# Talk:Old Court – New Court controversy

Is the amount of the fine correct "ten POUNDS". Surely by the 1820s, the dollar would be the currency in use? --Yendor1958 (talk) 06:57, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Nobody found this more odd than me, but that's what the source says.[1] It's near the bottom of the first column on that page. Harrison is one of the preeminent Kentucky historians, so I trust his work. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 15:42, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

This topic came up a lot in the research I did in writing the Louisville and Portland Canal article, I confess I might have glossed over it a bit. Anyway, the main source I used in that article:

Trescott, Paul B. (March 1958). "The Louisville and Portland Canal Company, 1825-1874". The Mississippi Valley Historical Review 44 (4): 686-708.
Has probably everything you'd want to know about the topic as it related to the canal. The article is on JSTOR if you have access. --W.marsh 02:58, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Wish I did. I'll see if I can find it elsewhere. I wonder if I can ever expand this article enough to make it an FA? Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 03:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Hmmm maybe. There's probably a lot in this source to expand with... the effect the court split had in delaying the canal was pretty important. I can send you a copy of the source if you want. --W.marsh 03:25, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
That'd be awesome. How would you like to get it to me? Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 05:27, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
Just send me a Wikipedia e-mail (use the 'email user' thing) and I'll reply with the attachment. --W.marsh 14:00, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Just one thing before I pass this: I feel that the following paragraph needs background on what the cases concerned, rather than merely the decisions. Other than that, this is a fantastic article well on its way to FAC.

In all, the New Court heard 77 cases during the Old Court-New Court controversy. In the April 1829 case of Hildreth's Heirs v. McIntire's Devisees, the reconstituted Court of Appeals declared all of these decisions void. In the later case of Smith v. Overstreet’s Adm’r, the court formally ruled that the decisions were not part of the common law of Kentucky.

Tell me when done. Cheers, Kakofonous (talk) 22:19, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

I agree, but unfortunately, I cannot find more than the cited passing reference to either case. I'm sure something exists in a book of Kentucky state law somewhere, but I'll have to have time to find it, and I'm leaving on a business trip to Denver, Colorado this weekend. Either the article will have to pass or fail on its own merits as-is, or it will have to remain on hold for probably three weeks at least. I'll post the issue at WikiProject Kentucky and see if someone there can help. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 13:29, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
Not to worry, only a small issue. The article is definitely of GA quality despite that, and I am passing it. Once again, excellent job! Kakofonous (talk) 22:16, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

I just wanted to verify that the Blair in 'Williams v. Blair' is the same Blair in the sentence 'Fayette County circuit court judge Francis P. Blair'.  I guess I don't know the trial naming system very well, but don't they name trials after the plaintiff and defendant rather than the judge (maybe the judge was the defendant?).  Perhaps they are two different people, anyway noting whether they are the same Blair might be worth while.  Then there is a Blair: 'Francis Blair, the New Court clerk, assembled a group that broke into Sneed's office and took what records they could find there.', are these all the same Blairs, different Blairs?  Finally the 'Fayette County circuit court judge Francis P. Blair' links to a fourth blair who was obviously not a circuit court judge at the time, because he was a journalist according to the linking article, during the time in which the events occurred.  I would fix it myself, but all references are to offline books, so we are dependent on them to provide clarification.  Thanks for reading, M4bwav (talk) 14:40, 15 July 2009 (UTC)

A quick glance at The Kentucky Encyclopedia entry on Francis P. Blair (p. 85) confirms that he is the same Francis Blair linked to in the Wikipedia article. Apparently, he wrote for the newspaper and was a sitting judge at the same time. This same Blair is the one who later served as New Court clerk. So those three are all the same. The Blair in Williams v. Blair does not seem to be the same person; the Encyclopedia's entry on this case says the suit was brought by "persons named Blair, Ingles, and Barr". If it had been Francis Blair, this surely would have been noted. Acdixon (talk • contribs • count) 15:51, 15 July 2009 (UTC)