The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-05

VI george washington. he held a
number of degrees from Northwestern
University, Bowdoin College and Har-
yard University, and other universi-
ties and colleges
Ancestors Famous Lawyers.
Justice Fuller came naturally by his
inclination to the law. His grand
father. Nathan Weston. after distin-
gushing. himself at the bar. was as
Of Maine from 1920 to 1884 and Chief
Justice Of the State from 1884 to 1871.
HIS paternal grandfather. Henry Weld
ruler; eiassm ra,;, Of Daniel Webster
of his death a Judge of Kennebec coun-
~. Me. His father, Frederick Angus
tus Fuller. graduate OF the Harvard
Law School. was also lawyer of
Although small of stature-not more
than five feet seven inches--his wealth
made the Chief Justice a commanding
figure wherever he appeared. Proba-
bly, Mark Twain resembled him in
physical appearance more than any
years. Frequently the humorist was
mistaken for the jurist, One day a
young lady accosted Mark Twain on
she had never seen the Chief Justice
before. asked for his autograph. The
author wrote:
But 1t is heavenly to be Fuller.
II am cordially yours.
MELVILLE w. FULLER"
The late Chief Justice. as far as
known. never expressed his opinion of
what he thought of Twain for playing
this little Joke on him
Poetry In His Opinions.
Chief Justice Fuller reflected to
re by he stye e hs opnons an
addresses In the earlier days. after
poetry, and now and then lapsed into
poe teal touches in his opinions from
the bench. One of the best illustra-
tions of this was the opinion he hand
ed down in the case of Hammond VS..
Hopkins, He concluded his opinion
by saying:
is not made out. but the imputation
rests upon conjecture. where the seal
of death has closed the lips Of those
of time has impaired the recollec-
ton of transactions and obscured their
details, the welfare OF society de-
rule Of diligence. The hour glass must
supply the ravages of the scythe. and
those who have slept should not have
been aroused
words on such events. expressed at
the centenary of the court twenty
years ago.
Judges will be appointed" said he.
succeeds another. But, whoever comes
and whoever goes, the court remains.
keeping alive. through many centuries
we shall not see, the light that burns
with constant radiance upon the high
altar of American constitutional JUS
tice."
Some Famous Opinions.
Chief Justice Fuller leaves an In
delible stamp on the laws of the coun-
try. Among his most famous opinions
are the following:
The income tax decisions, in which
the income tax law was held to be UNI
constitutional
The Danbury hat case, in which
h1o t6s wera hela to- be
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany VS.. the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, in which the State was de-
MED the right to tax telegraph mes
sages except when intrastate
The Bank of Washington VS. Hume.
in which the insurable interest of tho
wife and children in the life of the
distinguished from the claim Of credi-
tors.
Inman VS. South Carolina Railway
Company, in which the railroad was
denied the power to exempt Itself from
liability for its negligence in the shin
ment OF goods.
Moore VS.. Crawford. in which mar
bilities. such as those growing out of
the fraudulent sale of land, as we'll
as the legal rights.
Leisy VS.. Hardin, in which the State
was denied rights over original pack
ages of liquor In interstate commerce.
an opinion which led to the passage
of the Wilson LIQUOR law,