The sun., 1913-12-07
NOVEL POINTS OF THE LAW.

NOVEL POINTS OF THE LAW.
In People vs. Shaw before the Su-
preme Court OF Illinois the court reverses
a conviction for bigamy, because through
conflict in the divorce laws Of New
York, California and Illinois the d.
fendants first marriage was invalid. 1t
appeared that Helen Schneider married
Edward Olson in Chicago in lsss and left
him the next year. She sued him for
divorce, hut he left Illinois and rl'- ease
WAS dismissed. In 1890 she married
Shaw in New York, and IN 1892 Olson
divorced her in California. She did mot
appear in that suit and for that reason
the divorce and her marriage to tn"
defendant are both held invalid
The dissenting opinion Of the court DE-
clared that being the husband Of one
oman, 1t was bigamy for him to marry
another, and In our Judgment he wa
properly convicted
The New York Ldr journal SAYS of the
decision In the shaw case that "in our
Judgment the dissenting opinion lay g
down not only good law but also good
morals and snlutary public policy. A
large proportion of the notorious inter-
state marriage and divorce scandals have.
like the present one. resulted from th"
insular policy OF the State Of New York
We were glad to motto" that in the las
two sessions OF the Legislature bills wcl,
introduced to assmllate the divorce law
OF New York to that OF the average OF
other states of the Union. As often
pointed out, however. the only really cI-
fectual remedy for the situation must
come through the passage Of u uniform
marriage and divorce law 10y Congr"s-.
joint resolution for constitutional
amendment granting th" authority ha.
already been introduced and We trust IL
will be- pressed for adoption ant ratiiica-
ton"
The United States Cour: OF Appeals N
the Second Circuit has dccided in the case
OF the American Mating COMPANY "
keitel that courts Will, under certain
circumstances. ISSUE. iujunctions 20 restrain
the publication of false statements IT,
furious to business or property. in which
there IL involved conspiracy. iutimida-
tion or coercion The court grants AN
injunction restraining the defendant from
advising the plaintiffs customers 20 tr,ai.
their contracts.
The committee on professional cthic.
OF the New York County Lawyers Asso-
citation was asked To- decide " neither tn"
following advertisements hy lawyers Ia d,
daily newspaper Were within the bound
OF propri,ty:
Able lawyer. specialist family trouble =.
private matters &c. furnishes reliable ad
vice all cases handled satisfaction guar
a,rteed quick results domestic relation
laws of all states explained. 'a.l. write
Lawyer.
Accidents. estates family troubles
cases handled successfully satisfaction
guar antced strictly confidential; matter
quickly settled; no IL" unless successful
Call, write, phone. Lawyer.
Accident eases. domestic troubles ana
all legal difficulties strenuou,iy handled
10 your satisfaction. Lawyer. Evenings
til =.
For results see me; reliable. expert
enc.d successful accident. fdmily
troubles. all cases consultation free. can
or write. Liwy.r.
The committee replied
The ethics q, the lesal profession f'r-
I'D that a lawyer should advertise his
talents ar his skill a II sh"pkeep"r adyel-
tscs his wares ,people " McCabe, ~
l.. X. ~, 23I.
The first four are also objectionable
because they seem to indicate u willing
ness to take all cases. irrespective ot tae
merit Of the cause. anc the first three have
the demerit Of containing an Impossible
and therefore false and misleading guar
anty oc satisfaction.
Another question submitted 20 the com.
mitee stated that IA man VINO was con
victed OF felony twenty years ago served
eight years. was paiioncd and Ude ro
stored to fun c'Vil sights. afte~ which u,
set W IN business aii remained i,"do,tI.
Respectable ard VIII thought of h,oou.i,
DE hal u, ,sion Ia 50" Another r,,.-oi .i
matters !nVo!y.n. questions ~ - 3. .'.,
the dofeniantS rs'l. VINO nn," l'n.a.