Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-01-06

justice of the Supreme Court OF the United
states. His subject for the present term Is
The Law of Corporations" and his course
consists OF from twelve to fifteen lectures.
delivered every Friday evening at o'clock
Until the course is completed
The Importance of his subject and the
manner in which II will lie handled will
doubtless prove sufficient to give the jus
tice full house" every Friday evening.
The initial lecture of the course was de-
hvered last evening
Inc f1rst OF the course OF lectures on
civil Law" at Georgetown University
Law School was delivered Thursday cNen-
ing. The lecturer is Mr.. TaIlmadge A.
Lambert and his course will consist Of
Two Introductory lectures covering tie
field Of the Roman Jurisprudence followed
by lectures covering the text Of Prof Had
ley, late civil law lecturer at Yale College.
Introductory TO his first lecture Mr. Lem
pert brought forward some statistics show
Ing great increase I'm the popularity OF
the study Of the civil law in this country
In England proficiency in this branch is q
necessary qualification for admission to
the bar. In 1891 only eight of the fifty-six
law schools in the country included this
branch in their curricula, but since that
time many others have Incorporated IL into
their courses of study, notably among 9TH
ers Columbian University Law School OF
this city, where for the last two years
Prof. q. II. Emmott Of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity has delivered a course of lectures on
this subject Mr.. Lambert, in the course
diction that within the present decade the
study OF the civil law would be compulsory
In all the law schools Of this country.
At Georgetown at the present time an
examination is required of post graduates
upon this course, as well as upon the reg
ular courses.
The Debating Society at Columbian VIII
hold a meeting tonight for the purpose Of
electing officers for the ensuing ter1a.
The moot court at the law school OF Har-
ward University will open Monday night
with Prof. A A. Birney as Judge and Mr.
Z. Z. Wilson as clerk. A number of cases
have been assigned and work will begin at
once.
Tonight the Blackstone Club viii resume
its discussion OF questions arising from the
study of common law
The following decisions have been handed
down by the judge of the moot court at
Georgetown University Law School:
In the first case. one of ejectment. the de-
cision was rendered giving judgment for de-
PENDANT. who was represented ty Messrs
A. L. Sinclair and Chas. W. Darr
Messrs. John ]. Dolan and VIM. L. Hatch
representing the plaintiffs. appealed the
case to the court of appeals. and IL was
there argued. The opinion of this court WIN
be delivered at the next sitting of the moot
court
In case No. 2. a suit 20 clear title. the
opinion Of the court was rendered granting
prayer Of complainants, who were repre-
scented by Messrs. E. H. Boob and J. NJ.
Norton.
NO. was a trlal by jury OF a larceny
case, in which a verdict was rendered for
the defendant represented by Nc ssrs. Il.
NJ. Kellogg and ]. S. Rogers.
In case No. 4, a bill for injunction. the
opinion OF the court was rem 1e-ed refusing
the injunction. The defendants attorneys
were Messrs. w. ID. Slaughter and +. IL.
Norcross.
In case No. S. a case in equity for specific
performance. the Defendant attofnevs
Messrs. w. ]. Lambert and A. Z. l.. Leckis,
demurred to the bill OF the complainants,
and the opinion of the court sustained the
demurrer and dismissed the case
Case No. was a habeas corpus case, In
volving the custody of a child The opinion
OF the court was rendered giving the GUS
tody OF the child TO the father, who was
represented by Messrs. u. Il. billiard sni
T. A. johnson.
Case No. was tried by jury on an action
for replevin. The verdict was rendered FOR
defendant, who was represented by Messrs.
p. II. c. Brennan and F. NJ. Eline.
The plaintiffs attorneys. Messrs. r. 4.
Heiskell and B. McCardle. filed a motion
for a new trial.
A suit for damages was the subject mat
ter of case No. s. and .he verdict was rem
dered for the plaintiffs. who were repre-
sented by Messrs- ]. H. Davis and J. p.
Gum.