The news & observer., 1901-02-05
LAW STUDENTS
ON THE QUIZ
The Suprere Court Gives
Them Some POsers.
SO TRY FOR LICENSE
They All Felt shaky About the
Result.
EXAMINATION IN SUPREME COURT ROOM
Two Of the Applicants Are Negroes From Shaw
University. Wake Forest Sends
Eleven and the University
SO TRY FOR LICENSE
They All Felt shaky About the
Result.
EXAMINATION IN SUPREME COURT ROOM
Sixteen.

Incense 10 prdctlcF law yesterday anu
with one accord they are all telling tale
of woe With regard the examination. They
assert that it is the most difficult that
has been put uD since the examinations
have been in sErftng and a record has
been kept. They say that the answers to
many Of the questions are not found in
reports. Not single student l met ex-
pressed himself rs confident OF having
passed. Several withdrew after looking
over the onestions.
OF the students who stood the examina-
tion eleven come from Wake Forest.
sixteen from the State University, and
the remainderfrom different prtions of
the State. TwoAre negroes and register
ed from Shaw University. All of them
state that they have studied law two
years and have read the prescribed
course
The examination took place in the SUI
preme Court room. All of the Justices of
the Supreme Court were present, but it
could not be learned who prepared the
Cuestions. f
The questions asked applicants for Ii
4
PRELIMINARY QUESTIONS.
~ Are you q years of age; if, not when
will you become $50?
Il. Have you read laws for two years?
c. Have YOU read the course prescribed
by the rule? Ma
oUEsTI0NS OF LAW.
l. What is the meaning of the word
stock" in reference to a corporation;
what does it represent, how is it trans
ferred, and what rights have stockholders
in and TO the corporate property?
?. In what modes may corporations Tin
the States of the American Union) con-
tract; and are their contracts made in
other .iurisdisfions than. that in which
E'They created valid and erforeeable?a
8. Can the directors of a corporation
convey to themselves the property of the
corporation?
T. Can the members of a corporation
separately and individually give their
consent so as to bind themselves as a
collective body; and if it, why not?
;. What is the dictinction between a
general and a special deposit in a bank?
g. Would bank have a lien upon gen
eral deposit for the amount of a bill of
exchange endorsed by such depositor
and discounted by the bank. and which
has not matured?
T. When may one corporation hold stock
in another corporation?
S. How might corporation be punished
under indictment for omission to perform
a duty to the public imposed upon it by
lcw?
.. When the whole of an unpaid sub
scription has been regularly called in by
no
.iIe corporation before judgment?
10. Generally, what are the duties and
mowers of the cashier of a bank?
"a noes the Statute of Limitations
run against action by creditors to en-
force ago us a-9eEholde liability on ac-
ccus al ae stock. md 81 Eher does
begin rum
Tl-. Is The difference between q
sscry7rr.-e .au >ractor and n agent
fs would neesou aho deals with an
agent ard a8 kl ws That he agent s
authority is ID WritihE ~ bound by ts
terms whether he exam ned it or uot
IA. VIVA. Is tha diaert1ce between 4
broker and a factor.
Is. What is the differenla betwe
general agent and particular asel aud
what is the most important distinction
between contracts made by general and
those made by particular agents?
Is. Under Section of the Statute Of
Frauds. can an agent, not appointed in
writing. make valid written contract for
his principal for n sale OF land?
IL Distinguished between active, 'si-
lent" nominal and Limited" partners.
rs. Does the personal representative OF
q deceased partner join surviving part
ner 81 the sett4 :nent Cf partnership al
fairs or is t..at matter u the hands of
the surviving partner alone?
10 If servant should res ligently omit
10 tie or restrain his cnlI loyer's horse
and a thir1 person careiessly frightens
him. would the owner of the horse be la
BILE to one who without any fault on his
part. is injured by the horse running
awnv?
90. What is meant by the 'considera-
tion" of contract, and what are the diI-
ferent kinds of consideration?
21. Would the sale of house which
had been destroyed bind the purchaser for
the price?
%. Is contract made Dy a man too
drunk to krow what ne is about void or
voidable.
%. At common Law were contracts by
way of gaming or wagering unlawful?
"a Under Section of the Statute of
Frauds what is the difference between the
effect of a contract for the sale of crops
produced from the earth by labor and in
dustry and contract for the sale of
crops that arc the natural produce of the
earth?
25. May will be admitted to probate
where the testator himself and the sub
scribing witnesses also sign their names
by mark?
26. Under what circumstances may an
administrator de bonis non, with the will
annexed, be apDointed?
81. What executory contracts made in
The lifetime of the decedent terminate
at his death. and what do not?
2S. If the personal representative col