The Washington times., 1902-01-26

A person may exchange salutations with
a friend whom he passes on the street
without being guilty Of contributory neg
| ligence, II he receives an injury at the
time. which he could have avoided by
not bowling holds the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania in the case of Dean VS.. City
of Newcastle $50 Att. Rep. 310). The
plaintiff in this case was walking on an
| icy sidewalk and slipped and injured him
self as he raised his eyes to greet a
friend who was standing a few feet in
front Of him. He could have seen the
slippery place and could have avoided II
II he had not been looking at his friend.
The Supreme Court held that he was not
guilty Of contributory negligence.
1.-The overwhelming majority of dogs
have no pecuniary or market value"
holds the Supreme Court Of Mississippi
in the case of Mobile 6 o. r. Co. VS.. Holi-
day go So. Rep, S20). and especially
, is this true Of wandering, stray dogs"
| brought against the railroad company to
recover damages for the death of dog
which had strayed from home on the COM
pany's tracks, on the open prairie. and
was killed. The engineer testified that
he was engaged in looking after his lubri
Gators and other machinery and did not
see the dog. and that the fireman was at
tending to the furnace. On these facts
the court held that the owner Of the dog
should not recover. Wandering, stray
dogs should not be permitted to delay
movements along the arteries of COM
merce," held the court.
By means of forged pardon a man OBJ
tanned the release from the penitentiary
in Texas of one who had been convicted
convicted as an accessory of the murder,
and the Court of Criminal Appeals af
frmed the judgment. 1t was eontended
for the defendant that the facts did not
make him an accessory, because the forg-
ing of the pardon did not enable the muir
derer to escape all of his punishment, but
the Court of Appeals held that this con-
tention was unsOund, as 1t was not neces-
sary. in order to constitute one an ac-
cessory, that he should enable the prin-
cipal to escape permanently part or all |
of his punishment. (Dent VS.. State, 60 s.
W. Rep, 62T).
A child of divorced parents is ward |
of the court, and must not be removed |
from the State by the parent to whom /
the court has awarded the custody held |
the Appellate Court of Illinois in recent |
decision.
A bequest in a will for the purchase of |
books on spiritualism, to be free to all, |
is held by the Court of Chancery of New
Jersey in the case of Jones vs. Watford /
(Atl- Rep. 1907 to be charitable gift /
which a court of equity Will enforce.
The act of Congress providing that the
burden of proof is upon a Chinese person
or person of Chinese descent, arrested
under the provisions of the act. to estab-
lish his right to remain in the United
States, is held by the United States Cir
cult Court of Appeals, in the case of Unit
ed States vs.. Chun Hoy I'LL Fed. Rep,
S99) to be valid, and unless such right to
remain appears, affirmatively from the
evidence, it is the duty of the court to or
der the person to be deported.
The failure of two Jurors, who were
relatives of the defendant, in an action
on note, to disclose their relationship
when examined on their voir dire, though