Opinions upon the American Corpus juris Project BY LEADERS OF BENCH AND BAR "I wish the Memorandum and the letters which accompany it could be read by ever lI‘aWBeI' and law student and thoughtful citizen in the land."— HON. JOH ILLON. "I wish the opinions elicited could be read by ever thoughtful man and woman in the country. Such reading would be the p anting of seed. sure to yield a rich harvest in practical results. Heaven _ speed on and our two colleagues in this gigantic but blessed undertaking."— UDGE TAAK E. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the National Conference of Com missioners on Uniform State Laws.
Many leaders of Bench and Bar have been consulted concerning the plans for a complete and philosophically co-ordinated statement of the American Corpus juris, as outlined in the Memorandum at pp. 59-89 of this issue. We print the
salient portions of their expressions of opinion, as they evidence a most careful consideration of the project, constitute an invaluable contribution to the cause,
and carry the weight of the highest professional authority.
Many of the italics
are not in the originals, and have been inserted in order to make possible a rapid
examination of the most important portions.
CONTENTS Hon. ohn F. Dillon . . . . . . . Hon. ohn G. Milburn . . . . .. Hon. lihu Root . . . . . . . . . . Hon. Alton B. Parker . . . . . . . Governor Hughes . . . . . . Mr. ustice Day . . . . Mr. ustice Moody . . . . . . . . . Mr. ustice Brewer . . . . . . . . . Chief ustice Clark . . . . . . . . . Hon. ampton L. Carson . . . Hon. Amasa M. Eaton . . . . . Rt. Hon. James Bryce . . . . . . Sir Frederick Pollock . . . . . . . {:dge von Lewinski of Berlin . arbe of Paris . . . . . . . . . His Exce lenc,Wu Tin -fang
Prof. Hen
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President? S. Rowe . . . . . . . Alfred Hemenwa, Esq. . . . . Hon. oseph H. hoate . . . . . Hon. omas G. ones . . . . . Hon. ulian W. ack . . . . . . Hon. illiam B. Hornblower Hon. J. H. Reed . . . . . . . . . . . Everett P. Wheeler, Esq. . . . . Hon. Charles F. Manderson. . Secretary of War Dickinson . Attorney-General Wickersham Solicitor-General Bowers . . . . Hon. John Sharp Williams . .
91 92 92 92 93 93 93 93 94 94 95 95 95 96 97 97
General P. W. Meldrim . . . . . Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin .. . Hon Charles F. Libby . . . . . Hon. {iimes Hagerman . . . . . . Hon. . M. Rose . . . . . . . . . . Hon. Frederick W. Lehmann Francis Rawle, Esq . . . . . . . . . Hon. William M. Lanning, . . Hon. George Gray . . . . . . . . . Hon. Peter S. Grosscup . . . . . Hon. Clement B. Penrose. . . . Hon. George M. Dallas . . . . . Dean Ames of Harvard . . . . . Dean Kirchwey of Columbia Dean Irvine of Cornell . . . . . . Dean Rogers of Yale . . . . . . .
101 101 102 102 102 102 102 103 103 103 104 104 104 104 104 105
Hon. William U. Hensel . . . . Frank P. Prichard, Esq. . . . . Ernest T. Florance. Esq. . . . . General James A. Beaver. . . . Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker Hon. G. A. Endlich . . . . . . . . . Charles Biddle, Esq. Hon. {antes M. Beck . . . . . Hon. . J. Nash . . . . . . . . . . . Chief Justice Cartwright. . . . . Mr. justice Potter . . . . . . . . . Chief ustice Knowlton . . . . . Chief ustice Morgan . . . . . . . Hon. 1 icajah Woods . . . . . . . Chief ustice Breaux . . . . . . . . Chief ustice Stiness . . . . . . .
108 109 109 110 110 110 111 111 111 111 112 112 112 112 112 112
97 Professor watrous . . . . . . . . . . 105 Chief ustice Whitfield . . . . . 112 98 98 98 98 99 99 99 100 100 100 100 101 101
Professor Pound . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Hall of Chicago . . . . . . Dean Vance of George Wash. Univ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dean Hutchins of Michigan. . Hon. Henry H. In ersol . . . . Hon. James G. Jen 'ns . . . . . Chancellor S. B. McCormick . President Woodrow Wilson . Dr. Lyman Abbott . . . . . . . . . Walter George Smith, Esq. . . Hon. Frederick N. Judson . . Hon. David T. Watson . . . . .
Hon. John F. Dillon, President of the Ameri can Bar Association, 1891-92; former United
States Circuit judge, author of "Laws and jurisprudence of England and America,"
105 Chief ustice Grant . . . . . . . . 113 106 Hon. . W. Simms . . . . . . . . 113 General Thomas H. Hubbard 67 106 Hon. Francis Lynde Stetson 106 67, 68, 80. 81, 84 106 Hon. William H. Staake 73, 106 _ 79, 82, 83 107 Chief Justice McClain - - - - - ~63. 107 69. 77, 81 107 Charles A. Boston. Esq. . . . . 113 108 Henry Collin Minton, D. D., 108 LL.D. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 108
The pressing necessity for an American Corpus Juris of the character proposed is uni versally felt and universally acknowledged by
the legal profession, by staiesmen and intelligent
etc. :—
laymen.
The immeasurable importance of the subject has led me to read this paper and to con sider the project, which it sets forth and unfolds, with eagerness and absorbing inter
almost irresistible necessity I have, as this Memorandum shows,‘ elsewhere stated, and
est.
The reasons for this urgent and now
therefore I shall not here take the time or space to restate my views. ‘See pp. 64, 69 and passim.
