Evening star., 1923-11-24

Q. Why are lawyers called soIons?
w. K.
| A. They are 80 called because
Scion was a famous Athenian law
giver. He became archon and I'M
| proved the condition of debtors. d.
vided the population into four classes,
| reorganized the boule. the popular as
semblage, and the council Of Areopagus.
Q. What is the value of modern
passenger trains. H. ".
A. An express train of the kind OF
| the limiteds between New York and
chicago represents an Investment in
approximately s250.000. The engine
alone costs about $4,000.
@. What is the meaning OF entente
cordia1e2-E. ]. H
to the reconciliation in 1904 between
France and Great Britain after many
years of enmity. In diplomatic par
lance the phrase signifies q close
tions, though without any formal al
lance existing between them.
Q. Where is the rnest opal In the
worId?-R. E. c.
A. The crown Jewels OF Austria in
weighs seventeen ounces and is fve
inches long by two and one-haif
inches wide.
Q. Which is correct-2 and Q is 4.
or 2 and are 4?-H. La @.
A. As an abstract statement, and
is four. When concrete subjects are
implied as (men) and 2 (men). the
| verb will be plural.
@. When was the Muscle shoals
project begun?-A. d. r.
A. The improvement of the Ten
neSsee river at Muscle shoals was be-
gun May 23, 1928, when Congress gava
| the state of Alabama land enough to
! bring 100000. A canal was begun in
! 1881 and completed IN 1896, but YVES
not adequate nor serviceable. In 1871,
the federal government took the prof
ect in hand, surveyed and built y
! canal, which was finished in 1899.
which cost more than 100000. This
] Is the canal which was closed TO navi-
CATION when the construction OF VII
! son dam was started in 1918.
O. Why does the state OF New York
recognize a divorce obtained, say, IN
Reno, when the grounds for divorce in
Nevada are SO different from the
grounds in New York?-E. T.
A. The Constitution Of the United
| States imposes certain obligations
Upon the states in their dealings with
. each other, section !. article 4, pro-
viding that Full faith and credit
shall be given in each state to the
public acts. records and judicial pro-
| ceedings of every other state" This
, clause has been held to mean that, In
civil cases, when the courts Of one
/ state have given a judgment such
| judgment will be recognized and en-
! forced by the courts of every other
| state without new trial. 1t also
/ means that contracts legally entered
! into in one state are binding and en-
forceable in another In the matter OF
! divorce, by this clause state is re-
| quired to recognize n divorce granted
! in any other state, even though II may
! have been granted for reasons for
which the laws of the first state
! would not allow divorce. The only
restriction which courts have upheld
! in their Interpretation Of this clause
| of the Constitution is that the state
/ granting the divorce shall have jur!s-
1 diction over the parties-that is, that
! the party should have bona-fds
residence within the state. and that
proper notice of suit should be giver.
I Thus New York must recognize Nevada
/ divorces if II is shown that the plain
! tiff had legal residence in Nevada
! and the defendant had been legally
notified OF the suit.
/ (The person 1rho loses out is tbs
one wh0 0ueSSeS. The person tcho
gets on is dttodvs the one iUho acts
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