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executive committee of the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fé Railway Company. "The Railroads and the People.” By E. P. Ripley. Atlantic, v. 107, p. 12 (Jan.). The ublic has been unfair in that it has habitu ally re used to give due weight to the fact that
ton on Conflict of Laws; "Lay Views of Testa mentary Capacity," by Henry C. Spurr; “Some Wills of Noted Lawyers," by Walter M. Glass; "The Drawing of Wills," by Albert S. Osborn; "The Antiquated Seal," b Harry Shelmire Hopper of the Philadelphia ar; "The Import ance of the Last Will and Testament," by Virgil
no rebate was ever given which was not received
M. Harris, trust oflicer of the Mercantile Trust
by some one; and that the reci ients were just as guilty as the givers; or to the urther fact that the railways tried repeatedly to stop rebating, and did more than any one else to get passed the Elkins Act of 1903, which did more to suppress {hat evil practice_than any other piece of legis
Company of St. Louis.
atlon. Street Railways.
"The lnterurban Electric
Railway as an Additional Burden upon the Streets and Highways." By Isaac C. Sutton. 59 Univ. of Pa. Law Review 156 (Dec.). "To sum up, we find that the question of addi tional servitude is based, by the predominant weight of authority, upon the question whether the operation of the railroad or railway, upon the street or highway, is consistent with the uses
for which they were intended in the original dedication and appropriationI and the courts are also taking more into consideration the question
whether the local public service rendered by the interurban railway outwei hs the burden imposed by it upon the streets an country roads." Tarlfl. "Making a Tariff Law." By Samuel M. Evans. Journal of Political Economy, v. 18, p. 793 (Dec.). "The present system of tariff-making would be wrong, because it requires such excessive labor on the part of members of Congress, even if it resulted in a perfect law. But in the very nature of the system it cannot result in a rfect law. What was done to the cloth clauses o the cotton schedule was done to nearly every other schedule in the bill. And it is a physical impossibility for any one member or any set of members of Con gress to gather enough information intelligently to pass upon the vast number of schedules in a tariff law. The natural result is a law based upon ex parte information given by those who have an interest in the workings of the tariff law, an interest in a high tariff." Unemployment Insurance. “Experiments in Germany with Unemployment Insurance." By Elmer Roberts.
Seribner's, v. 49, p. 116
(Jan.). A general account of the system as it exists in several German cities, helpful in showing the reader where to look for statistics and other im portant material on the subject. Uniformity of Laws. See Workrnen’s Com pensation. Wills. Wills Number. 17 Case and Comment (Dec.). This is an interesting special issue with several short articles on some aspects of the law of wills. These include the followin : "Law Governing Construction of Devise of eal Property," by
George H. Parmele, author of Parmele's Whar
See Administrators and Exccutors.
Workmen’s Compensation. "The Uniform Act for Workmen’s Compensation in Illinois." Editorial. By J. H. Wligmore]. 5 Illinois Law Review 306 (Dec.). "The most promising event for speedy prog ress in solving the employers’ liability problem was the Conference of Commissioners at Chicago Nov. 10-12, 1910.
The conference was called
by the Massachusetts Commission, and the thirty delegates who attended represented the following state commissions: Wisconsin, New York, Massachusetts, Ohio, Minnesota, Con necticut, Illinois, New Jersey, Montana, and
also the federal Commission and the committee of the national conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws. . . . The draftin com mittee met again for a final session in inne apolis on Nov. 19. The draft act is now in circulation among the various Commissions." "The Federal Employer's Liability Act." By John L. Hall. 20 Yale Law Journal 122 (Dec.). The author, quotin from the decision in Sherlock v. Alling, 93 S. 104, considers this an Act "not directed against commerce or any of its regulations, but relating to the rights, duties and liabilities of citizens and only in directly and remotely affecting the operations of commerce." See Old Age Pensions.
Miscellaneous Articles of Interest to the Legal Profession Banking. "The House of Morgan." By John Moody. Independent, v. 69, p. 1380 (Dec. 22). _ An account of the histo of this great bank mg house and of its powe ul position in Ameri can finance and business. "The Life Story of J. Pierpont Morgan." By Carl Hovey. Metropolitan, v. 34, p. 461 (Jan.). On his return from Europe in 1885, Mr. Mor gari came on the scene of unscrupulous and ruinous competition among railroads. The two "sore spots" were the West Shore and the South Pennsylvania. He reorganized these roads, the former being acquired by the New York Central and the latter by the Pennsylvania. The story is vividly told. See Railways. Disarmament. "A British View of American Naval Expenditure." By Alexander G. Mc Clellan. Atlantic, v. 107, p. 34 (Jan.). "Britain may be top-hole man in the naval world, Germany top-hole man in the military
