the fact that the people of a county have passed a vote declaring local option. Negligence-Liability of Owner of Falling Building.—Steppe v. Alter et al., 19 South Rep. 147 (La.). The owner of a building damaged by fire is not excused from repairing it by the fact that the insurance company had elected to do so. As between himself and the public he owes the duty of keeping his premises in a safe condition and the law does not permit him to shift this responsibility to a third party. Custom Duties-Instruments of Trade.-United States v. Magnon, 71 Fed. Rep. 293 (N. Y.). A snake charmer who brings snakes into this country purely for purposes of exhibition where she handles and turns them around her body is not obliged to pay duty under the provision, "All other live animals not specially provided for," but they are rather "instruments with which she practices her profession, and are her professional instruments," and hence free of duty under paragraph 686, Rev. Statutes. Young Men's Christian Association-Liability for Negligence.Chapin v. Holyoke Y. M. C. A., 42 N. E. Rep. 1130. In this case, which was an action for damages resulting from the falling of a floor upon the plaintiff while she was at the laying of a corner stone to the Holyoke Y. M. C. A. building, the court held that the purposes of the Y. M. C. A. were social as well as charitable, since they provided theatrical and athletic entertainments for the peculiar benefit of their members, and hence were not exempted as purely charitable institutions are, from liability for negligence in construction of a floor whereby a visitor was injured. BOOK NOTICES. The Yale Shingle, 1896. William J. Tilson, Editor and Publisher. 112 pp.; cloth; price, $1.00. The Shingle for this year presents an unusually attractive appearance. The half-tone cuts are larger than heretofore, and the articles are of unusual interest. The various quotations inserted at the beginning of the histories is an innovation, and, on the whole, a success. The Shingle is to be complimented on the exceptionally fine cut of the Faculty which appears on page 52, and upon the taste displayed in the design of the cover. Manual of Elementary Law. By William P. Fishback, Dean of the Indiana Law School, Indianapolis and Kansas City. The Bowen-Merrill Company, 1896. Pages xxvii., 467. This book is an excellent work for all beginners in the study of law and for those who desire to acquire a knowledge of the fundamental principles of American law. Its simplicity of language and interesting style cannot fail to appeal to all such. Although there are numerous works on this same subject, yet, for clearness and brevity, it stands second to none. The broad and well-settled principles of the various branches of the law have been carefully stated and explained by the author and ample authority is given for the statements. No attempt is made to go beyond fundamental principles, hence the book would be of little use to the advanced student or practitioner, but for a beginner, it should prove an excellent work. The Supreme Court and its Constitutional Duty and Power, Junius Parker Old New England Lawyers, Henry Childs Merwin Power of Municipal Corporations to Regulate Telephone The Evils of Lobbying, and Proposed Remedy; The Great Seal of England, Henry Clay McDougal Samuel Maxwell J. E. R. Stephens James M. Kerr Percy Edwards Liability for Defective Premises Resulting in Injuries to Children, Seymour D. Thompson Reforms in the Law of Newspaper Libel, SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING MEMORABILIA ET NOTABILIA. The Wayland Prize Debate was held in College Street Hall on the evening of May 27th. The judges were Hon. Chauncey M. Depew, Rev. Dr. Geo. W. Douglas, Mr. A. C. Kendall. The subject for debate was, "Resolved, That United States senators should be elected by popular vote," and the men spoke in the following order: Edmund H. McVey, William L. Tibbs, Andrew M. Robinson, Herbert H. Kellogg, Andrew T. Bierkan, Ernest G. Smith, Frederick S. Martyn and Harry S. Burrowes. The first prize of $50.00 was awarded to Kellogg, the second prize of $30.00 to Smith, and the third prize of $20.00 to Tibbs. The announcement of the Townsend speakers was made June 6th. The men and their subjects are: John Loomer Hall, Yale, '94, of New Haven, on "Party Spirit in 1796 and 1896"; Frederick Sanford Martyn, Dartmouth, '94, of New Haven, on “The Mississippi Rule of Suffrage"; John Stephenson Pullman, Wesleyan, '92, of Bridgeport, on "The Mississippi Rule of Suffrage," and William Luther Tibbs, Colorado College, '94, of Salt Lake City, Utah, on "Party Spirit in 1796 and 1896." At the last meeting of the Kent Club, held Monday, May 18th, the Club presented a silver-mounted, ebony gavel to Roger S. Baldwin, in recognition of his work in the Yale-Harvard Debate. The following named men from the Class of '97 have been elected to conduct the JOURNAL for the following year: Avery, Gavin, Gibson, H. T. Halbert, Merwin, McGregor, Baldwin, and Beardsley. SUPPLEMENT CONTAINING MEMORABILIA ET NOTABILIA. Receptions were given October 3d, at Judge Baldwin's house, 44 Wall street, and October 10th, at the Law School building, in honor of Professor John Dove Wilson, Storrs lecturer for 1895. The present Junior Class numbers one hundred and four, an increase of thirty over last year's entering class. At a meeting of the Kent Club held Monday evening, October 7th, the following officers were elected for the Fall term: C. B. Waller, '96, President; Sladden, '97, Vice President; Avery, '97, Secretary; E. H. McVey, '96, Assistant Treasurer; C. A. Bierkan, '96, J. J. Hickey, '97, and Sladden, '97, Executive Committee. Important changes in the faculty are the additions of Messrs. Bennett, Webb and Wurtz to the list of Senior instructors, and the loss of Professor Robinson. Herbert James Wyckoff of the Senior Class has been appointed Registrar of the Law School, and Robert Scott Alexander Assistant Librarian. 1885. Edward Kinney, one of the popular men of the class of '85, has been elected Mayor of East Newark, N. J. 1893. Bamford A. Robb is practicing law in Boise City, Idaho, and has removed his office to the Pioneer Building. William F. Foster has been appointed Instructor of Quiz Clubs of the Law School. 1894. George O. Redington is in the office of W. F. Carter, Brooklyn, N. Y. Harrison B. Freeman has been appointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of the Hartford Police Court. |