Arizona state miner., 1924-08-02
JOHN w. RAY
Tells Why He Should Be Elected
Judge Superior Court

John w. Ray, candidate for Judge
of Superior Court, gave the following
speech at scottsdale,. July 25:
Ladies and Gentlemen:-In solicit
ing your votes for Superior Judge in
the coming primary, Sept. 9Th, come
on merit and qualification. | am the
candidate of no faction, no, organiza-
ton, no order, no, religious sect or
congregation. While am a member
of the church and Of a secret order. I
do not ask votes on that account nor
do l expect to have the support of all
the members of either NY qualifica-
tlon consists in my education in the
school of experience, beginning when
L was mere boy eleven years old
IN the clerks Office and continuing
for II years, then was licensed to
practice law after an examination.
After practicing law years I went
to law school at Cornell University;
was later law clerk under Judge
White of the Court of Appeals of
Kentucky for six years
During my practice of law l have
tried great many cases. Won some
and lost some. The other day / sat
down and from memory wrote a list
of cases where l was attorney on
one side or the other that were ap-
pealed from the trial court. This list
is not complete, but is taken from
memory, and have taken the trouble
to go to the county library to get
the book and page where the opin-
ions are found. In the list l have
80, but there were in fact many more.
For example, the case of Common
wealth OF Kentucky vs.. ROSenfield
Bros. was test case that decided
over two hundred cases actually be-
fore the court under the same law
and similar facts. Again, the case of
Hager VS.. Banks in the Federal Court
decided 16 cases, each involving more
than 100000 as that was the inside
limit of jurisdiction. So, with the
Life Insurance case, which similarly
decided some forty or fifty more.
These cases are mostly out of the
ordinary and hence | recall them.
There are others that can recall the
subject matter but not the names, SO
such ones were not included. Let's
see the list: Brown VS.. Illinois Cen
trail Railroad, 38 Southwestern Re-
porter 862. That case decided a
question of pleading in the alterna-
tive. The same case, the other way,
in "a Southwestern Reporter, page
169, decided a section of the Constitu-
ton of Kentucky prohibiting COM
mon carrier from contracting against
its common law liability. Mitchell VS..
Violet, Al Southwestern Reporter
1875, also decided a constitutional
question as to the marital rights of a
husband in his dead wife's real es-
tate. LeOfOrd VS.. Cummings, 46
Southwestern Reporter 507, decided a
question of easement, a right of way
over another's land. Johnson VS.. Will
hams, Administrator, 63 Southwest.
ern Reporter 759, decided the liabil-
ity of a sheriff for shooting an inno-
cent man under the belief he was a
criminal sought for murder Breck-
enbridge VS.. PEBBLES, 38 Southwestern
Reporter 81, decided that an ap-
praiser at a judicial sale could not
bid, as he was interested. Meyler VS..
Wedding, So Southwestern Reporter
8O9 and so Southwestern Reporter 20,
decided as to the enabling act Great
ing the State of Kentucky and the
jurisdiction over the Ohio river.
Purnell VS.. Mann, so Southwestern
Reporter 264, upheld the constitution.
ality of the Goebel election law.
Taylor VS.. Democratic Committee, 81
Southwestern Reporter 786, was a
mandamus to compel the committee
to recount the ballots in a primary
election. Taylor VS.. Johnson, SO
Southwestern Reporter 800, involved
the ownership of the "Old Taylor
distillery. Hall VS. Commonwealth.
81 Southwestern Reporter 814, was
an appeal from a life sentence for
theft of 35 dollars on third conviction.
/ cut it to one year. Bob Channell's
petition, 100 Southwestern Reporter
214, sought to review a judgment of
conviction 10 years old and a second
conviction. On that opinion | took
Channels out of the penitentiary on
habeas corpus. Aetna Life ms. Co.
VS.. Coulter, "a Southwestern Reporter
1850, and Fidelity and Casualty Co.
VS.. Coulter, at 1853, were test cases
as to whether life and accident in
surance companies could be taxed in
Kentucky. | was assigned. the clos
ing argument on our side in lieu of
Judge w. S. Pryor, who had been
Judge of the Supreme Court % years
and who was indisposed, tho present,