The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-07-30
Supreme Court of Florida
Announces the Course
in Law Books. =
NUMBER OF OTHER MATTERS OF
GENERAL INTEREST TO FLOR
IDEANS GATHERED AT THE
STATE CAPITAL-MAJOR DA-
PRAY GETS HOME.
BY jefferson Bell.

Tallahassee, July 29-The governors
private secretary last Thursday sem
| the following letter to Hon. Edward
| w. Foster, chairman of the Tennessee
home coming committee, at Nash
| vile:
Il have the honor to advise you
that the governor has this day ap
p0intedvthe following persons, former
ly residents of Tennessee, now OF
Florida, members of the Tennessee
Home Coming Committee, the duty
of this committee being to work up in
terest in Tennessees home coming
| week, to be celebrated ia Nashville
! September 1928, 1907:
Hon. homas H. Shackleford, ITALIA
| hassee, Florida. chairman; Hon. B. +.
| McLin. Tallahassee; Hon. r. A. Bur-
ford, Ocala; Dr. F. B. Hannah, Una
tilla; Mr.. Dexter NJ. Lowry, Tallahas-
see; Ar. w V. Ellis, Lakeland; Mr..
G ". Duval, Umatilla.''
State Law Course
Rather formidable looking is the
list of law books in the course OF
study prescribed by the supreme
court of Florida with the rules and
regulations issued by the court for
the examination and admission of at
torneys in compliance with the law
enacted by the legislature of 1907.
The court sets apart the first three
days of every semi-annual term, If
necessary. to the examination of >ap-
plicants for admission to the bar.
The examinations will be written, in
open court, from questions prepared
by the court, and may be supple
mented by oral examination by any
of the justices from the bench. No
applicant will be admitted who has
failed TO answer seventy-flve per cent
of the written and oral questions.
All applicants must file their applica-
tionS ten days before the date fixed
for the examinations, and must fur
nish three references, not related TO
the applicant The court may refuse
admission to any applicant whose
character is not satisfactory.
The course of study prescribed is
as follows:
Blackstone's Commentaries or An
drews or American Law" combined
with Holiness Lectures on Common
Law
Browns Legal sMaxims," or w. I.
Hughes on Procedure"
Bisphamss principles of Equity"
Story, Van Ziie or F1etcher's Equity
Pleadings and Practice"
Stephen Gould Shipman CT Nickel
vey on Common Law Pleading"
@iMerawetz, Clark or Cook on Cor
poratiOns."
Moore or Hutchinson on Gar
riers."
Bishop. May or Clark,s Criminal
Law" or Hughes's Criminal Law and
Weeks on Attorneys at Law" or
Sharswood,s Legal Ethics
Daniel on Negotiable instruments"
or Eaton and Gilbert on Commercial
Paper, or ''Bigsfow on the Law OF
Bills, Notes and Cheques"
Cooleys constitutional Limita-
TONS"
Clark or Bishop on Contracts"
Thayer on Evidence" or Vol. l.
Greenleaf, or Reynolds on Evil
dence."
Schouler's Domestic Relations"
Schouler on Executors and Admin
istrators," or Woernus's American
Law Of Administration"
Maupfn on Marketable Title to
Real Estate End edition
Cooley or Pollock on "Torts."
schouler, Underhill or Rood on
wills"
Constitution of the United States
Constitution Of Florida
Florida Decisions upon Constitution
OF Florida.
Rules of practice OF the circuit and
supreme courts.
SweIterins Heat.
Tallahassee, with the rest of the
country, has been in the sweltering
grasp of a season of almost unpar-
alellsd heat. At the statehouse, the
has unfiinchingly regis !
te><d ninety degrees and upward in
the coolest pftSt of the building, day
after Say, as late as six p. IN.
Officials Get Home.
Hon w NJ. Holloway state super /
intendent of public instruction, and !
Hon. w. H. Ellis, attorney general |
are back from pleasant trips Mr. !
Holloway has been attending the
oil the National Educational /
Association at Los Angeles. Mr. !
knights of Pythias at indianapolis. /
Major Dapray Home.
Major and Mrs. j. a. Dapray have |
been spending some time at Harpers
Ferry. West Virginia, but returned /
East week to Fortress Monroe, Va, 10 (
meet Governor Broward and his fam
ily
Adjutant General ]. G. r. Foster. .
Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Foster, Sr., Will
go to St. Augustine this week. Gen /
eral Foster will only remain there
during the rife shoot. Mrs Foster
tC spend the remainder of the /.
summer at ST. Augustine.
Famous Picnic Promoter.
An interesting caller at the state
house last week was Mr.. Stephen :
Cassaux, of Wakulla. Mr.. Cassaux is
promoter of the famous Wakulla pic /
MICS which have baeD hold ar No t-ul
Ia Springs without a break for thirty
eight years. The first Saturday in
May of each year is dedicated TO
these picnics. There is about as
much politics at these gatherings as
at Senator Crews Lake Butler gather
lngs tndt have become famous
Talk about Silver SDrinpSv cold