The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-02-02
ARE 43
Examination for Law Ii
cense Yesterday.
University and Wake Forest Sent Fiji
teen Each---Lectures by Judge
Neutrality-suspicious. Prepared
by Judge Montgomery.

Forty-thre young men went before the
Supreme Court yesterday morning and
were examined for license to practice law
in North Carolina. There were fifteen
from the University and fifteen from
Wake Forest, and thirteen who were pre-
pared at other places Among these last
were five negroes
Associate Justice Platt d. Walker de-
livered the customary lecture to the APP
plicants on their duty to the State, to
the courts, to their clients and to their
fellow members of the bar. The lecture
was listened towith much interest by all
The young men. and was considered one
of the ablest lectures ever delivered to a
class of applicants.
The examination papers were prepared
by Associate Justice Walter A Mont
gomery The boys say the questions
were very fair, that none was of the
catchy variety, that they were based upon
the books prescribed by the court. The
work of writing the answers to the cues
tons began at a quarter to eleven, and
before half-past four the last had handed
in their papers.
Here are the rules governing the exam
in>tion:
The rules of this court require that,
to obtain license. the applicant must be
q years OF age; must have read law two
years, and must have read the prescribed
course, or its equivalent. These require
ments are obligatory; and therefore, I'M
less the following preliminary questions
are fully answered in the affirmative,
the court Will refuse license without pro.
cceding any further with the examination
ct this paper. If, however, the applicant
will become of age before the next term
of this court, he viii be examined now:
but his license will not be issued to him
until he becomes OF age.
The examination papers will be num-
berod by the clerk, and must not be
signed by the applicant. who will be
known to the court only by his number
until after its decision; nor should he in
any Of his answers indicate where or I'M
der whom he studied.
ITO pass this examination it is neces-
saTy to answer correctly, or substantial
ly 50, two-thirds ii. G., 40 of the ques-
tons
In preparing his answers the apph-
Ncant must neither give nor receive any
help whatever from other person, book
CT paper, as this examination is intended
to ascertain his fitness for the respon-
sible duties as an attorney
The questions were as follows:
A. Rre you u years of age? If not,
when will you become so?
B. Have you read law for two years?
c. Have you read the course prescrib-
ed by the Rules of this Court. or its
equivalent?
l. Why, and how, did the Court of
Chancery grow into being in England?
2. What is the meaning of Equity in
its technical sense in English Jurspru-
dence?
3. Into what three general classes are
the subjects or heads, of chancery juris-
diction divided?
4. Under which of the three general
classes of chancery jurisdiction does Spc-
cific Information fall, and what is meant |
by Specific Performance?
5. How many maxims are there in
Equity in which the general principle of |
chancery jurisdiction and the methods by |
which they are applied are expressed? |
Give them.
s. How are Implied Trust subdivided?
Give an example under each subdivision.
T. Do Implied Trusts fall under the
Statute OF Frauds?
81 What is the exception to the gen.
eral doctrine of Resulting Trusts?
Q. What is a Bill of Peace and how
many kinds are there?
10. What is the difference between a
Mortgage and a Conditional Sale?
II. If husband made deed of gift OF
property at common law to his wife, d.
rectly, how was it supported, and how did
it affect creditors?
u. What four requisites are necessary
to make a representation fraudulent?
Il. What was the purpose of Is Eliz.,
c. 5, and of q Elz., C. 4, and have those
statutes been enacted into The Code?
IA. BY what method may a railroad
be incorporated to construct
and operate under one management a
railroad through several States?
Is. Upon whom is the burden of proof
in a case where a contract of q corpora
tion\is alleged to be ultra wires?
16 Can corporation mortgage or sell
or transfer its franchise without legisla
tive authority?
IT, Has corporation any implied pow
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