The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-09-26
81 APPLICANTS
TRY FOR LICENSE
Examination of This Years
Crop of Law Students.
AAIr IEIn IrnTEnnA
HELD YESTERDAY
MAJORITY HOPEFUL OF HAVING
PASSED SUCCESSFULLY.
THE LIST OF THE QUESTIONS ASKED
Examination Less Difficult than Last Year but a
Good Test Of the Knowledge of Law. Some
Questions the Same as Last Year
and the Year Before.
and the Year Before.

and the Year Before.
The examination of applicants for
license to practice law in the State was
held by the Supreme court in the Senate
chamber Of the Capital yesterday morn
ing
The examination began at 10 O'Clock
and closed at / o'clock, giving three
| hours for answering the 66 questions.
| The examination as usual was from a
| printed form and subject to the same
conditions as last year.
| There were 81 applicants for license
to be examined and they We're divided
among the several law schools of the
| State as follows:
| University. $50. .. ....... %
| Wake Forest. ....... ............. II
Shaw University, colored. ......... 3
Othef Scnools. ....... ............ y
One member of the class gave up the
] examination shortly after it began.
1 The general opinion of the applicants
| as gathered afterward was that the ex-
animation was entirely fair, and the
majority seemed quite hopeful of having
| passed successfully. A number of the
questions, as is inevitable, are the same
as were asked last year or the year be-
| fore, amounting indeed to nearly one
! half the total. The examination was
considered less difficult than that of last
year, but is certainly n good test of the
applicants general knowledge of the
| law.
/ The applicants were in good spirits
yesterday afternoon, and quite num-
| Der took in the circus in the afternoon or
| evening as a relaxation from the labors
of the morning.
| The court will hardly be able to go
over all the papers and announce the re-
suit before the end of next week or pos
sibly even later.
| The conditions of the examination
were that the applicant must be Il
years of age. must have read law at
| least II months and must have read the
prescribed course or its equivalent.
The examination papers were numbered
| by the clerk, and the names of appli-
eants will not be known to the court
until after the examination and grading
of the papers. To pass it was necessary
/ to answer correctly Al of the 66 ques-
tons, or two thirds or course no appli-
cant was allowed to give or receive aid.
! The questions were as follows:
| PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS.
| A. Are you II years of age. If not,
when will you become 50?
| B. Have you read law at least twelve
months?
/ G. Have you read the course prescrib-
ed by this rule, or its just equivalent?
| QUESTIONS OF LAW.
| /. What instruments constitute the
| fundamental law of this State?
2. Where do the powers remain that
are not delegated to the federal Cos
eminent by the Constitution of the
United States?
3. Where do the powers remain that
are not delegated in the Constitution OF
North Carolina? Cart. /. sec. ST.
A. What fundamental statutes are
generally regarded as the basis of the
Constitution of England?
5. What was the origin of the COM
mon law of England!
6. What was the origin of the Land
laws Of England, and where was the
system introduced?
Z. What is tenancy by the courtesy
and what four things are necessary for
its creation?
8. What is an estate in dover, of
what property does it consist under our
present statute, and what three things
are necessary for its creation?
8. What is the distinction between q
condition in deed and limitation?
10. State the rule in Shelley's case.
IL. What is the difference between a
vested and contingent remainder?
II. What is an executory devise, and
in what material respects does it differ
from a contingent remainder?
| Is. What is the difference between
a remainder and a reversion?
IA. What are the legal requisites of
deed?
Is. What are the legal and orderly
parts of a deed at common law!
16. What is a mortgage?
II. What is an estate in entirety?
1S. What is the largest and what is
the smallest estate of freehold of which
one can be seized?
10. What is an easement, and how
may it be created? Give example of an
easement.
%. What is the difference between an
attorney at law and an attorney in fact?
81 Explain the doctrine caveat
emptor When does it apply?
%. What contracts We're required to
be in writing under statute of frauds, -
Charles Ii?
: %. How many kinds of divorce are
allowed in North Carolina? What are
they, and what is the essential difference
between them?
"a. What are the requisites for the
execution and probate of deed by a
married woman in this State?
%. What binding contracts can a
married woman make without the writ
ten assent of her husband, under the
Code?
26. Are the contracts of an infant
binding, and if SO, under what circum-
stances?
u. When the contracts of an infant
are not binding, are they void or void
able?
%. What is the difference between a
void and voidable contract?
-. Is the master liable for the forts
OF his servant, and if SO, when?