X Nutting v. Herbert, 692 Nye v. Marion School District, 583 338 Pybus v. Gibbs, 517 Osgood v. Green, Otis v. Coffin, 393 159 Radway v. Graham, 684 Radworth v. Parker, 159 470 Rays v. Johnson, 703 121 R. B. Forbes, The 544 Palmer v. Fowley, 46 Reed v. Whitney, 531 v. Ward, 407 Regina v. Burgon, 225 Parker v. McKean, 577 v. v. Midland Railway v. Gardner, 225 Co. 169 v. Hodgson, 225 Patch v. Keeler, 460 Regina v. Leech, 167 Patchin v. Stroud, 214 v. Roebuck, 224 Patten v. Moore, 224 Paul v. Carver, 351 v. Hartland, 169 Payne v. Ridgway, 451 Reynolds v. Bridge, 224 Peabody v. Bloomer, 277 Richardson v. Forepaugh, 532 Pearce v. Pearce, 514 Robb v. United States, 89 Peirce v. Gray, 699 Pellew v. Horsford, 357 Pembroke Iron Co. v. Parsons, 48 Robertson, Margaret, in the Pendleton v. Empire Stone matter of, 387 Dressing Co.. 277 Robie v. Flanders, - 291 Perin v. Campbell, 570 Perkins v. Gibbs, 707 v. Ensign, 408 v. Pitman, 346 v. Morse, 708 Perry v. Pettingill, 288 v. Wheelwright, 161 Phelps v. Phelps, 159 v. Thomas, 406 Rogers et ux. v. McLean, 681 Pierce v. Emery, 278 Rome v. Addison, 574 v. Paine's Estate, 583 Roys v. Johnson, 703 Pillsbury v. Locke, 285 Ruhl v. Muller, 449 Pingree v. Coffin, 402 Piper v. Piper, 689 v. Fabyan, 345 Pitman v. Albany, 695 Pope v. Stacy, Port v. United States, 12 Co. v. Simpson, 629 Porter v. Shehan, 588 Powell v. Powell, 571 Pratt v. Mathew, ―v. Wheeler, 439 Prescott Bank v. Caverly, 702 Preston v. Hutchinson, 573 Sampson v. Hobart's Estate, 465 Price v. Dearborn, 636 Sanborn's Petition, 281 THE MONTHLY LAW REPORTER. MAY, 1856. THE WISCONSIN ELECTION CASE. AN experienced legal practitioner of our acquaintance was wont to assert that business comes to the profession in veins, as it were, large amounts of similar business at once. One year is fruitful in insurance causes, he would say; the next perhaps in disputed land titles, and a third in controversies involving constitutional law. If such a classification be possible, we suppose the present year will be known as the year of contested elections. There have been disputes of this sort from Maine to California. From inspectors of elections to judges, nay, to members of congress, governors, and even entire legislative bodies, no one seems to hold his loaf or his fish this year by an unquestioned title. These causes, political or quasi political in their nature, are not always decided in the courts of law, and when they are, it is no matter of congratulation to the profession. We consider them the greatest strain upon the sheet anchor of the judiciary. The parties in such causes appear as champions, with their merits heralded in advance by the newspapers, with their compurgators about them, and fortunate it is for judges and juries who are called upon to decide between such rivals, if they escape becoming to some extent involved in the heat and smoke of the battle, in the opinion of partisans, at least, if not in fact. In Maine, the question who should have the right to serve VOL. IX. NO. I. —NEW SERIES. 1 |