confessional confi-
“packing" the supreme court,

197

dence, ...
pardoning innocent convicts,
211 women lawyers in Iowa,

196
pay of jurors,

158
penal code of North Germany,

475

D.
People v. Susquehanna Railroad Co.,

36
popular ignorance of inquest law,.

57 Damages, hetween vender and purchaser of real
power of a majority of a court to decide, 57

estate, 120,..

120
property liability of married women,

491

David Dudley Field, before the judiciary commit-
publication of the laws, .

254
tee,

260
re-organization of the judicial districts,. 34 Debt, when do taxes become, against the taxpayer ? 514
resignation of Justice Grier,

13 Digest of recent American decisions, cases digested.
retirement of Judge Hoar,.

491

Accord and satisfaction : Stagg v. Alexander,. 214
revision of the statutes of the state of New

Action : Ball v. Nye,

139
York, ...

35, 77, 196, 210

Charleton o. Franconia Iron and Steel Co., 139
rights and liabilities of married women,

211
Dent o. Catzhausen,.

39
salaries of surrogates,

295
Easterly v. Goodwin,.

163
salaries of the United States justices,. 434

Eldridge o. Adams,..

81
scene in the life of attorney-general Akerman, 520

King, guardian, etc., v. Cutts,.

256
special legislation,

136
Morgan o. Higgins,

357
Stanton, Edwin M., death of,

14 Actionable words : Irons and wife o. Field
ftate aid in Michigan,

475
and wife,..

239
state legal association,
178 Adverse possession : Crook v. Glen,..

494
stock-gambling in Paris,

476
Finlay o. Cook,

103
| study of legal science,

Jackson v. Briner,

20, 21
supreme court, general terms,.

434
San Francisco v. Fulde,

357
taxes for unauthorized appropriations,
35 Agency: Malburn v. Schreiner,.

140, 141
the age of judges,

211, 215, 314
Norris and Foltz r. Taylor,

140, 141
the bill to reorganize the supreme court, 77, 271 Agreement: Bayliss v. Estate of Pricture,..... 256

272, 313
Cady et al. 0. Potter et al.,.

397
the Black river awards,

94
Childs o. Smith,

214
the Bradley-Fisher imbroglio,

412
Hamilton v. Gridley,

81
the breach of privilege question,

158
Martin o. Wade,

357, 358
the code in Illinois,

371
Woodruff v. Fellows

163
the code of procedure,
178 Amendment: Howard v. Smith.

21
the court of appeals reporter,

435
Lowry v. Inman,..

21
the death of Col. Baker,

453
Pride o. Wormwood,

297
the deceased wife's sister bill,

476
Smith 0. Howard,

21
the golden age of the bar, .

412
Stevens v. Brooks ..

39
the Illinois supreme court,

434 Appeal : Paine 0. Town Council of North
the increase of the judiciary in Philadelphia, 234

Providence,

415
the judiciary bills, .

Webster o. Cedar Rapids and St. Paul R.
the justices' court practice,

355
R. Co.,....

297, 298
The Justices of the Third District v. Murray,. 255 Appeal Bonds : Townsend v. Hazard et al. 414, 415
the legal tender decision and the supreme

Appeal in certiorari case: Morey v. Elkins,... 358
court,

136 Appeals : Johnson, ex’r, etc. v. Reilley,... 256
the limitations of defense,

334 Arbitrament and Award : Yeomans v. Yeo-
the marriage laws,.

254
mans,

139
the Mordaunt divorce case,

476
Smith v. Holcomb,..

139
the new associate justice of the United States

Arrest : Sherlock v. Sherlock,

21
supreme court,
234 Assignment : Groot v. Story,

199
the new court of appeals,

434

Mimms 0. Armstrong, Cator et al.,. 495
the newspapers and the judges,

13
Wolcott o. Timberman,..

437

96

36

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