The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-06-29
STATE BAR PROGRAM
Also the Report of the Committee
on Law Reform.

in OskalooSa Thursday ana frlddy,
June 20 and 80, came to the city
Tuesday from the hands OF the COM
mittee at Iowa City and is as follows:
Sessions to be held in court room
beginning at 8 o'clock in the morning
and o'clock in the afternoon.
Thursday, June 90, Morning.
Invocation--Rev. Alexander Nc
Ferran, Oskaloosa.
Address of Welcome-Hon. John F.
Lacey, Oskaloosa.
Response to the Address OF Wei
come-Hon. C. A. Carpenter, Column
bus Junction.
Report of the Committee on Mem
bership-Frank Nash, Chairman, Us
kaloosa.
Treasurer's Report-Chas. s. Will
COX, Treasurer, Des Mones.
Report on Legal Education and
Admission to the Bar-Justice Emlin
McClain, Iowa City.
Report on Committee on Legal BIZ
graphy-Hon. w. X. Lewis, Chair
man, Montezuma.
Report of Delegates to American
Bar Association--Hon. j. L. Carney,
Marshalltown.
Report of special Committees.
Paper. The Lawyer as a Patriot
Justice John c. Sherwin, Mason
City.
Paper, "Particularist Society"-F.
r. DaWley. Cedar Rapids.
Afternoon Session.
Presidents Address, John Mar
shall-Hon. J. L. Carney, President
Iowa State Bar Association, Mar
shalltown.
Paper, The Law"-Hon w. R.
Lewis, MonteZuma.
Paper, "A Practical Legal Educa-
tion"Prof. Ralph Otto, Professor Of
Law, State University, Iowa City.
Banquet 500 O'Clock p. IN. at La
cey Hotel.
Toastmaster, J. L. Carney, Presi-
denl.
The Uncertainties of the Law
James A. Dewitt, Oskaloosa.
The Judge and the Law. M.
Parsons, Des Moines.
Railroads and the Law. C..
Davis, Des Moines.
"A Jury of Our Peers '-Hon. NJ. }.
Wade, Iowa City.
The Bench and Bar of North Da-
kota"-Governor John Burke.
The Federal Judiciary and the
Bar''-Hon. Walter |. Smith, Council
Bluffs.
Friday, Morning Session.
Report of Committee on Law Re
form-Justice H. b. Deemer, chair
man.
Afternoon Session.
Annual Address, Employers Liza
bility and Workingman Compensa
ton Acts"-Hon. John Burke, Cover
nor of North Dakota.
Election of Officers.
Unfinished Business.
Report of Committee on Law Reform.
To the Iowa State Bar Association:
Your committee on law reform make
the following report. We recommend
for adoption propositions l, 2, 3, and
1, and submit for discussion No. 5.
1.-The legislature should adopt the
following statute: No judgment shall
be set aside or reversed or new trial
granted by any court OF this state i'll
any case, civil or criminal, on the
ground of misdirection of the jury or
for the improper admission or rejec-
ton of evidence or for any error as
to any rejection of evidence, or for
any error as to any matter of plead.
ing or procedure, unless, in the opin-
ion of the court to which application
is made, after an examination of the
entire cause, it shall appear that the
error complained of has injuriously
parties.
u.-This association recommends
the adoption of an employers liabil-
ity law and a workingmen's compen-
sation act. r.
III.-We approve the act introduce
ed in the last legislature at the sug-
gestion of the law reform committee
of this association for the relief of the
supreme court and especially recon-
mend and urge it's adoption by the
next general assembly.
IV-Sec. 1864 of the code should
be repealed and the following enact
ed as a substitute: The defendant
or plaintiff may demur to one or
more of the several causes of action
alleged in the petition or counter
claim and answer or reply to the res
idue. And no pleading shall be held
sufficient merely because of failure
to demur thereto. But if the petition
of the plaintiff or the counterclaim
or cross petition of a defendant or
defendants do not entitle the party
to any relief whatever, or the answer
or reply do not constitute any defense
to the cause OF action, advantage must
be taken of the defect by demurrer,
and If no demurrer is interposed, by
motion in arrest of judgment"
V.-For discussion: Neither insan.
ity nor intoxication should be regard.
ed as a complete defense TO any Grim |
inal in charge, but either may be con.
sidered in determining the degree of
tho offense.
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