The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-07

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against him. is to tender our C~ongratula-
ions upon the fact that at last he has
escaped from his too attentive frie ids
(?)-the rats"
In a novel petition for permission for
a change Of name the Supreme Cour,
OF Nebraska denied the application for
the following reasons:
"Tn exercising the power TO change
names the District Court Is not suhjec,
to the whims of every petitioner. Ac-
cording TO his own statements petitioner
was baptized in a Congregational church
at Antioch. Syria. by the name Of tsaiah
T~arinos!an. was 4, nitted into the TO-
ligion OF Islam under the name " Mo-
manned Nad'r. which he now desires "a
resume, his name having by tho decree
OF an Egyptian court been hanged
thereto from Iusuf was hanished from
Constantinople. escaped from Danish
ment and travelled under assumed
names was a "HowlirE Dervish" In the
Barnum & Bailey circus, was baptized in
tho Catholic church at Carlstadt. y. J,
by the name Of John Isaiah T~aininnslan,
was a Volunteer OF America in Chicago
as capt. Tommy. the Turk" and was
rebaptized in the Christian church at
Sterling. H.. under the name OF John /
Tamir0slan.
petitioner has a wife. two daughters
ard one sor. TIE wife protests against
the change OF her husbands name. She
and her children are citizens NJ this
State. AS such they are entitled to the
protection OF the laws aid the CuStoms
governing society. Ry their present
names they nave acquired a standing In
the family. in the schools ard In the
community. Proper domestic relations
are concerns of the state, and the Dts
trlct Court is an arm of sovereignty. In
that tribunal the rights Of the mother
and the children should he protected
when known. though they are not par
ties 10 the proceeding, Injuries to the
feelings ard sensihilitios of innocent
women and children may result I'm
greater suffering and damage thar the
fraudulent invasion of property rights.
Under the statute, requiring sufficient
and reasonable cause for a change Of
name, a decree Is not "A matter 81 right.
but OF judicial discretion. sufficient
and reasonable cause for changing tho
name of petitioner has not been shown
An automobile driver on approaching
children PLAYING s0ould give warning
and So manage his car that the children
need not, to avoid injury, exercise the
care that adults are expected 10 exercise.
-Ratcliffe ". Spcith. Kan. li9 Fac.
740,
Thu following extract is from the H.
linois reports, People ~, Niskuiskki
whether playing poker can hc %c'issi-
fed as social rest and lns,imc' or would
com. under the head Of actual labor We
are unable 10 determine
W. are compelled To admit that al
though christianity ~ a part OF tho
common law Of the state tof rcnnsyl-
vania) yet II r. 20 In this qualified sense,
t-at its divine origin and truth are al
mitted, and therefore II is not To he
maliciously and openly rcviled and bias
phcmed against. to the annoyance of be-
levers or the injury of the public
storey, J, Vidal w, Girard, . How 1913.
The use Of the streets by A merry-go-
round with tho assent Of a city for the
benefit of a commercial club held an in
v~itation to the public 20 patroni2e the
attraction and one injured by an r>-
plosion Of luhricating gas on engine
may recover of city,-Malchow VS.. city
Leoii, Kan, 149 Pac, 6s7,
1ntestate had the right to assume
that defendants motorman would not
wilfully VI him down and could rely
on defendant street railroads known
practice at that place TO run the ca
slowly and to ring the gong where men
were engaged upon or about the track
McCue vs., BOSTON Elevated Ry. co.
Mass, 100 y, f. 36o,
one hurrying across a track just in
front of an approaching train to catch
a train on the other track held guilty Of
co~ntrihutory negligence, though not
knowing of a fence between the track
and adjustment OF the rule against
trains passing each other in the station
-Paczelowski VS. New York. y, II, & II
II. II. Co, X. l.. "a All. dNI.
A buyer cannot rccoup for fraudulent
representations as to the habits of 4
mule where the purchase money note eN'
pressly stated that the seller insured
only the title without "A showing that tn,
buyer WAS misled as to tho contents ri
the note.-Hammock va. Battle, Ca, s.
8. r. 764.