Arizona state miner., 1924-08-02

that day. Commonwealth VS.. Rosen-
field Bros, so Southwestern Reporter
117S, was test case as to the valid
| 1ty of the law taxing whiskey in
bonded warehouses and decided over
two hundred cases of like nature and
involved over fifty thousand dollars.
took no part in the preparation or
trial of these cases.
| Thompson VS.. Cometh, 94 South
western Reporter 654, was a similar
case, but there it was denied, by way
Of defense, that the State had power
! 20 tax Whiskey in a government ware
house at all. Same case in the SUI
preme Court of the United States,
2O9 U. S. $40, Coulter VS.. Wearve, 127
Federal Reporter S97, and Coulter VS..
Fargo, 127 Federal Reporter 912, de-
cided that the Express companies
must pay taxes to the State and the
counties.
Hager vs., Banks, 159 Federal Re-
porter 396, decided that the National
Banks must pay taxes.
There were, as | recall, 16 of these
cases in the United States Court and
some 20 in the State court decided
about the same time and referred to
in the opinion.
+. In these tax cases | met and de-
feated the ablest lawyers in the State
and in numbers, as every distiller
and bank had its own lawyer and
then they combined to employ others.
Noel VS.. Fitzpatric, 100 Southwest
ern Recorder 321, involved the right
of bidder at judicial sale.
Lee VS.. Union Central Life Ins. Co..
Sc Southwestern Reporter 724, was
on policy that was not delivered.
There are three of these appeals.
Nicholas VS.. /. O. o. F. Lodge involved
the right of member to the proceeds
! of lodge on dissolution and the
power of an unincorporated body to
sue. Georgetown Water Co. VS.. For
wood, 113 Southwestern Reporter 112,
was suit for personal injury. Fer
guson vs. Heffner, 103 Southwestern
Reporter 270, involved the validity of
several deeds and a will-some sixty
thousand dollars involved. Moody
VS.. Trimble, 58 Southwestern Re-
porter 504, involved the nomination
by convention of a Congressman, as
| to which was the nominee. Wend-
| ling VS.. Cometh, 1877 Southwestern Re-
porter 205, was where 1 defended a
Frenchman, a janitor in the Catholic
Church. on charge of abduction,
rape and murder of ten year old
child. He denied it all. If guilty he
should have been hung but was sent
to the penitentiary for life and is still
there. Young VS.. Beckham, 72 South
western Reporter 1892, involved the
right of Gov. Beckham to be candi-
date in the primary for reelection.
Meacham VS.. Young, u Southwestern
Reporter 1899, involved the right of
the Committee to call a statewide
primary election. Commonwealth VS..
Southern Pacific, 120. Southwestern
Reporter 311, involved a question of
taxation of the Southern Pacific.
Roberts VS.. Hinkle, 43 Southwestern
Reporter 233, was suit on a judg-
ment of justice of the peace of an
other state. Dupoyster VS.. Clarke, so
, Southwestern Reporter 1, was a writ
| of prohibition growing out of the
other case Sweeney VS.. Cometh, 80
Southwestern Recorder 639, involved
the expenditure of money to keep Tay-
lOr's army during the trouble. Pol
lock VS.. Smith, 81 Southwestern Re-
corder 740, was question as to whom
belonged ten thousand dollars life in
surance. Chicago, ST. Louis & N. O..
r. r. VS.. Cometh, 72 Southwestern
Recorder 1119, involved the taxation
of the Cairo bridge. Theirman & Co.
VS.. Cometh, 81 Southwestern Recorder
! 366, was question of license taxes
City of Frankfort VS.. Herndon, 118
Southwestern Recorder 347 was a
question of local taxation.
You see these cases appealed COW
cred wide range of subjects and
involved large amounts. l never
kept a list of cases, never had book
of accounts of fees, and so this is
from memory. There are lots of
others and then many others that
were not appealed.
Now add this experience to that
of private secretary to Judge White
for six years, when / wrote for him
and studied with him over twelve
hundred cases covering all the ques-
tions-I think my school of expert
ence is pretty thorough. True, it is,
this school I attended does not give
diplomas or confer degrees as one
of my opponents boasts, but I am
coming to you for the degree. I want
to be Judge and think have earned
it. / feel / am qualified. If you
think so, help confer this degree by
your vote in the primary on Septem-
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