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# Men-at-the-Bar/Cripps, Charles Alfred

​Cripps, Charles Alfred, B.C.L., M.A. St. John's Coll., Oxon (fellow), 1st class mathematical moderations 1873, 1st class history 1874, 1st class law 1875, 1st class B.C.L. 1876, scholar of New Coll., Oxon, a member of the Midland circuit, author of The Law of Compensation, a student of the Middle Temple 19 Nov., 1874, senior studentship Inns of Court Jan., 1876, called to the bar 13 June, 1877 (3rd son of Henry William Cripps, of Beechwood, Bucks, bar.-at-law); born 3 Oct., 1852; married 20 Oct., 1881, Theresa, 6th dau. of Richard Potter, Esq., of Rusland Hall, co. Lanc., and of Standish House, co. Glouc., and has issue. :Parmoor, Henley-on-Thames; 32, Elm Park Gardens, S.W.; 2, Mitre Court Buildings, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Croft, Henry Herbert Stephen

​Croft, Henry Herbert Stephen, M.A., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1867, a registrar for trial of municipal election petitions, a member of the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Inner Temple 19 April, 1864 (then aged 22), called to the bar 26 Jan., 1871 (only son of late Rev. Stephen Croft, of St. Mary's, Stoke, Suffolk); bom 22 Feb., 1842; married 11 March, 1876, Emma, dau. of Mr. Robert Kearse, of New Brighton, Cheshire, and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).
    28, Royal Crescent, Notting Hill, W.; 11. King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Crofton, Walter Reginald

​Crofton, Walter Reginald, an inspector of prisons for Ireland, J.P. co. Dublin 1883, a student of Lincoln's Inn 2 Nov., 1871 (then aged 16), called to the bar 10 May, 1876 (eldest son of Rt. Hon. Sir Walter Crofton, C.B., of Egmont, Winchester); born , 1855; married 29 Dec., 1880, Georgena Louisa, dau. of Rev. John Harison, late vicar of Bishopstrow, Sussex.
    The Castle, Dublin.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Cripps, Henry William

​Cripps, Henry William, Q.C., M.A. (late fellow). New Coll., Oxon, 1842, a member of the Oxford circuit, recorder of Lichfield 1852, chancellor of the diocese of Oxford 1883, vice-chairman of Bucks quarter sessions, author of The Law of the Clergy, a student of Lincoln's Inn 18 Jan., 1837, went to the Middle Temple 14 Jan., 1840, where he was called to the bar 8 May, 1840, Q.C. 10 Jan., 1866, bencher 30 Jan., 1866 (eldest son of Rev. Henry Cripps, of Preston, co. Gloucester); born March, 1815; married 25 March, 1845, Julia, dau. of Charles Lawrence, Esq., of the Querns, Cirencester, and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage, Lawrence). :Beechwood, Marlow; 2, Mitre Court Buildings, Temple, E.C.; Oxford and Cambridge Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Croft, Sir Herbert George Denman, Bart.

​Croft, Sir Herbert George Denman, Bart., M.P. Herefordshire 1868-74, M.A. Merton Coll., Oxon, revising barrister 1878, a member of the Oxford circuit, J.P., D.L. Herefordshire, deputy chairman quarter sessions, a student of the Inner Temple 24 Jan., 1859 (then aged 20), called to the bar 18 Nov., 1861 (only son of Sir Archer Denman Croft, 8th bart.); born 25 July, 1838; married 10 Jan., 1865, his cousin, Georgiana Eliza Lucy, dau. and co-heir of late Matthew Marsh, Esq., M.P., and has issue (see Foster's Baronetage).
    Lugwardine Court, Hereford; Carlton Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Croasdill, William

​Croasdill, William, B.A. Pembroke Coll., Oxon, a member of the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 1 May, 1869, called to the bar 27 Jan., 1873 (only son of William Croasdill, of Canterbury, gentleman); born , .
    2, Essex Court, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Cripps, Wilfred Joseph

​Cripps, Wilfred Joseph, F.S.A., M.A., Trin. Coll., Oxon, 1866, hon. major North Gloucestershire militia since 1884, capt. 1872-84, J.P. cos. Gloucester and Kent, a member of the Oxford circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 25 Feb., 1863, called to the bar 1 May, 1865 (eldest son of late William Cripps, of Cirencester, M.P., and of the Inner Temple, bar.-at-law); born 8 June, 1841; married 1st, 31 May, 1870, Maria Harriet Arabella, dau. of John Robert Daniel Tyssen, Esq., of Hackney, Middlesex; she died 5 Sept., 1881; he married 2ndly, 2 Dec., 1884, Countess Helen Augusta Wilhelmine, youngest dau. of Count Frederick Bismarck, of Schierstein, Prussia. :Cirencester; Farleigh House, Sandgate, Kent; Carlton Club.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Crispe, Thomas Edward

​Crispe, Thomas Edward, a member of the South-eastern circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 13 April, 1871, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1874 (only son of late Thomas Crispe, of Mailing, Kent, gentleman); born .
    17, Bayswater Terrace, W.; 2, Middle Temple Lane, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Crofton, Edward

​Crofton, Edward, M.A. St. Mary Hall, Oxon, a member of the South-eastern circuit, associate of Institution of Naval Architects and of Society of Engineers, formerly in holy orders, a student of the Inner Temple 31 Oct., 1871 (then aged 37), called to the bar 6 June, 1874 (2nd son of Augustus Crofton, late of Brighton, clerk); born 6 June, 1832; married 10 Aug., 1859, Sarah, 2nd dau. of William Tanner, Esq., of Patcham, Sussex, D.L. (see Foster's Baronetage).
    45, West Cromwell Road, S.W.
# Lyrics of Lowly Life/Two Songs

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TWO SONGS.
A BEE that was searching for sweets one day Through the gate of a rose garden happened to stray. In the heart of a rose he hid away, And forgot in his bliss the light of day, As sipping his honey he buzzed in song; Though day was waning, he lingered long, For the rose was sweet, so sweet.
A robin sits pluming his ruddy breast, And a madrigal sings to his love in her nest: "Oh, the skies they are blue, the fields are green, And the birds in your nest will soon be seen!" ​She hangs on his words with a thrill of love, And chirps to him as he sits above, For the song is sweet, so sweet.
A maiden was out on a summer's day With the winds and the waves and the flowers at play; And she met with a youth of gentle air, With the light of the sunshine on his hair. Together they wandered the flowers among; They loved, and loving they lingered long, For to love is sweet, so sweet.
Bird of my lady's bower, Sing her a song; Tell her that every hour, All the day long, Thoughts of her come to me, Filling my brain With the warm ecstasy Of love's refrain. ​Little bird! happy bird! Being so near, Where e'en her slightest word Thou mayest hear, Seeing her glancing eyes, Sheen of her hair, Thou art in paradise,— Would I were there.
I am so far away, Thou art so near; Plead with her, birdling gay, Plead with my dear. Rich be thy recompense, Fine be thy fee, If through thine eloquence She hearken me.
# Lyrics of Lowly Life/When de Co'n Pone's Hot

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WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT.
DEY is times in life when Nature Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes' a-rattlin' down creation, Lak an ocean's overflow; When de worl' jes' stahts a-spinnin' Lak a picaninny's top, An' yo' cup o' joy is brimmin' 'Twell it seems about to slop, ​An' you feel jes' lak a racah, Dat is trainin' fu' to trot— When yo' mammy says de blessin' An' de co'n pone 's hot.
When you set down at de table, Kin' o' weary lak an' sad, An' you 'se jes' a little tiahed An' purhaps a little mad; How yo' gloom tu'ns into gladness, How yo' joy drives out de doubt When de oven do' is opened, An' de smell comes po'in' out; Why, de 'lectric light o' Heaven Seems to settle on de spot, When yo' mammy says de blessin' An' de co'n pone 's hot.
When de cabbage pot is steamin' An' de bacon good an' fat, When de chittlins is a-sputter'n' So 's to show you whah dey 's at; ​Tek away yo' sody biscuit, Tek away yo' cake an' pie, Fu' de glory time is comin', An' it 's 'proachin' mighty nigh, An' you want to jump an' hollah, Dough you know you 'd bettah not, When yo' mammy says de blessin', An' de co'n pone 's hot.
I have hyeahd o' lots o' sermons, An' I 've hyeahd o' lots o' prayers, An' I 've listened to some singin' Dat has tuck me up de stairs Of de Glory-Lan' an' set me Jes' below de Mahstah's th'one, An' have lef' my hea't a-singin' In a happy aftah tone; But dem wu'ds so sweetly murmured Seem to tech de softes' spot, When my mammy says de blessin', An' de co'n pone 's hot.
# Lyrics of Lowly Life/Whittier

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WHITTIER.
NOT o'er thy dust let there be spent The gush of maudlin sentiment; Such drift as that is not for thee, Whose life and deeds and songs agree, Sublime in their simplicity.
Nor shall the sorrowing tear be shed. O singer sweet, thou art not dead! In spite of time's malignant chill, With living fire thy songs shall thrill, And men shall say, "He liveth still!"
Great poets never die, for Earth Doth count their lives of too great worth ​To lose them from her treasured store; So shalt thou live for evermore— Though far thy form from mortal ken— Deep in the hearts and minds of men.
# Lyrics of Lowly Life/To the Memory of Mary Young

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TO THE MEMORY OF MARY YOUNG.
GOD has his plans, and what if we With our sight be too blind to see Their full fruition; cannot he, Who made it, solve the mystery? One whom we loved has fall'n asleep, Not died; although her calm be deep, Some new, unknown, and strange surprise In Heaven holds enrapt her eyes.
​And can you blame her that her gaze Is turned away from earthly ways, When to her eyes God's light and love Have giv'n the view of things above? A gentle spirit sweetly good, The pearl of precious womanhood; Who heard the voice of duty clear, And found her mission soon and near.
She loved all nature, flowers fair, The warmth of sun, the kiss of air, The birds that filled the sky with song, The stream that laughed its way along. Her home to her was shrine and throne, But one love held her not alone; She sought out poverty and grief, Who touched her robe and found relief.
So sped she in her Master's work, Too busy and too brave to shirk, When through the silence, dusk and dim, God called her and she fled to him. ​We wonder at the early call, And tears of sorrow can but fall For her o'er whom we spread the pall; But faith, sweet faith, is over all.
The house is dust, the voice is dumb, But through undying years to come, The spark that glowed within her soul Shall light our footsteps to the goal. She went her way; but oh, she trod The path that led her straight to God. Such lives as this put death to scorn; They lose our day to find God's morn.
# Lyrics of Lowly Life/We wear the Mask

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WE WEAR THE MASK.
WE wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask.
We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask!
# Lyrics of Lowly Life/When Malindy Sings

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WHEN MALINDY SINGS.
G'WAY an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy— Put dat music book away; What 's de use to keep on tryin'? Ef you practise twell you 're gray, ​You cain't sta't no notes a-flyin' Lak de ones dat rants and rings F'om de kitchen to de big woods When Malindy sings.
You ain't got de nachel o'gans Fu' to make de soun' come right, You ain't got de tu'ns an' twistin's Fu' to make it sweet an' light. Tell you one thing now, Miss Lucy, An' I 'm tellin' you fu' true, When hit comes to raal right singin', 'T ain't no easy thing to do.
Easy 'nough fu' folks to hollah, Lookin' at de lines an' dots, When dey ain't no one kin sence it, An' de chune comes in, in spots; But fu' real melojous music, Dat jes' strikes yo' hea't and clings, Jes' you stan' an' listen wif me When Malindy sings. ​Ain't you nevah hyeahd Malindy? Blessed soul, tek up de cross! Look hyeah, ain't you jokin', honey? Well, you don't know whut you los'. Y' ought to hyeah dat gal a-wa'blin', Robins, la'ks, an' all dem things, Heish dey moufs an' hides dey faces When Malindy sings.
Fiddlin' man jes' stop his fiddlin', Lay his fiddle on de she'f; Mockin'-bird quit tryin' to whistle, 'Cause he jes' so shamed hisse'f. Folks a-playin' on de banjo Draps dey fingahs on de strings— Bless yo' soul—fu'gits to move 'em, When Malindy sings.
She jes' spreads huh mouf and hollahs, "Come to Jesus," twell you hyeah Sinnahs' tremblin' steps and voices, Timid-lak a-drawin' neah; ​Den she tu'ns to "Rock of Ages," Simply to de cross she clings, An' you fin' yo' teahs a-drappin' When Malindy sings.
Who dat says dat humble praises Wif de Master nevah counts? Heish yo' mouf, I hyeah dat music, Ez hit rises up an' mounts— Floatin' by de hills an' valleys, Way above dis buryin' sod, Ez hit makes its way in glory To de very gates of God!
Oh, hit 's sweetah dan de music Of an edicated band; An' hit 's dearah dan de battle's Song o' triumph in de lan'. It seems holier dan evenin' When de solemn chu'ch bell rings, Ez I sit an' ca'mly listen While Malindy sings. ​Towsah, stop dat ba'kin', hyeah me! Mandy, mek dat chile keep still; Don't you hyeah de echoes callin' F'om de valley to de hill? Let me listen, I can hyeah it, Th'oo de bresh of angel's wings, Sof an' sweet, "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot," Ez Malindy sings.
# Lyrics of Lowly Life/The Seedling

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THE SEEDLING.
# Memoirs of Vidocq, Volume II

AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
A Collection
OF THE
MOST INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING
LIVES
EVER PUBLISHED,
WRITTEN BY THE PARTIES THEMSELVES.
WITH BRIEF INTRODUCTIONS, AND COMPENDIOUS SEQUELS CARRYING ON THE NARRATIVE TO THE DEATH OF EACH WRITER.
VOLUME XXVI.—VIDOCQ.
LONDON: PRINTED FOR HUNT AND CLARKE, YORK STREET. COVENT GARDEN.
MEMOIRS
OF
VIDOCQ,
PRINCIPAL AGENT OF THE FRENCH POLICE
UNTIL 1827:
AND NOW PROPRIETOR OF
THE PAPER MANUFACTORY AT ST MANDÉ
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.
“Que l’on m’approuve ou non, j’ai la conscience d’avoir fait mon devoir; d’ailleurs, lorsqu’il s’agit d’atteindre des scélérats qui sont en guerre ouverte avec la société, tous les moyens sont bons sauf la provocation.”
Mémoires, Vol. II.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON, 1829: PRINTED FOR HUNT AND CLARKE, YORK STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
LONDON:
C. AND W. REYNELL, PRINTERS, BROAD STREET, GOLDEN SQ.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XV.
Page.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
CHAPTER XXX.
CHAPTER XXXI.
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# Men-at-the-Bar/Aird, David Alfred

​Aird, David Alfred, undergraduate St. Mary Hall, Oxon, a student of the Middle Temple 27 Jan., 1872, called to the bar 17 Nov., 1874 (only son of David Mitchell Aird, of London, bar.-at-law); born , .
    2, Sussex Gardens, W.; 3, Harcourt Buildings, Temple, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Ainslie, Montague Mordaunt

​Ainslie, Montague Mordaunt, clerk (counsel to the Speaker and examiner of election recognizances) to House of Commons 186-–71, a student of Gray's Inn 22 Nov., 1845, called to the bar 20 Nov., 1850 (eldest son of Montague Ainslie, Esq., of Grizedale, Ambleside, Westmorland); born , .
    Hawkshead, Grizedale, Ambleside.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Airey, Julius Talbot

​Airey, Julius Talbot, a master of the Court of Common Pleas 186-–79 and prescribed officer under Election Petitions Act, a student of the Inner Temple 14 Jan., 1843 (then aged 27), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1852 (6th son of late Lieut.-Gen. Sir George Airey, K.C.H., of Killingworth, Northumberland); born 1 Jan., 1816; married 25 Sept., 1855, Charlotte, dau. of Rev. William Davenport Bromley, of Baginton Hall, Warwickshire, and had issue (see Foster's Peerage 1881).
    Late of Frognal Hall, Hampstead, N.W.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Aitken, Alexander Muirhead

​Aitken, Alexander Muirhead, matric. Edinburgh Univ., goes Northern circuit, a student of the Middle Temple 25 April, 1862, called to the bar 26 Jan., 1865 (eldest son of William Aitken, of Torpichen, co. Linlithgow, farmer); born , .
    Temple Gardens, E.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Ainslie, Ernest Henry

​Ainslie, Ernest Henry, B.A. Pembroke Coll., Camb., 1875, junior optime in mathematical tripos 1879, equity draftsman and conveyancer, a student of the Inner Temple 23 June, 1879 (then aged 23), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1882 (eldest son of Rev. Henry Ainslie, vicar of St. Mary's, Windermere, Westmorland); born 7 June, 1856.
    2, Stone Buildings; Lincoln's Inn, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Ainsworth, David (b.1823)

​Ainsworth, David, LL.B., Trin. Coll., Camb., 1864, first in 1st class civil law tripos 1846–7, sometime of Rugby School, special pleader, major (hon. lieut.-col.) 4th Lancashire militia 1874–81, also late lieut.-col. commanding 1st volunteer batt. king's own (royal Lancaster regt.), J.P., D.L. co. Lanc., an income tax commissioner, a student of the Inner Temple 4 Nov., 1843 (then aged 20), called to the bar 8 June, 1849 (3rd son of Thos. Ainsworth, of Preston, Lancashire); born 21 Aug., 1823; mar. 28 June, 1860, Mary Jane Leigh, 2nd dau. of William Clare, late of Hindley House, co. Lanc.
    Broughton Hall, Grange, Cartmel.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Aikin, Edward

​Aikin, Edward, M.A., Jesus Coll., Camb., 1859, a student of Lincoln's Inn 29 April, 1856 (then aged 23), called to the bar 30 April, 1859 (8th son of James Aikin, Esq., J.P. Liverpool); born , 1833.
    ( ? 80, Piccadilly, W.)
# Men-at-the-Bar/Ainslie, Ainslie Douglas

​Ainslie, Ainslie Douglas, H.M.'s diplomatic service 1859–66, vice-lieut. co. Aberdeen, assumed in 1866 the name of Ainslie in lieu of Duff, a student of the Middle Temple 7 Nov., 1866, called to the bar 6 June, 1874 (2nd son of late James Cuninghame Grant Duff, Esq., of Eden, co. Aberdeen); born , 1838; married , 1863, Frances, dau. of Edward J. Morgan, Esq., and has issue.
    Delgaty Castle, Turriff, Aberdeenshire.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Ainslie, Oliver Alexander

​Ainslie, Oliver Alexander, matric. London Univ. 1851, F.R.H.S. 1879, member of Society of Arts 1882, a student of the Inner Temple 17 April, 1854 (then aged 20), called to the bar 17 Nov., 1874 (only son of Rev. Robert Ainslie, of London); born 21 Dec., 1833.
    48, Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C.
# Men-at-the-Bar/Ainsworth, David (b.1842)

​Ainsworth, David, M.P. West Cumberland since April, 1880, J.P. Lancashire, J.P., D.L. Cumberland, educated at Univ. College School, London, Manchester New Coll., and matric. London Univ., 1861, a student of Lincoln's Inn 21 Nov., 1865 (then aged 23), called to the bar 10 June, 1870 (eldest son of Thomas Ainsworth, of the Flosh, Cumberland, merchant); born , 1842; married 16 Sept., 1874, Margaret, dau. of late Henry McConnel, Esq., of Cressbrook, co. Derby.
    Wray Castle, Ambleside; Cleator, Whitehaven.
# Lux v. Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District

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United States Supreme Court
256 U.S. 129
Lux v. Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District
Argued: March 9 and 10, 1921. --- Decided: April 11, 1921
Mr. Edward F. Treadwell, of San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Charles S. Peery, of San Francisco, Cal., for defendant in error.
Mr. Justice McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

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# Luxton v. North River Bridge Company (153 U.S. 525)

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153 U.S. 525
Luxton v. North River Bridge Company
[Statement of Case from pages 525-528 intentionally omitted]
Gilbert Collins, for plaintiff in error.
Jos. D. Bedle, for defendant in error.
J. M. Vale filed a brief in behalf of John C. Crevier, by leave of court.
Mr. Justice GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

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# Luxton v. North River Bridge Company

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# Lux, My Fair Falcon

Lux, my fair falcon, and your fellows all, How well pleasant it were your liberty. Ye not forsake me that fair might ye befall, But they that sometime liked my company, Like lice away from dead bodies they crawl. Lo, what a proof in light adversity. But ye, my birds, I swear by all your bells, Ye be my friends, and so be but few else.
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# Lux v. Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District/Opinion of the Court

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United States Supreme Court
256 U.S. 129
Lux v. Sacramento & San Joaquin Drainage District
Argued: March 9 and 10, 1921. --- Decided: April 11, 1921
This cause is here upon writ of error to the Supreme Court of the state of California, 187 Pac. 1041. There is also an application for certiorari, but under the settled practice no adequate grounds therefor are shown.
By the Act of August 10, 1913 (Stats, 1913, p. 252), the Legislature of California undertook to create the Sacramento & San Joaquin drainage district, including 1,725,553 acres along the general course of the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers, and particularly an extensive area south of Stockton. The Reclamation Board, appointed as directed by the statute, levied a tax of $250,000 for general preliminary expenses incidental to the project and appointed assessors to apportion the same. Certain of plaintiff in error's lands lying south of Stockton were assessed at five cents per acre, and to annul this assessment it began the present proceeding. In support of the writ of error reliance is placed upon the contention that, as construed by the state courts, the act of 1913 denies plaintiff in error opportunity to show that its lands will receive no special or direct benefits from the proposed works, and therefore conflicts with the Fourteenth Amendment. But we think that when the writ was sued out (May, 1920) this claim had already become too unsubstantial to support our jurisdiction as defined by the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, 39 Stats. 726. Since Houck v. Little River Drainage District (1915) 239 U.S. 254, 36 Sup. Ct. 58, 60 L. Ed. 266, the doctrine has been definitely settled that in the absence of flagrant abuse or purely arbitrary action a state may establish drainage districts and tax lands therein for local improvements, and that none of such lands may escape liability solely because they will not receive direct benefits. The allegations of the original complaint are wholly insufficient to raise the issue in respect of arbitrary legislative action presented by Myles Salt Co. v. Board of Commissioners, 239 U.S. 478, 36 Sup. Ct. 204, 60 L. Ed. 392, L. R. A. 1918E, 190.
The petition for certiorari is denied and the writ of error is dismissed.

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# Luxton v. North River Bridge Company (147 U.S. 337)

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United States Supreme Court
147 U.S. 337
Luxton v. North River Bridge Company
Gilbert Collins, for plaintiff in error.
Joseph D. Beale, for defendant in error.
Mr. Justice GRAY delivered the opinion of the court.

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