The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-01-20
HERE IS WHAT HE
WAS UP AGAINST
Some of the ''ReaI Things" That the
Would be Lawyer Found
in His Way.

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There were thirty would-be lawyers
who appeared before the examiners.
There were nineteen who failed to pass
the tests.
The average man thinks the eXanlila-
ton for admittance to practice IN VIZ
ginia is an open and shut cinch, but 1t
isn't. The embryo lawyer finds that q
superficial knowledge of the law is not
sufficient, and here the forty questions
that the successful applicants correctly
answered in the last examination:
/. What is the supreme law under our
government? Compare the authority OF
an act Of English Parliament with that
Of an act OF Congress; give the Cardlhai
rule in the exposition of statutes:
>. What are the three great relations
of private life: and what are the natural
and unalienable rights Of man?
5. Define dover and curtesy; and de-
scribe the different estates q married Wo-
man may acquire in land?
4 What are the actions given for the
recovery Of real estate; ana when may
each be brought? State the plea to each
action?
). What are the essential clements of
Il contract: and what is a good and what
u valuable consideration?
G. If "a contract is in writing, how far,
if at all. is parol evidence admissible to
to contradict or vary the terms OF such
contract?
:. What is direct and what is circum-
stantial evidence: What are the OBJ
iections TO hearsay evidence; and what
is the difference between the proof re-
quird in civil and criminal cases?
s. A is living in Texas; her brother, liv-
ing in Richmond Va, writes and urges
a to break up her home and business in
Texas and come to Richmond to live, and
agrees if she will do so to give her Il
house and lot in Richmond for a home. y
accepted the proposition, moves to Viz
ginia and takes possession of the house
and lot under q deed from her brother.
Four wears afterward. the brother fails
and his general creditors nile Il bill asking
that the house and lot held and occupied
by A be subjected to the payment of
their debt. upon the ground that the deed
was without consideration deemed val
liable in law, and therefore in fraud of
their rights. What. if any. are the rights
OF a? Give reasons for your view.
O. How are contracts between a sur
viving partner and the representatives of
his deceased partner, with respect 10 the
partnership estate, regarded? How and
where the transaction involves a purchase
by the surviving partner OF the interest
of his deceased partner Give reasons for
your view.
10 What is the effect Of a transaction.
where one who is primarily bound for
the payment of a note, takes il up. What
if the note be taken up by a stranger who
is neither a party to the paper nor in any
way bound for it's payment? What title
does the purchaser of past due negotiable
paper from an agent for collection ac-
quire?
H. What is necessary to give the ven
dor of land the benefit OF q vendor S
has
ey? Where must entry. Of satisfaction OF
a vendors lien be made; how signed and
attested and the effect thereof? suppose
the vendor after satisfaction, refuses OF
fails TO make the release. what steps can
the vendec take, under the statute to Sc
cure a releaseo What is the limitation
upon the right to enforce vendors lien?
l.. \ deed conveys to q trustee real
and personal property fer the sole and
separate use of q married woman and
her children, with power in the trustee,
upon the written request of the woman,
to sell any or all of the properly, and re-
invest the proceeds, and reserVing to
the mother the right to dispose of all
the property, by instrument in writing in
the nature Of a last will and testament.
Under this deed what estate vests in the
married woman? Give reasons for your
view.
10. a testator devised to his wife a
house and five acres OF land during hel
natural life, with the understanding
that his son. Albert, would support ant
take care OF her, and at her death the
said house and land shall return to my
son Albert as compensation therefor
The testator survived his wife, but made
no change in his Will. What estate die
Albert take, under the Will, in the house
and lot? Give reasons for your view.
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clause OF a Will, giving reasyns for your
view: "All the rest and residue of my cs-
tate, real and personal, [ desire shall. So
to and be divided in equal parts among
those wlo would be my heirs at law un
der the statute of decents and distrib,l
tons in Virginia, in case | had died in,
testnte.H DO the testator's heirs take
per Stripes or per capita?
l. Suppose y has Il judgment against
B. who has ample personal estate 70 salts
fy same Can a proceed in equity t.
satisfy his Judgment by a sale OF BIS lant
without first eNhausting his remedies. by
execution, against the personal property
IS. When does. a judgment become ina
at common law; when can execution be
issued upon it: and to what extent is the
common law rule, in respect to issuing
execution, modified by statute?
II. What is the law in this State touch
ing the right of a creditor TO garnishet
funds due to his debtor from the Com
1nonwealth or under its control? What i:
the law where the money is due to the
debtor from 4 municipal corporation?
Is. Under what circumstances. it at all
will d court OF equity interpose TO pre-
vent mere treSDhSS?
49, If an answer in chancery denies al
the material allegations of the bill, ant
the cause is heard on the bill. answe
| and replication only, without proof. wha
would be the proper decree to enter?
20. Where the consideration Of a con
tract for the sale and conveyance Of lane
has wholly failed. what is the appropriat,
action TO recove! money paid under th
contract, if the contract be under seal?
81. What must a plea to the jurisdic
ton show. and how must it conclude?
% When must an appeal from the de
| cision OF a Justice of the peace in a mis-
demeanor case be taken?
g. When may an infant asgrieved b.
| a decree. adverse to his interest. sue t
have said decree set aside?
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