Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-15
ASK FOR ADMISSION
A Bright Class sof Law Students
Is Asking for Admission
to the Bar.
Judge Robinson Recalls Earlier
Days..Palo Alto Tax Fer
ret Cases.
Important Ruling Made by su.
preme Court in Alston In
heritance Case.
Special to Times-Republican.

young men before the supreme court
undergoing examination today for adj
mission to the bar is one of the bright
est classes of young men ever before the
court. The class is so large that it
was necessary to divide it into three
parts and to have three sets of exam
iners az work. The examination will be
concluded this evening and the young
men will learn their fate. Unless they
get thru this time they will have to put
| in another year of study and with some
| Of them it means they must give up
their ambitions. But it is believed a
| very large percentage will get thru. The
4 frantic efforts of some of the applicants
| to get into the practice of law is anus
| ing There has been a pretty play go-
| ing on for several days with reference
l TO two brothers who are seeking ad-
| mission. Both We're examined last year
and neither passed, the older getting a
marking of g.. Both sought to be eX-
\ amned this time. The older gave suffi-
lcient evidence that he was entitled to
| examination and is being examined.
/ The younger of the two was refused
1 permission TO be examined. Both of
I them filed papers which We're curiosl-
! ties. The title pages bristled win pa
4 triotic mottos which were meaningless
in sucn a place. Their papers We're tied
/ together with monstrous flag-riDbons.
They have studied law with their father
! Who was once a practicing attorney but
4 they have been connected with some
/ questionable transactions. The at
torney generals office and the clerk of
the supreme court had hard time
into the law. and finally got one of them
i put off; but the experience with these
men illustrates how important it is
I that great care should be exercised by
4 those in authority. for at least one of
= the brothers. even If he could be ad-
nlittted to the bar, is generally unfit tc
4 have entrusted to him the important af-
fairs of lawyer.
Judge Robinson. formerly Of the SUI
preme court, recalls how they used to
4 set into the practice of law in Iowa
The code gave all discretion 10 the
/ court 20 refer an application TO commit
tee of friends of the man Who wanted
admission, and there was no examina-
tion. And great many OF the older
4 practitioners at the bar in iowa We're
admitted under the free and easy meth
ods in vogue in early days. and they
4 mace good lawyers. Now II Is different
land the young man VINO seeks adnlis-
/ self % be competent and fit TO practice
law Yet with these restrictions there
VII! be at least 800 new lawyers admit
ted IN Iowa this year
Tax ferret cases from Palo Alto coun-
ty involving a large amount are to come
before the court at once if the attnr-
neys can get the cases advanced These
cases in which the district court, Judge
Bailie presiding, decided that the tax
! ferret law was unconstitutional and
1 charged up the costs in certain cases in
Palo Alto county 10 the county treas
urer The amounts involved are as fol-
lows II. X Murdoch s1s,.l4; George
n. Cannon, s2,I5S; L. L. Mccormack,
s2,659sS; Charles II. Mccormick. s5,-
2i4.12; t. III. Tobin, Slo,l26.6s.
| The executive committee Of the state
board Of agriculture is in session con-
/ sidering the various proposals made for
| special attraet;ens reNt1s-e The num-
! Der Of offers which come to the state
sair nanagenent Is large The man
ayers say they viii nave as good a line
OF vaudeville shows, etc, as ever in the
state.
1
In the case of william. q Aston. vs.
1 William r. Aston from jefferson coun-
! " decided by the supreme court yes
/ terday, the entire ranse OF inheritance
laws in Iowa We're gone over. The case
VAS one in which a natural son sought
share Of the estate of his father and
| brought suit TO partition the estate
/ The parties We're conspicuous for many
years in Jefferson county The plaintiff
claimed TO be the natural son of Will
ed that during his lifetime the late
William Aston mad recognized him as
such. ne had been adopted into the
family and tex the name OF De France.