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INDEX

[Titles of addresses and papers are printed in italics.]

Adams, John, 45, 46, 61; appoint-
ment of Marshall by, 61, 62, 63
Agnew, Daniel, 35

American Bar Association, report of
Delegates to, 37-43; attitude of,
toward reversal of decisions, 152,
154; Delegates to, 184
Annual Addresses, 219
Appellate courts, effect of proposed

change on, 143, 144, 146
Arizona, modification of fellow-ser-
vant rule in, 162

Arkansas, abolition of fellow-servant
rule in, 162

Auditing Committee, members of,
58; report of, 86

Aviation, resolution relative to, 39

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Binney, Horace, 66

Birchard, William J., biographical
sketch of, 26
Black Hawk, 6

Blackwell, J. Y., 22

Blanchard Act, 189, 192

Boies, Horace, 148

Bonds, decision of court relative to
issuance of, 98, 99

Bowen, Crom, 17

Bradley, Justice, attitude of, to-
ward judicial construction, 100
Brewer, David J., 126, 147
Brockett, O. M., letter from, 185,
186

Brown, Alexander, biographical
sketch of, 24, 25

Brown, Thomas, biographical sketch
of, 23, 24

Brown, William D., biographical
sketch of, 25, 26

Bryce, James, tribute to Marshall
by, 72

Buchanan, James, 63

Bunker Hill Monument, railroad used
in construction of, 102

Burke, John, Governor, response to
toast by, 112-117; address by,
156-183

By-laws, amendment to, 194; text of,
199

Cade, Jack, 145

Calhoun, John C., Webster's reply
to, 49

Belsheim, Gullick H., biographical Carney, J. L., address by, 59-73; re-

sketch of, 23

marks by, 194, 195

Carpenter, C. A., response to address

of welcome by, 9-14

Cedar Rapids, meeting of Associa-
tion to be held at, 3
Charleston & Hamburg Railroad, 102
Chase, Warren, biographical sketch
of, 26

Chatham, Lord, 44

Chattanooga, meeting of American
Bar Association at, 37; descrip-
tion of battle-fields near, 40-43
Chicago, number of murders in, 152
Chickamauga, description of battle-
field of, 41

Choate, Joseph H., charges against,
38; reference to, 51
Circuit judges, days of, 6
Clark, C. A., 17

Clark, J. J., discussion by, 136-139
Clark, James W., biographical
sketch of, 26

Clarkson, John T., discussion by,
186, 187

Clements, W. G., discussion by, 127,
134, 155

Code pleading, teaching of, 82
Collateral Inheritance Tax Law, res-
olution for repeal of the, 59, 124,

125

Committee, special, question referred
to, 18, 184, 189

Committees, reports of, 14, 15, 18-
37, 39, 123, 127; appointment of,
184; list of members of, 205-218;
memorandum of subjects referred
to, 223

Common Law, importance of, 7, 8
Common law pleading, teaching of,

82

Compensation for injuries, inade-

quacy of, 159; adjustment of, 161,
162; provision for, 164, 165
Constitution, chief functions of, 118;
amendment of, 119
Constitution of Arizona, provision
for recall in, 99

Constitution of Iowa State Bar As-

sociation, 197

Constitution of United States, in-
fluence of lawyers in adoption of,
46, 47; Marshall's interpretation
of, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69-73; import-
ance of judicial interpretation of,
96, 97; separation of powers in,
99; protection of, 122
Contributory negligence, modifica-
tion of law of, 162, 163; reference
to doctrine of, 168
Convictions, percentage of, 152, 153
Cooley, T. M., 17

Corbeth, Thomas, 27

Corporations, basis of federal juris-
diction over, 97

Courts, constitutional duty of, 99;
danger in reversal of decisions by,
109; need of confidence in, 112;
loss of confidence in, 131; rela-
tions of jury and, 143; relief of,
145

Crawford, Phineas White, biograph-
ical sketch of, 26, 27
Criminal law, administration of, 142
Crippen case, 126, 139
Crosby, James O., suggestion by, 58,
59; motion by, 86, 155; discussion
by, 127, 144

Davis, Jacob C., biographical sketch
of, 27

Davis, J. C., response to toast by,
101-106

Davis, M. B., 25

Dawley, F. F., paper by, 53-58; dis-
cussion by, 146-150; amendment to
by-laws by, 194

Decisions, danger in reversal of,
109; recommendation of law rela-
tive to reversal of, 123, 125-155
Deemer, Horace E., 86; report by,
123-127; discussion by, 151-155,
186, 187, 188-194
Demolins, Edmond, 57

Demurrer, recommendation relative

to, 124, 189-193

De Tocqueville, quotation from book
by, 120, 121

Devitt, J. A., announcement by, 52;

response to toast by, 89-95

Dewey case, 147

Dexter, Samuel, 66

Dillon, John F., 17; estimate of

Marshall by, 67, 68

Dolliver, Jonathan Prentiss, bio-
graphical sketch of, 27-29
Douglas, Stephen A., debates be-
tween Lincoln and, 51

Ellsworth, Oliver, 61

Elwood, Thomas Ethan, biographical
sketch of, 29

Emery, James A., address by, 165
Employe, change in relation between

employer and, 156, 157; small
amount of compensation received
by, 165; compulsory insurance for
compensation of, 166; obligation
between employer and, 171; anal-
ogy between seaman and, 173-175;
increased danger to, 175; need for
protection of, 175; contribution
by, to compensation fund, 179
Employer, change in relation be-
tween employe and, 156, 157; in-
surance of, against liability, 158,
165; fixing of responsibility upon,
164, 165, 166; defects in insurance
of, 166; obligation between em-
ploye and, 171; reasons for fixing
responsibility on, 178; contribu-
tion by, to compensation fund,
179; attempts to fix liability on,
179, 180

Employers' Liability and Working-

men's Compensation Acts, 156-183
Employers' liability law, adoption
of, recommended, 123, 186, 187
England, number of murders in,
152; percentage of convictions in,

152, 153; fellow-servant law in,
159; industrial insurance in, 180
Error, recommendation relative to
reversal of judgment on account
of, 123, 125-155

Europe, principle of workmen's com-
pensation in, 164; industrial in-
surance in, 165, 180

Executive Committee, members of,
3, 87; report of, 183

Farrar, Edgar H., president of
American Bar Association, 39
Federal Courts, reorganization of,
40; wide jurisdiction of, 96, 97;
plan for reformation in, 118; spe-
cial function of, 122

Federal Judicial Code, 152

Federal Judiciary and the Bar, The,
117-122

Federal Practices Act, 40
Fellow-servant doctrine, origin of,
97; reference to, 159-161, 168;
modification of, 162, 163
Ferguson, William Pitt, biographical
sketch of, 29, 30

Fitzgarrald, William Franklin, bio-
graphical sketch of, 30
France, number of murders in, 152;
percentage of convictions in, 153
Franklin, Benjamin, 45
French Revolution, 139, 140

Gatch, C. H., 17
Gear, John H., 27

Georgia, abolition of fellow-servant
rule in, 162

Germany, number of murders in,

152; percentage of convictions in,
153; industrial insurance in, 180-
183

Gleason, Horace W., biographical
sketch of, 31

Goths, movements of, 54
Grant, James, 17

Grievances, Committee on, members
of, 184

Haines, R. M., discussion by, 153,
154

Hamilton, Alexander, 46, 50, 51;
character of, 47, 48
Hanging, defense of, 111
Harl, Charles M., resolution to mem-
ory of, 123; reference to, 194
Harlan, Justice John M., opinion of,
in Standard Oil case, 100
Hayne, Robert Y., Webster's reply
to, 49, 50

Henry County, 10

Holland, industrial insurance in, 180
Hornby, John D., biographical

sketch of, 31
Hubbard, N. M., 22

Idaho, modification of fellow-ser-
vant rule in, 162

Illinois, constitutionality of railroad
commission laws of, 102, 103;
reference to, 142, 165
Income tax, change of court de-
cisions relative to, 97, 98
Insanity as defense to criminal
charge, 124

Insurance, compulsory, 165; effect
of employer's liability, 165; de-
fective system of, 166; benefit of
compulsory, 166

Intoxication as defense to criminal
charge, 124

Iowa, constitutionality of railroad

commission laws of, 102, 103;
laws relative to railroads in, 104;
desirability of federal control of
railroads in, 104, 105; labor legis-
lation in, 162, 163

Ivory, Theodore W., biographical
sketch of, 31, 32

Jay, John, career of, 44-46; refer-

ence to, 61
Jay's Treaty, 45

Jefferson, Thomas, 44, 45, 139, 154
Johnson, James, 24

Johnson case, 147

Judge and the Law, The, 95-100
Judges, recall of, 7, 99, 100, 148;
character of legislation formu-
lated by, 97, 98

Judgment, recommendation relative
to setting aside or reversal of,
123, 125-155

Judicial interpretation, importance
of, 96, 97

Judicial reform, efforts to secure,
118

Judiciary Act, 40

Jurisprudence, essentials of ideal
system of, 117, 118

Jury, reversal of judgment on ac-
count of misdirection of, 123,
125-155; usurping of functions
of, 130, 131; relations of court
and, 143; fixing of amount of
damages by, 178

Jury of our Peers, A, 106-112
Jury trial, importance of, 109, 110;
need for elevation of standard of,
110, 111; advantages of, 145

Kent, Chancellor, 70
King, Rufus, 46

Lacey, John F., address of welcome
by, 5-9; discussion by, 134-136,
152, 153, 188, 190, 191
Laurens, Henry, 45
Law, true test of, 8; eternal nature
of, 73-75; change in methods of
teaching, 78, 79; preparation for
study of, 79; power of judge
over, 97; loss of confidence in,
131

Law, The, 73-77

Law, The Judge and the, 95-100
Law, The Railroads and the, 101-106
Law, The Uncertainties of the, 89-95
Law Reform, Committee of, report

of, 123-127; discussion of recom-
mendations of, 127-155, 186-194;

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