The Washington times., 1934-06-18
EQUITY RULES
ARE STUDIED
BY BAR.

A specially selected committee
Of the bar association has begun
study Of the equity practice IN
the District Supreme Court to de-
termine the best method by which
existing. equity rules may be
brought up to date.
The need for simplification OF
existing equity rules has been ap'
parent for some time-to the at
torney whose equity practice Is
more than casual.
Particularly have the involved
and complicated rules worked a
hardship on the young attorney
who has just begun his practice
and who thought when he learned
his .maxims he had conquered
equity jurisprudence.
walter c. Clephane is chairman
Of the new committee, appointed
by President F. Regis Noel last
week. Thomas H. Patterson is
vice chairman, and William c. De
Lacey is secretary.
Charles D. Coughlin, assistant
clerk of the District Supreme
Court, is an ex-officio member OF
the committee and will give the
group the benefit Of his own OBJ.
servationS on the application OF
the current rules.
Other members include Rudolph
B. Behrend, Charles L. Frailey,
George E. Mcneil, William H
Sholes and Ernest F. Williams.
An amusing story about James
ShenoS was being bruited about
Judiciary Square last week.
Mr.. Shenos, early one morning,
received a frantic call from a
very Latin gentleman, who, hav.
ing mentioned the name Of a
mutual friend, besought Mr..
ShenoS to call on him in the Po'
lice Court cellblock at once.
Mr.. Shenos queried:
"Why don't you get . lawyer
experienced in that court? I
am not a Police Court lawyer"
To which the would-be client
replied in tell-tale dialect:
81 am not Police Court de-
fend either-I am Grand Jury
defend"
Not 50 long ago this column
mentioned that FRANKLIN Yasmer
visiting in New Haven, had car
ried a message to Joseph Koletsky
brilliant defender in these courts
several years back, Of young Ger
man wife who wished to join her
wealthy American husband in the
States but was barred because OF
an unfair construction of the i'm
migration statutes by an erratic
consul general.
Mr.. Koletsky gave Mr.. Yasmer
three fine cigars to be handed to
the writer with his greetings but,
as we mentioned before, Mr.. Vas
mer's appetite for cigars is very
akin to that of Mr.. Wimpy for
hamburgers, and the ManlllaS
never reached their destination.
Some misinformed people may
think this newspaper is not read
but in some manner, undoubtedly
through these columns, Mr.. Vas
mer's dereliction came to the at
tention Of Mr.. KoletSky and from
way up in New Haven, the writer
received in the mails last week a
small package containing three
very fine cigars and attached with
the card Of Mr.. KoletSky. I.
5000, Mr.. Koletsky either read
of the miscarriage of his previous
gift or else he just knew Franklin
Yasmer could never keep three
cigarS-unsmoked-all the way
from New Haven.
Women Not Invited
The midsummer outing of the
realtors at Annapolis Roads to
morrow will be strictly a Stas
affair, it was announced today.
It "had been previously stated
in the press that women were to
be invited to the outing and the
statement caused quite a little
disturbance in some real esate
households.
So, to clarity the situation, it
was announced at the real estate
board offices today that no ladies
will be present-not even the
realtors wives.
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