Albuquerque citizen., 1908-01-09
SUPREME COURT
HEARS MANY
MOTIONS
Forty Applicants Seek LiCen-
SeS to Practice Law.
Cases Heard.

Santa Fe, y. NJ, Jan. 9.-The fol-
lowing are the cases in which motions
were heard in the supreme court yes
terday:
No. 1859. The Mogollon Gold and
Copper company, plaintiff in error,
versus John f. Stout, defendan. in
error, appeal from district court of
Socorro county. Motion for rehear-
ing overruled but motion to amend
judgment granted.
No. 1177. Eagle Mining and I'm
provement company. appellant, ver-
sus Mary X. Hamilton, ct al, appel
lees, appeal from dis,ricJ court Of
Lincoln county Motion for rehear-
ing overruled but motion to amend
judgment granted.
No. 117S. H. b. Hamilton, Jr., et
AL, appellees, versus Eagle Mining
and Improvement company, appel
liant, appeal from district court Of
Lincoln county. Motion for rehear-
ing overruled bug motion to amend
judgment granted.
No. 1888. Territory of New Mex
leo, appellee, versus L. A. Meredith,
appellant, appeal from district court
hearing overruled
No. 1161. John jenkins, plaintiff
in error. versus The Maxwell Land
Grant company, defendant in error,
appeal from district court of Colfax
county. Motion to re mrn papers set
for argument, Monday, January 13.
No. 1910. Territory of New Mex
leo, appellant, versus Hattie II. Crary
af al 4 49,, ,fg.+
court Of Bernalillo county Passed
until next session.
No. 1914 Territory of New Mex
ico appellee, versus Tom Caldwell,
ct al, appellants, appeal from dis
trict court Of Guadalupe county.
Passed until next session.
No. 1217. Gallup Electric Light
company. appellee, versus Pacific
Improvement company, appellant,
appeal from district court of McKin-
ley county. Passed until next ses-
sion.
No. 1918. Henry Lockhart, appel
lee, versus Washington Gold and
Silver Mining company, appellant,
appeal from district court of Berna-
lilo county. Passed until next ses-
sion.
No. 1919. Territory of New Mex
leo, appellee, versus Jim West, ap-
pellant, appeal from district court Of
Chaves county. Passed until next
session.
Over Forty Applicants
for Admission to Bar.
over forty applicants presented
themselves for examination to secure
licenses to practice law in New Mex
ico This is probably the largest
number of applicants who have ever
appeared at one time to take the ex-
animation for admission to The bar.
Among the applicants is a woman.
Miss Nellie C. Brewer, a stenographer
in the law Office of Colonel E. W.
Dobson, at Albuquerque.
or the applicants probably not
more than fifteen were admitted
without examination on certificates
showing shree years continuous prac-
tice in any of the various states. The
others who have not been engaged
in the legal profession that length of
time were required to take the writ
ten and oral examinations, and it will
be late :oday before they will know
whether they passed" or 'nunked."
The following is the committee on
examination of applicants for admis-
sion to the bar in 1905:
Rooert G. Gortner, first judicial
district; Julius Staab, second judi
cial district James G. Fitch, third
judicial district; stephen B. Davis,
Jr., fourth judicial district; James NJ.
Hervey, fifth judicial district; George
w. Picard, sixth judicial district.
No opinions were handed down,
although quite a number Of them
have been written and are being con-
sidered.