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1 00 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 
 
 ON 
 
 HOW TO FIND THE LAW 
 
 PREPARED BY 
 
 R. A. DALY 
 
 special Lecturer in Legal Bibliography 
 
 FOR CLASSROOM USE BY INSTRUCTORS 
 
 ST. PAUL, MINN. 
 WEST PUBLISHING CO. 
 1912 
 
FOREWORD 
 
 The One Hundred Examples in Legal Bibliography and 
 How to Find the Law, of which this is the Key, are intended 
 as a quiz or follow-up course to the instructions personally 
 given by the Author. They cover all current law publica- 
 tions without comment. They are in the nature of sugges- 
 tions to the instructor, which may be developed or enlarged 
 upon at his pleasure. 
 
 (3)» 
 
INDEX 
 
 AMERICAN AND ENGLISH ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAW 
 
 Use of, to locate cases on Picketing by cross-references 2 
 
 Use of, to locate cases cited in the notes. ("Check drawn 
 
 on subsequently insolvent bank.") 36 
 
 Use of, to locate cases on "Willful Absence of an Attorney 
 
 from Trial." (No case cited.) 27 
 
 AMERICAN DIGEST SYSTEM 
 
 See post Century Digest Sections and Their Corresponding 
 Key Numbers ; Century References in Decennial and Key- 
 No. Series ; Decennial Table of Cases ; Descriptive Word 
 Index; Key-No. Seriesj Words and Phrases Judicially 
 Defined. 
 
 AMERICAN STATE REPORTS 
 
 Use of, to find authorities on construction of purely local 
 statute 99 
 
 Numerical Table of Cases 
 
 Use of, to locate cases gg 
 
 Numerical Table of Trinity 
 
 Use of, to locate parallel citations 7 
 
 CENTURY DIGEST SECTIONS AND THEIR CORRES- 
 PONDING KEY-NUMBERS 
 
 Pink Table in 21 Decennial 
 
 Use of, to locate Key-No. corresponding to Century section 
 number 45 
 
 Use of, to locate cases prior to 1907 in point with case di- 
 gested in Decennial and Key -No. Series 82 
 
 CENTURY REFERENCES IN DECENNIAL AND KEY- 
 NO. SERIES 
 
 Use of, to locate cases in point earlier than and correspond- 
 ing to those in Decennial 46, 75 
 
 Use of, to locate cases in point with case digested in Key- 
 No. Series 82 
 
 f5) 
 
INDEX 
 
 CITATOBS Ques. No. 
 
 Do not give prior cases in point 22 
 
 Statement of its purpose 16 
 
 Use of, to locate later cases in point with case cited 13 
 
 Use of, to learn whether case has been affirmed, reversed, 
 or modified 20, 21 
 
 CITATOKS AND ROSE'S NOTES ON UNITED STATES 
 REPORTS 
 
 Explanation of distinction between 17 
 
 COMBINED USE OF BOOKS 
 
 To locate cases on "Willful Absence of Attorney from Tri- 
 al." (In re Clark only case found.) 29 
 
 Questions 1, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, and 13, to give complete list of 
 cases in point 14 
 
 CYC. AND CYC. ANNOTATIONS 
 
 Cyc. 
 
 Use of, to locate eases on Picketing by cross-references.... 3 
 Use of, to locate cases cited in the notes. ("Check drawn 
 
 on subsequently insolvent bank.") 35 
 
 Use of, to ascertain law as to delegation of duty to notify 
 
 servant of hidden dangers 93 
 
 Cyc. Annotations 
 
 Word "new" used to indicate new matter on which there 
 are no cases in Cyc. itself 41 
 
 Cyc. and Cyc. Annotations 
 
 Use of, to locate a first case on "Willful Absence of Attor- 
 ney from Trial." (No case in Cyc. ; In re Clark, "New" 
 in Cyc. Ann.) 25 
 
 Use of annual cumulative annotation for later cases 94 
 
 Decennial Table of Cases and Key-No. 
 
 Use of, to supplement citations in note in Cyc. by adding 
 subsequent cases 89 
 
 DECENNIAI. TABLE OF CASES 
 
 Use of, to locate earliest case in point by obtaining Century 
 reference for case digested in Century 11 
 
 Use of, to find Key-No. and so locate latest case in point. . . 12 . 
 
 Use of, to locate digest paragraphs, and so learn the es- 
 sential facts of a case cited 15 
 
 Use of, to learn whether a given case prior to 1906 has been 
 affirmed, reversed, or modified 20 
 
 (6) 
 
INDEX 
 
 BECENNIAX TABU! OF CASES— Continued Ques. No. 
 
 Use of, to find later eases supplementing note in American 
 
 State Reports 44 
 
 Use of, as a complete Parallel Citation Table 48 
 
 Use of, to locate ease in Reports, if title only is Imown 76 
 
 Use of, to ascertain If case has been affirmed, reversed, or 
 
 modified 77 
 
 Use of, to locate digest paragraphs for specified case 78 
 
 Use of, as a combined Table of Cases reported in Selected 
 
 Case Series 83 
 
 Use of, as a Table of Cases affirmed, reversed, and modified 86 
 
 Use of, to supplement citations in Text-Books 88 
 
 Use of, to supplement citations in notes to Cyc 89 
 
 Use of, to ascertain origin, and history of case presented to 
 
 the court on two or more occasions 90 
 
 Use of, to supplement notes in Selected Case Series 91 
 
 DESCBIPTIVE-VTORD INDEX 
 
 (a) Original use of, to locate cases on Picketing. 
 
 (b) Use of Key-No. and Century references to exhaust the 
 
 law 5 
 
 Use of, to locate Key-No. covering "Willful Absence of At- 
 torney from Trial." (Case of In re Clark found in 2 Key- 
 No. Series.) 28 
 
 Use of, to locate Key-No. and find late case. (Word con- 
 
 tetnpt descriptive of cause of action.) 30 
 
 Use of, in locating Key-No. covering cases on "Check drawn 
 on bank subsequently insolvent." 37 
 
 Use of, to Locate Cases by Words Descriptive of 
 
 cause of action. (Case: Enjoining hoycott.) .' 54 
 
 ground of defense. (Case: Injury to passengers by un- 
 avoidable accident.) 55 
 
 ground of defense. (Case: Contributory negligence. Stop, 
 Loolc and Listen.) 57 
 
 object of action. (Case: Recovery from testamentary guard- 
 ian of possession of land by statutory guardian.) 59 
 
 object of action. (Case: Right to temporary restraining 
 order.) 60 
 
 party concerned in the action. (Case: Degree of care re- 
 quired of motorman.) 52 
 
 party concerned in the action. (Case: Examination and li- 
 censing of plumbers.) 53 
 
 point in controversy. (Case: Retroactive effect of Employ- 
 er's LiaMlity Act.) 58 
 
 iwint of controversy. (Case: Jurisdiction of Federal Court 
 
 to annul decree of State Court.) 61 
 
 (71 
 
INDBX 
 ♦ 
 OESCBIPTIVE-IVORD INDEX— Continued Ques. No. 
 
 point of controversy. (Case: Compelling a physical exanu- 
 ination.) 62 
 
 point in controversy. (Case: Privileged communication to a 
 spouse.) 63 
 
 point in controversy. (Case: Failure of evidence to prove 
 a nuisance.) 64 
 
 point of controversy. (Case: Bill of particulars objection- 
 able for variance.) 65 
 
 point of controversy. (Case: Competency of evidence of 
 reputation to show employer's knowledge of careless hab- 
 its of employe.) 66 
 
 subject-matter. (Case: Necessary Appliances; i. e., Air 
 Brake.) 49 
 
 subject-matter. (Case: Weather Record as competent evi- 
 dence.) 50 
 
 subject-matter. (Case: Enjoining publication of photo- 
 graph.) 51 
 
 FEDERAL CASES 
 
 Use of Blue Tables for locating therein a case cited from 
 old U. S. Circuit Court and District Court Reports 47 
 
 KEY-NO. SERIES 
 
 Use of, to supplement citations in notes to.Cyc 89 
 
 Use of, to supplement notes in Selected Case Series 91 
 
 Use of, to supplement citations in Text-Books 88 
 
 Century References 
 
 Use of, to locate cases prior to 1897 46, 75, 82 
 
 Cnmnlative Table of Key-No. Sections in Key-No. Series 
 Use of 81 
 
 Key-Number 
 
 Use of, to locate later cases in Reporter Bound Vols, and 
 Adv. Sheets 74 
 
 Table of Cases Affirmed, Reversed, or Modified 
 
 Use of 21, 98 
 
 Table of Cases Digested 
 
 Use of, to supplement L. R. A. note by later cases 43 
 
 Use of, to ascertain points decided in a cited case 95 
 
 Table of Cases Digested and Table of Corresponding 
 Key-No. and Century Section 
 Use of, to locate cases in point with case digested iu Cen- 
 tury 79 
 
 (8) 
 
INDEX 
 
 KEY-NO. SERIES— Continued Ques. No. 
 Table of Reports and Table of Cases Digested 
 Use of, to locate Key-No. for a case, If Reporter is not ac- 
 cessible go- 
 Use of, to find digest paragraphs and so ascertain essential 
 facts of case cited 84 - 
 
 LAWYERS' REPORTS ANNOTATED 
 
 "Cases as Anthorities" and "Red Book" 
 
 Use of, to locate cases in point later than a given case in 
 
 L. R. A., 
 
 Decennial Table of Cases and Key-No. 
 
 Use of, to supplement and bring to date note in a Selected 
 Case Series 91 
 
 Indes Digest 
 
 Use of, in locating cases reported in L. R. A. and prior cases 
 cited in notes thereto. ("Check drawn on subsequently 
 insolvent bank.") 34 
 
 Index to Notes 
 
 Use of, in locating cases on "Willful Absence of Attorney 
 
 from Trial." ": 26 
 
 Use of, to supplement citation located in Cyc. Ann 42 
 
 liavryers' Reports Annotated Cases as Anthorities 
 
 Use of, to trace Judicial history of case 72 
 
 Iiawyers' Reports Annotated, Digest, Desk Book, Vols. 
 1-24 New Series, and Notes to Cases 
 
 Use of, to locate cases on Picketing reported therein 4 
 
 Notes 
 
 Use of, to find cases in point starting from a first case re- 
 ported in L. R. A 8 
 
 Parallel Tables 
 
 Use of, to locate parallel citations 6, 56 
 
 Citations to State Reports at the head of cases reported 
 
 therein (when official report is published first) 32 a 
 
 Use of Citations to the Nat. Reporters and of Reporter Blue 
 
 Books, to locate in State Reports cases reported earlier 
 
 In L. R. A 32b 
 
 Parallel Citations to Nat. Rep. Sys. following each title of 
 
 each case reported in L. R. A 32 c 
 
 (9) 
 
INDEX 
 
 NATIONAI. REPORTER SYSTEM Ques. No. 
 
 Complete from the establishment of each Reporter 19 
 
 Scope and promptness of 100 
 
 Use of syllabus number, to locate discussion of particular 
 point in the opinion 38 
 
 Blue Books and Blue Tables 
 
 Use of, to locate parallel citations 10, 56 
 
 Citation Books 
 
 Use of, to locate later cases in point with case cited 13 
 
 Indexes to Bonnd Volumes and Advance Sheets 
 
 Use of, to find Key-No. and to locate latest case in point. .. 12 
 
 Key-No. Annotatioiis 
 
 Use of, to locate a recent case in other Reporters, Bound 
 Volumes and Advance Sheets 31 
 
 Northeastern Reporter 
 
 Advance Sheets 
 Use of Key-Number Annotation in, to locate latest case in 
 point In any jjarticular state 73 
 
 Reverse Front Tables 
 
 Use of, to locate state of citation or case appearing in Re- 
 porter 21 
 
 NOTES TO CASES 
 
 Distinction between Notes and Citators 17 
 
 Do not give prior cases in point 22 
 
 ROSE'S NOTES TO tJNiTED STATES SUPREME COURT 
 REPORTS 
 
 Explanation of distinction between notes and citators 17 
 
 Use of, to ascertain later authorities on cited ^ases 9(> 
 
 Use of, to ascertain cases distinguished from cited cases. .. 97 
 
 Decennial Table of Cases and Key-No. 
 
 Use of, as a Citation Table to supplement Rose's Notes 92 
 
 SELECTED CASES SERIES 
 
 Frequently cite in notes prior cases in point with case re- 
 ported 23 
 
 Laipyers' Reports Annotated Index to Notes 
 
 Use of, in locating cases on "Willful Absence of an Attor- 
 ney from Trial." (In re Clark located.) 26 
 
 Use of, to supplement citation located in Cyc. Annotations. . 42 
 
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INDEX 
 
 TEXT-BOOKS Ques. No. 
 Use of, to locate cases on Picketing by Index or Contents. . 1 
 Use of, in determining value of cases 85 
 
 Decennial Table of Cases and Key-No. 
 
 Use of, to supplement the citations in Text-Book notes by 
 latest cases reported 88 
 
 Table of Cases Cited 
 Use of, to locate general discussion on point involved in a 
 known case cited 87 
 
 TOPIC IN DECENNIAL DIG-ZST AND KEY-NO SEBIES 
 
 Use of, in construing written agreement. (Case: Exception 
 in insurance policy as to voluntary exposure to unneces- 
 sary danger.) 67 
 
 Use of, to locate case of "Understanding" to. be used as syn- 
 onymous with agreement 68 
 
 Use of, in construing instruments. (Case: Contract for de- 
 livery of goods immediately.) 69 
 
 Use of, in construing an agreement. (Case: Whether the 
 term theater includes furniture and similar articles suit- 
 able thereto.) 71 
 
 WORDS AND PHRASES JUDICIALI.Y DEFINED 
 
 "Habit" 18 
 
 "Patent ambiguity" — "latent ambiguity" 40 
 
 Construction of will — "Hold" 33 
 
 (ID* 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (1) 
 
 A is a manufacturing company and has had a strike by 
 part of its employes. The former employes stationed pick- 
 ets at the approaches to the plant to intercept applicants for 
 work. Can such employes be enjoined from so doing? Find 
 authorities from Text-Books. 
 
 Answer 
 
 The object being to enjoin the doing of certain acts, we go 
 to that text-book which, in our judgment, would be most apt 
 to treat of that specific phase of the law — Injunctions. 
 
 Going to High on Injunctions (4th Ed.), and examining 
 the table of contents at the beginning or the index at the 
 close of the work, we are directed to § 1415 C. The same 
 process locates the law in Joyce on Injunctions, § 504. 
 
 (X3) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (2) 
 
 A is a manufacturing company and has had a strike by 
 part of its employes. The former employes stationed pickets 
 at the approaches to the plant to intercept applicants for 
 work. Can such employes be enjoined from so doing? Find 
 authorities in American and English Encyclopedia of Law, 
 second edition. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Selecting the Topic, which, according to our judgment, 
 ought to treat of our particular phase of law, we examine the 
 scope of the article, the inclusions and exclusions, and the 
 cross-references it contains. If we select "Injunctions," we 
 are carried by cross-reference to "Labor Combinations," 
 where in Vol. 18, p. 86, we find our law. 
 
 (14) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (3) 
 
 A is a manufacturing company and has had a strike by 
 part of its employes. The former employes stationed pick- 
 ets at the approaches to the plant to intercept appHcants for 
 work. Can such employes be enjoined from so doing? Find 
 authorities in the Cyclopedia of Law and Procedure (Cyc). 
 
 Answer 
 
 Same process as in Answer, 2. Here we are referred to 
 "lyabor Unions," 24 Cyc. 834, where we find the law. 
 
 2 (15) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (4) 
 
 A is a manufacturing company and has had a strike by 
 part of its employes. The former employes stationed pick- 
 ets at the approaches to the plant to intercept applicants for 
 work. Can such employes be enjoined from so doing? Find 
 authorities in the L. R. A. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Selecting our subject as we would select our text-book — 
 that is, the one that in our judgment ought to cover our par- 
 ticular phase of the law — we examine carefully the Digests 
 and desk book and Notes of Cases of the L. R. A. In this 
 instance we will be directed to Casey v. Cincinnati Typo- 
 graphical Union, 12 L. R. A. 193. 
 
 (16) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (5) 
 
 A is a manufacturing company and has had a strike by 
 part of its employes. The former employes stationed pick- 
 ets at the approaches to the plant to intercept applicants for 
 work. Can such employes be enjoined from so doing? Find 
 authorities in the American Digest System. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Carefully analyze the proposition. This is best done by 
 picking from your statement of facts the words which are 
 descriptive of the subject-matter, party or parties concerned, 
 cause of action or defense, the object of action, or the point 
 of controversy. The salient one in this case seems to be de- 
 scriptive of the cause of action, to wit, "Picketing." This 
 word we find in the Descriptive- Wotd Index with a reference 
 to "Injunctions," § 101, where we find our authority. It 
 will be found that "Strikes," "Labor Union," or "Trade Un- 
 ion," all refer to the same — "Injunction," § 101. 
 
 In this instance it is not necessary to determine the topic 
 which, in our judgment, ought to contain the law. The de- 
 scriptive word, with the aid of the Descriptive-Word Index, 
 does this, and carries us to the section of the topic where 
 law is found. 
 
 To ascertain the volumes of the Key-Number Series that 
 may contain cases on this specific point, turn to the table of 
 Key-Number Sections, furnished with the last bound volume 
 of the Key-Number Series, to "Injunction," § 101, as there 
 tabulated, and you will find the volumes of the Key-Number 
 Series that you should consult for later cases. 
 
 Under the black-letter line "Injunction, § 101," in the 
 Decennial and volumes of the Key-Number Series, we note 
 "See 27 Century Digest, 'Injunctions,' §§ 174, 175," where 
 you will find the early cases. 
 
 a7) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (6) 
 
 I have a citation to 167 Mass. 92. Locate this case in L. 
 R. A., using only books of that system. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the "Parallel Table" accompanying this work 
 (L. R. A.) I locate 167 Mass. 92. In juxtaposition thereto, 
 I have a citation to 35 L. R. A. 722, where we find our case 
 reported. 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (7) 
 
 I have a citation to 167 Mass. 92. Locate this case in 
 American State Reports, using only books of that system. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Use "Numerical Table of Trinity" in like manner as "Par- 
 allel Table" in preceding question for the L. R. A. 
 
 (19) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (8) 
 
 I have a citation to 167 Mass. 92. Give authorities on the 
 points involved in this case decided prior to its rendition, 
 using only the L. R. A. 
 
 Answer 
 
 These are found in the note to the case 35 L. R. A. 722, 
 and in the previous cases referred to therein. 
 
 (20) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (9) 
 
 I have a citation to 167 Mass. 92. Give authorities on 
 points involved in this case decided since its rendition, using 
 only the L. R. A. 
 
 Answer 
 
 These are found by searching the Digest and "L. R. A. 
 Cases as Authorities" as an original proposition (see Answer 
 4), and by Red Book. 
 
 (21) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (10) 
 
 Locate 167 Mass. 92, in the National Reporter System; the 
 parties not given. Explain the process. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Use the skeleton table of the Blue Book. Tlie case is 
 found in 44 N. E. Rep. 1077. 
 
 (22) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (11) 
 
 Locate the first case decided in this country on the ques- 
 tion of "Picketing" by means of Vegelahn v. Guntner, 167 
 Mass. 92. 
 
 'Answer 
 
 Using the Decennial Digest Table of Cases, this case is 
 found in 10 Decennial Digest, Injunction, § 101. Under the 
 black letter line of this section, "Boycotts and Other Combi- 
 nations," we find reference to Century Digest, Injunction, §§ 
 174, 175, where the earliest cases are found. 
 
 3 (23) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (12) 
 
 Give the latest decided cases in this country on the ques- 
 tion of "Picketing," by means of Vegelahn v. Guntner, 167 
 Mass. 92. 
 
 Answer 
 
 We note in the Decennial Digest the Key-Number to our 
 jproposition (see Answer 5) is "Injunction, § 101." Take the 
 last advance sheets of the several Reporters and look for "In^ 
 junction, § 101," in the "Index-Digest" in the first part of the 
 pamphlet, and if necessary in the "Index-Digest" in the back 
 part of the bound volumes of the Reporter, until it connects 
 with the last advance sheet of the Digest, which you ascertain 
 by the table in the first part of this advance sheet (American 
 Digest Monthly Advance Sheets), and back into the bound 
 volume of the Digest, etc. 
 
 (24) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (13) 
 
 Give the cases, if any, bearing on the question of "Picket- 
 ing" in point with Vegelahn v. Guntner, 167 Mass. 92, using 
 citators only. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Take a citator of Mass. or N. E. Reporter, and, turning 
 to this case, look at the cases therein referred to. 
 
 (25) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (14) 
 
 Give an exhaustive brief on the question of Picketing as 
 decided in 167 Mass. 92. Explain books and methods used. 
 
 Answer 
 Use all methods described in answers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13. 
 
 (26) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (15) 
 
 Give the essential facts of the case in 167 Mass. 92, without 
 going to the Reports. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Locate this case in the Decennial Table of Cases, and go 
 to every place indicated where the different points in the case 
 are to be found digested; bring them together, and, when 
 read as a whole, the essential facts will appear (using this 
 method, of course, only when the Massachusetts Reports are 
 not accessible). 
 
 (27) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (16) 
 
 What is the purpose of a citator? 
 
 Answer 
 
 A citator simply indicates the history of the given case as 
 it has been referred to in later decisions. 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (17) 
 
 What is the difference between a citator and "Notes of 
 Cases," as exemplified in Rose's Notes and in the Notes to 
 Illinois Reports? 
 
 Answer 
 
 A citator takes a given report by volume and page and in 
 tabulated form refers to later reports (only) by volume and 
 page where the given case is referred to. Some citators in- 
 dicate the specific point in the case being dealt with by ab- 
 breviation or catchword, and others designate by a small figure 
 the number of the syllabus paragraph being dealt with, and 
 designate by letter whether the case in the specific instance 
 is reversed, followed, distinguished, or qualified. 
 
 The Notes of Cases are elaborated citators, giving the like 
 information at length on the printed page. 
 
 (29) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (18) 
 
 Give some instances where the courts have construed the 
 word "Habit." 
 
 Answer 
 
 Wherever the question involves the meaning or construc- 
 tion of words or phrases, it is well to get to the work enti- 
 tled Words and Phrases Judicially Defined. 
 
 Turning to the word "habit'' in volume 4 of this work, we 
 find several cases bearing upon this question. 
 
 (30) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (19) 
 
 What reports give every current case from the courts of 
 last resort of this country? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The reports of the National Reporter System, from the 
 dates of their first publication, as shown in the "Reporter 
 Directory." 
 
 4 . (31) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (20) 
 
 Give the different methods of ascertaining whether a case 
 has been reversed, affirmed, or modified, if decided prior to 
 1906. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Examine the Decennial Table of Cases and locate the case 
 in hand by its title, and thereunder a record of the case will 
 be found; or use some citator covering such case, where the 
 subsequent history of the case is given. 
 
 (32) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (21) 
 
 Give the different methods of ascertaining whether a case 
 has been reversed, affirmed, or modified, if decided since 1906. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Locate the case in the Table of Cases Reversed, Affirmed, 
 or Modified in one of the volumes of Key-Number Series fol- 
 lowing the volume in which you find your case. If reversed 
 upon a specific point, the Key-Number of the point will dis- 
 close the fact of its reversal. A citator of very recent date 
 covering the given report and case should often also give this 
 information. 
 
 (33) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (22) 
 
 With a given case can you find authorities decided prior 
 to its rendition by use of a citator or notes of cases? If not, 
 why? 
 
 Answer 
 
 No; for the reason that a citator or "Notes of Cases" 
 simply deals with cases decided since the decision in the given 
 case. 
 
 (34) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (23) 
 
 With a given case can you find authorities decided prior to 
 its rendition by the use of selected cases? If so, how? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Sometimes. If the case is reported in one of the Selected 
 Cases, the note to the case will frequently disclose this fact 
 and the prior notes in this series to which a given note refers ; 
 but not otherwise. 
 
 (35) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (24) 
 
 Locate the case of Watts v. Watts, 36 N. E. 479, in the 
 State Report, using only the N. E- Reporter to do it. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turn to the white table (which should always be pasted on 
 the inside of the front cover of the volume) in 36 N. E. The 
 parallel citation will be found to be 160 Mass. 464. 
 
 (36) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (25) 
 
 Does willful absence of an attorney from court when his 
 case is assigned for trial constitute a contempt of court? 
 Wanted, authorities in Cyc. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Analyzing this proposition, the word "Contempt" discloses 
 the cause of the action. In 9 Cyc, article on Contempt, on 
 page 19, it seems to treat of this phase of the law ; but no case 
 directly in point is given. Turning to the latest edition of 
 Cyc. Annotations referring to volume 9, page 19, in its nu- 
 merical order, we find "Matter of Clark," 126 Missouri Ap- 
 peals, 391, 103 S. W. 1105. The case in point appears as 
 "New," which means that there were no authorities on that 
 point in the body of Cyc. 
 
 (37) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (26) 
 
 Does willful absence of an attorney from court when his 
 case is assigned for trial constitute a contempt of court? 
 Waiited, authorities in Selected Cases. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Pursue methods disclosed in Answer 4. Reference will be 
 found to IS ly. R. A. (N. S.) 389, Ex parte Clark, a case di- 
 rectly in point. 
 
 (38) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (27) 
 
 Does willful absence of an attorney from court when his 
 case is assigned for trial constitute a contempt of court? 
 Wanted, authorities in the A. and E. Encyc. of Law or sup- 
 plements thereto. 
 
 Answer 
 
 See article on Contempt in American and English Encyclo- 
 pedia of Law. No case directly in point is_to be found there. 
 
 5 (39) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (28) 
 
 Does willful absence of an attorney from court when his 
 case is assigned for trial constitute a contempt of court? 
 Wanted, authorities directly in point in American Digest Sys- 
 tem. 
 
 Answer 
 
 The salient word is "Contempt," the word describing the 
 cause of the action. Under this title in the Descriptive- Word 
 Index is the line "Misconduct," and under this a subline "Of- 
 ficer of Court." An attorney is an officer of the court. The 
 reference there found, "Contempt, § 10," therefore looks 
 promising, and we go to "Contempt," § 10, in the Decennial 
 Dig. No case directly in point is there found, and we go to 
 the "Cumulative Table of Key-Number Sections" to ascer- 
 tain the volumes of the K. N. S. to consult, and find a case 
 in 2 K. N. S., In re Clark, 126 Mo. App. 391, 103 S. W. 
 1105. 
 
 (40) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (29) 
 
 Does willful absence of an attorney from court when his 
 case is assigned for trial constitute a contempt of court? 
 Find a case directly in point. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Pursue the courses mentioned in the four preceding ques- 
 tions. The American Digest and Cyc. and L. R. A. disclose 
 the case of In re Clark, 126 Mo. App. 391, 103 S. W. 1105. 
 
 (41) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (30) 
 
 Does an appeal lie from an order judging a party guilty of 
 contempt in disobeying a previous order, after a hearing 
 upon petition of complainant in an equity suit? Give a late 
 authority of national interest. 
 
 Answer 
 
 The salient point in the controversy here is the right of ap- 
 peal, and restricts the appeal to contempt cases, if one can 
 be had; so in the ultimate analysis Contempt stands out as 
 the descriptive word and cause of the appeal. Turning to 
 the Descriptive-Word Index and the title Contempt, we find 
 a reference line, "Appeal and Error" — "Contempt, 66." Con- 
 tempt, § 66, then becomes our Key-Number, and, finding none 
 directly in point in the Decennial Digest, we pass down 
 through the volumes of the Key-Number, where, under Con- 
 tempt, § 66, in volume 9, we find the case of Gompers v. 
 Buck's Stove & Range Co., 33 App. D. C. 516. 
 
 (42) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (31) 
 
 I find in a late advance sheet of the Atlantic Reporter a 
 Maryland case holding that a master is not an insurer of 
 servant's safety. Key-Number, Mast. & S. §§ 101, 102. Find 
 the latest local authority. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turn to the last advance sheet of the Reporter System cov- 
 ering your state, and look in the Index-Digest at the begin- 
 ning for Mast. & S. §§ 101, 102. If these sections do not ap- 
 pear therein, follow back through the system as in Answer 12. 
 
 (43) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (32) 
 
 (A) I have a case in 36 L. R. A. (N. S.) 850. Locate this 
 case in the State Reports. 
 
 (B) I have a case in 35 L. R. A. (N. S.) 844. Locate this 
 case in the State Reports. 
 
 (C) I have a case in 36 L. R. A. (N. S.) 850. Locate this 
 case in the National Reporter System. 
 
 Answer 
 
 (A) I simply open the volume on 36 L. R. A. (N. S.) and 
 turn to page 850, where I find under the title, 174 Indiana, 
 203, where the case is found in the State Report. 
 
 (B) The citation to the State Report does not appear in 
 this instance, as above, because at the time the case was re- 
 ported in the L. R. A. it had not been reported in the State 
 Report; but in current volumes of the L. R. A. the volume 
 and page of the National Reporter always appear, and the 
 case can be located through the blue tables or table of cases 
 of the State Report when published. The case is in 84 Vt. 
 350. 
 
 (C) I simply open to 36 L. R. A. page 850, where I find, 
 under the title of the case, the volume and page of the Na- 
 tional Reporter, 91 Northeastern, 809. 
 
 («) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (33) 
 
 Does a will creating a trust to hold property and its rent 
 and income create a trust to sell and dispose of the proceeds, 
 or to receive rent and profits and pay them or apply them to 
 the use of any person? 
 
 Answer 
 
 This question turns upon the construction of the word 
 "hold." Turning to that word in volume 4 of Words and 
 Phrases Judicially Defined, we find this question answered in 
 the negative in Carpenter v. Cook, 64 Pac. 997, 999, 132 Cal. 
 621, 84 Am. St. Rep. 118. 
 
 (45) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (34) 
 
 A check is received by a merchant on the 8th inst., is de- 
 posited in his bank on the 9th, but is not presented through 
 the clearing house on that date. The bank fails to open on 
 the 10th, and passes into the hands of the receiver. Who is 
 the loser of the amount of the check? Wanted, authorities 
 from Selected Cases. 
 
 Answer 
 
 The salient word in this statement is "Check." You will 
 find this word in the Index-Digest of the L. R. A., coverins^ 
 the New Series, vols. 1-24, where authorities on the general 
 subject, as noted in L. R. A., are given. 
 
 (46) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (35) 
 
 A check is received by a merchant on the 8th inst., is de- 
 posited in his bank on the 9th, but is not presented through 
 the clearing house on that date. The bank fails to open on 
 the 10th, and passes into the hands of the receiver. Who is 
 the loser of the amount of the check? Wanted, authorities 
 from Cyc. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Analyzing our question, the salient factor is that descrip- 
 tive of the subject-matter. The word describing it is "Check." 
 The word "Check" in Cyc. refers us to Commercial Paper, 
 where at page 978 we find the general subject treated, and 
 where we find a reference to "Banks and Banking," 5 Cyc. 
 531, note 68. 
 
 6 (47) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (36) 
 
 A check is received by a merchant on the 8th inst., is de- 
 posited in his banlc on the 9th, but is not presented through 
 the clearing house on that date. The bank fails to open on 
 the 10th, and passes into the hands of the receiver. Who is 
 the loser of the amount of the check? Wanted, authorities 
 in A. and E. 
 
 Answer 
 
 "Check" is a topic title in the A. & E., where a general 
 treatment is found. 
 
 (48) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (37) 
 
 A check is received by a merchant on the 8th inst., is de- 
 posited in his bank on the 9th, but is not presented through 
 the clearing house on that date. The bank fails to open on 
 the 10th, and passes into the hands of the receiver. Who is 
 the loser of the amount of the check ? Wanted, authorities in 
 American Digest System. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Taking "Check" as the salient word, as in the questions 
 immediately preceding, and turning to the word "Check" 
 in the Descriptive-Word Index, we find reference to "Pay- 
 ment by Check," "Bills & Notes," § 404 (2), where we find 
 authorities directly in point: Edmisten v. Herpolsheimer et 
 al., 92 N. W. 138, 59 L. R. A. 934, 66 Neb. 94; Holmes v. 
 Roe, 28 N. W. 864, 62 Mich. 199, 4 American State Reports, 
 844. 
 
 Carrying our search forward by the Key-Number "Bills & 
 Notes, 404" — we find in Vol. 11, Key-Number Series, "Za- 
 loom V. Ganim," 129 N. Y. Supp. 85. Taking our refer- 
 ence under the black-letter line, "404 — Time," to "Cent. Dig." 
 Bills & Notes, §§ 1091-1103, we also find earlier direct author- 
 ities in § 1103, "Rosenblatt v. Haberman," 8 Mo. App. 486. 
 
 (49) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (38) 
 
 In a very lengtfiy case of recent date, how can you best 
 locate the exact place where the court discusses your point in 
 the opinion? 
 
 Answer 
 
 By going to the National Reporter containing the case. 
 There we find each paragraph of the syllabi numbered, and 
 a number corresponding placed in the text, where this partic- 
 ular question is discussed by the court. 
 
 (50) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (39) 
 
 On page 828 of Cyc. Annotations, 1912 Edition, under the 
 reference to 9 Cyc. 19, I find cited the case of In re Clark, 
 126 Mo. App. 391, 103 S. W. 1105. Supplement this case 
 with other authorities in the American Digest System. 
 
 Answer 
 
 By the Table of Reports at the beginning of each volume 
 of the Key-Number Series I locate this 103 S- W. in volume 
 2 of the Key-Number Series. Turning to the Table of Cases 
 digested in the back part, I note that the specific question 
 in this case in which I am interested is digested under Con- 
 tempt, § 10. This, then, becomes the Key-Number, and 
 renders the gathering of authorities, very simple, from the 
 Decennial and Key-Number Series, Reporter Indexes, etc. 
 The annotations under the black-letter line, § 10, to "Cen- 
 tury Digest, Contempt, § 19 to § 22," open the door for the 
 early decisions. 
 
 (51) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (40) 
 
 What is the distinction between patent and latent am- 
 biguity ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The answer to this question depends upon the construction 
 or meaning of the words "patent ambiguity" and "latent am- 
 biguity." Turning to volume 4 of Words and Phrases Judi- 
 cially Defined, to "patent ambiguity," we find the answer to 
 our question. A patent ambiguity is one which arises sole- 
 ly from the terms of the instrument, while a latent ambigu- 
 ity is one not appearing on the face of the instrument, but 
 which is developed by extrinsic evidence. Coulam v. Doull, 
 9 Pac. 568, 569, 4 Utah, 267. 
 
 (52) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (41) 
 
 In the annotations of Cyc. of volume 9, page 19, 1 find cited 
 a case, In re Clark, 126 Missouri Appeals, 391, 103 S. W. 
 1105. Supplement this case from other cases in Cyc. directly 
 in point. 
 
 Answer 
 
 The citation itself shows there are no other cases according 
 to that system than this given. This is shown by the word 
 "New." 
 
 (53) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (42) 
 
 In the Cyc. Annotations, 1912 Edition, under the reference 
 to volume 9, page 19, I find cited a case. In re Clark, 126 
 Missouri Appeals, 391, 103 S. W. 1105. Supplement this 
 case with authorities from Selected Cases. 
 
 Answer 
 
 In L. R. A. (N. S.) Index to Notes, we find reference to 
 15 L. R. A. (N. S.) 389, where this case is reported and note 
 given. 
 
 (54) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (43) 
 
 Supplement a note to Commonwealth v. R. G. Dun, 10 1*. R. 
 A. (N. S.) 920, by adding thereto later cases directly in point 
 with the decision in that case. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Commonwealth v. R. G. Dun, 10 L. R. A. (N. S.) 920, was 
 decided in 1907. 
 
 The table of reports in the first part of Vol. 2, Key-Num- 
 ber Series, American Digest, shows that it contains cases 
 reported in 10 L. R. A. (N. S.). The table of cases digested 
 in -the back of this volume gives the case of Com. v. R. G. 
 Dun as digested under Tax. § 93. This shows that Tax. § 93, 
 is the Key-Number, and later digests under this number will 
 give cases, if any. The note, it appears, was written soon 
 after the decision was rendered. 
 
 7 (55) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (44) 
 
 Supplement the note to Freehling v. Bresnahan, 1 American 
 State Reports, 617, by adding later cases directly in point with 
 the question of Exemption therein. 
 
 Answer 
 
 The case of Freehling v. Bresnahan, 1 Am. St. Rep. 617, was 
 decided in 1886, and is therefore found in the Table of Cases 
 of the Decennial Digest. It is there found that this point of 
 the case is digested under "Exemption," § 33, of the Centuvy 
 Digest. Turning to "Exemp." § 33, in the Century Digest, 
 we find all the American Cases down to 1896. Turning to the 
 pink table in Vol. 21, Decennial Digest, we find the Key-Num- 
 ber corresponding to this section, "Exemp." § 33, of the Cen- 
 tury Digest, to be "Exemp." § 29. By this, search can be 
 extended to the last case reported, and arranging them in 
 proper order we will have amended the note in question and 
 brought it down to date. 
 
 (56) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (45) 
 
 I have a case in the Century Digest, Mast. & S. § 100. 
 What is the Key-Number? 
 
 Answer 
 
 I turn to the pink table of volume 21 of the Decennial Di- 
 gest to the title Mast. & S., and in the first column locate my 
 section number 100, where in the column in juxtaposition 
 thereto I find that the Decennial and Key-Number is § 73. 
 
 (57) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (46) 
 
 I have a case in the Decennial Digest, Mast. & S. § 100. 
 I want the earliest cases in this country. Where will they 
 be found? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Opening the Decennial Digest, or any volume of the Key- 
 Number, I turn to Mast. & S. § 100, and in the annotations 
 under the black-letter line I note that my early law will be 
 found in 34 Century Digest, Mast. & S. §§ 166 to 170; or I 
 can turn to the pink table in volume 21 of the Decennial Di- 
 gest and, running down the column of the Decennial and Key- 
 Number sections, I find next to it §§ 166-170 of the Cen- 
 tury Digest. 
 
 (58) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (47) 
 
 Locate 2 Blatchf. 316, in some other report. 
 
 Answer 
 
 I find that 2 Blatchf. is a United States Circuit Court re- 
 port prior to 1880, and is therefore in the Federal Cases. 
 The blue table of the Federal Cases locates this case as F. C. 
 No. 17,824 (the cases in this series being arranged alphabeti- 
 cally by title and numbered consecutively). 
 
 (59) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (48) 
 
 Locate the reports containing Peterson v. Seattle Traction 
 Co. 
 
 Answer 
 
 in the table of cases of the Decennial Digest the case of 
 Peterson v. Seattle Traction Company appears as in 23 Wash. 
 615, 63 Pacific, 539, 53 L. R. A. 586. 
 
 (eo) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (49) 
 
 Where all the cars of a street railroad company were 
 equipped with air brakes, and there were heavy grades on the 
 road, in an action for the death of a motorman, owing to a 
 defective brake on a car, which weighed 12 tons and which 
 was carrying a load of 10 tons, is a finding that the air brake 
 was a necessary appliance warranted ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 (a) The salient point in this problem is best revealed by 
 the words descriptive of the subject-matter of the controver- 
 sy, which, in this case, are air brake, or brake, or appliance, 
 or equipment. Taking the words "Air Brake" as descriptive 
 of the subject-matter, we find them a title in the Descriptive- 
 Word Index, and are there referred to "Master & Servant," 
 § HI (1). Here we find our case, Terre Haute Electric 
 Company v. Kieley, 72 iST. E. 658, 35 Ind. App. 180. 
 
 (b) Taking the word "Brake" as the word descriptive of 
 the subject-matter, and turning to it as a cross-reference 
 head in the Descriptive-Word Index, we are referred to 
 "Railroads," § 229, "Equipment of Trains," under which we 
 find a reference to "Master & Servant," § 111. 
 
 (c) Taking the \<fOTd "Appliance" as the descriptive word of 
 the subject-matter, and turning to it as a cross-reference head 
 in the Descriptive- Word Index, we find a reference to Mas- 
 ter .& Servant, §§ 101-129. 
 
 (d) Taking the word "Equipment" as the word descriptive 
 of the subject-matter, and turning to it in the Descriptive- 
 Word Index, we find a reference to "Railroads," § 229, in 
 which we have seen we get our reference to "Master & Serv- 
 ant," § 111. 
 
 (61) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (50) 
 
 Can the state of the weather at a given time and place be 
 shown by the weather records; i. e., are they competent evi- 
 dence for this purpose ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The question in controversy here is the competency of cer- 
 tain evidence, but the competency turns upon the subject- 
 matter, which is "weather record," and the words descriptive 
 of the subject-matter, "weather record," are the descriptive 
 words to be used. Turning to it in the Descriptive- Word In- 
 dex, we are referred to "Evidence," § 333, where we find cases 
 in point. Turning to the Cumulative Table of Key-Number 
 Sections, to the topic of "Evidence," § 333, we find that this 
 section, covering Official Records and Reports, also has cases 
 in volume 1 of the Key-Number Series, in which we find our 
 exact case— Ball v. Flora, 26 App. D. C. 394. 
 
 (62) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (51) 
 
 Have the police authorities power to place the photograph 
 of a person in the Rogues' Gallery before a trial and convic- 
 tion, and can they be restrained from exhibiting the same 
 in such gallery ? Authorities wanted. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Here all other questions turn upon the subject-matter, and 
 the word "photograph" is the salient word descriptive of the 
 subject-matter in this case. Turning to it in the Descriptive- 
 Word Index, we find "Restraining publication of photo- 
 graphs," see Injunction, § 96. Turning to "Injunction," § 
 96, in the Decennial Digest, we find cases in point. Follow- 
 ing through the Key-Number Series, Injunction, § 96, we 
 find cases in point in Vols. 1, 8, and 11. 
 
 8 (63) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (52) 
 
 What is the degree of care required of a motorman in the 
 discharge of his duty? 
 
 Answer 
 
 In this case the salient point depends upon the occupation 
 revealed by the word "Motorman," describing the party con- 
 cerned. We find this word in the Descriptive- Word Index, 
 and are there referred to "Carriers," § 280 (3), where we find 
 the case in point — Regensburg v. Nassau Electric R. Co., 69 
 N. Y. S. 147. 
 
 (64) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (53) 
 
 An act to promote the public health and regulate the sani- 
 tary construction of house drainage and plumbing requires 
 any plumber before engaging in the business to undergo an 
 examination as to fitness and obtain a license, but permits 
 all members of a firm to pursue the business where one only 
 has procured such license, and all members of a corporation 
 to pursue it where the manager only has procured such li- 
 cense. Is such an act open to the objection that it does not 
 operate equally upon all of the class pursuing the calling un- 
 der like circumstances? 
 
 Answer 
 
 (a) A salient factor in this problem is the occupation dis- 
 closed by the word "plumber." Under the word "plumber," 
 in the Descriptive- Word Index, we find constitutionality of 
 "Regulations." See Const. Law, § 208 (6). We find the case 
 of State V. Gardner, 51 N. E. 136, 58 Ohio State, 599, 41 L. 
 R. A. 689, 65 Am. St. Rep. 785. 
 
 (b) It is also evident from this statement that the cause of 
 the action, what would generally be termed "Class Legisla- 
 tion," is a salient point in the case, and "Class Legfislation" 
 becomes a descriptive word of the cause of action. Turning 
 to this in the Descriptive- Word Index, we find the same ref- 
 erence to Const. Law, § 208 (1-16). 
 
 (65) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (54) 
 
 Pending a labor, controversy between complainant and his 
 employes, defendants, as members of unincorporated labor 
 organizations, published notices, viz., "Organized Labor and 
 Friends, don't drink scab beer," and then naming certain dif- 
 ferent kinds of beer and alleging the same to be "unfair," to- 
 gether with other signs directing organized labor and friends 
 not to use this beer, advised that they should guard their 
 health by refusing to drink "unfair" beer, which was alleged 
 to include beer manufactured by complainants. Do such, no- 
 vations amount to a boycott, which complainants were entitled 
 to enjoin? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The analysis of this problem shows that, while the words 
 descriptive of the parties are prominent, a particular action 
 of these parties is the more salient, and the word "Boycott," 
 descriptive of the cause of action, is therefore the descriptive 
 word. Turning to the word "Boycott" in the Descriptive- 
 Word Index, we find a reference to Injunction, § 101 (1), and 
 we find our case in the Decennial Digest under that section — 
 Seattle Brewing & Malting Company v. Hansen, 144 F. 1011. 
 
 (66) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (55) 
 
 Is a railroad company liable for injuries to a passenger 
 caused by an inevitable and unavoidable accident against which 
 such human skill, prudence, or foresight as constitutes careful 
 management could not provide? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The cause of action is the "inevitable accident" — the salient 
 point involved in this case. Turning to "Inevitable Accident" 
 in the Descriptive-Word Index, we find a reference to "Act 
 of God." Turning to this phrase, we find a reference to "Car- 
 riers," § 285. Our case is in the Decennial Digest under that 
 sectioh— Cinn., I. & W. R. Co. v. Bravard, 76 N. E. 899. 
 
 (67), 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (56) 
 
 Give volumes and pages of L. R. A., American State Re- 
 ports, and National Reporter containing the following cases : 
 Harold v. Jones, 86 Ala. 274. 
 Stone v. Marshall Oil Co., 208 Pa. 85. 
 Sparks V. Hurley, 208 Pa. 166. 
 Woodward v. Carson, 208 Pa. 144. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Locate the cases in L,. R. A. by the L. R. A. "Parallel Ref- 
 erence Table," in the American State Reports by the "Nu- 
 merical Table of Cases," and in the National Reporter Sys- 
 tem by the "Blue Book." 
 
 (68) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (57) 
 
 Can a plaintiff, a miner, 34 years of age and in full posses- 
 sion of his faculties, who walked on defendant's railroad track, 
 a distance of more than one-half mile without once looking 
 back or stopping to listen for an approaching train, and who 
 was struck and injured by an approaching train, recover for 
 the injury received? 
 
 Answer 
 
 When reading this problem, in common parlance, you would 
 at once say the fellow did not stop, look, and listen. "Stop, 
 Look, and Listen" then becomes descriptive of the ground of 
 defense and the descriptive phrase to be used. This phrase 
 we find in the Descriptive-Word Index, with a reference to 
 "Railroads," § 383. Our case is Northern Pac. R. Co. v. 
 Jones, 144 F. 47, 75 C. C. A. 205. 
 
 (69) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (58) 
 
 Will the statutes known as "Employer's Liability Acts," 
 modifying the common-law doctrines, recognized by the fed- 
 eral courts in regard to fellow servants, be construed to have 
 a retroactive effect in the absence of express provisions? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The salient question here is the effect of the Employer's 
 Liability Act, and it, descriptive of the point in controversy, 
 becomes the descriptive phrase. We find this phrase in the 
 Descriptive-Word Index, with a reference to "Master and 
 Servant," § 179. Our case is Wright v. So. R. R. Co., 80 F. 
 260. 
 
 (70) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (59) 
 
 Can the statutory guardian obtain possession of land from 
 the testamentary guardian he succeeds, when such testa- 
 mentary guardian has an undivided interest in the land? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The salient thing here is the object of the action, "Posses- 
 sion," but "possession" by a certain class, so the reference 
 "Possession and Use of Property," under "Guardian and 
 Ward," is the descriptive phrase. This in the Descriptive- 
 Word Index refers us to "Guardian and Ward," § 35. Our 
 case is Thompson v. Thompson, 47 S. W. 1088, 20 Ky. Law 
 Rep. 979. 
 
 9 ',71) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (60) 
 
 Give a case showing a general rule which determines the 
 right to a temporary restraining order. 
 
 Answer 
 
 "Restraining Order" is the salient question here — the ob- 
 ject of the action. Under the descriptive phrase "Restrain- 
 ing Order," in the Descriptive-Word Index, you have a ref- 
 erence to "Injunction," § 150. Our case is Charles v. City 
 of Marion, 98 F. 166. 
 
 (72) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (61) 
 
 Will the federal courts assume jurisdiction to effect or an- 
 nul a decree of the state court for alleged want of jurisdic- 
 tion appearing on the face of the record? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The reading of this problem at once suggests the point in 
 controversy as most salient, described by "Jurisdiction," and, 
 more closely, "Conflicting and Concurrent Jurisdictions." 
 Turning to "Jurisdiction," reference "Conflicting and Concur- 
 rent Jurisdictions," we have a reference "Courts," 472-526. 
 Our specific question is in 509. The case is Blythe v. Hinck- 
 ley, 84 Fed. 246. 
 
 (73) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (62) 
 
 Can the court require a plaintiff nonresident, in an action 
 for personal injuries, to submit to a physical examination by 
 an order served on his attorney? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The object of this motion is "examination," or "physical 
 examination." Then "examination" or "physical examina- 
 tion," the salient word or phrase, descriptive of the point 
 in controversy, becomes the descriptive word. Both of these 
 are to be found in the Descriptive- Word Index, and refer us 
 to "Damages," § 206 (5). Our case is Goldenberg v. Zirinsky, 
 100 N. Y. S. 251. 
 
 (74) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (63) 
 
 A wife, in looking over papers with her husband, had a 
 conversation with him in which he said a certain deed had 
 been deHvered. Was this a privileged communication, con- 
 cerning which the wife could not testify? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The salient point involved in this question is "privileged 
 communication," describing the point of controversy, and 
 "privileged communication" becomes the descriptive phrase. 
 This phrase, in the Descriptive-Word Index, refers us to 
 "Witnesses," § 188, Decennial Digest, where we find our case, 
 Toole v. Toole, 33 S. E. 686, 107 Ga. 472. 
 
 (75) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (64) 
 
 In an action for the erection and maintenance of a nuisance, 
 the defendant denied the allegation of the petition, and evi- 
 dence failed to show that the nuisance was erected by de- 
 fendant. Is a nonsuit proper ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The point in controversy here, which becomes the descrip- 
 tive word, is "failure of evidence." This, in the Descriptive- 
 Word Index, refers us to "Trial," § 159. Our case is Black- 
 stock v. So. R. Co., 47 S. E. 902, 120 Ga. 414. 
 
 (76) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (65) 
 
 A vendor of land subject to an old judgment lien set up an 
 agreement that the vendee should hold a certain sum as in- 
 demnity until the lien was extinguished by a statute to be 
 enacted by the Legislature then in session. The statute, when 
 enacted, provided that it should take effect January 1, 1896. 
 Was a bill of particulars reciting, "To balance of purchase 
 money (on certain property), * * * to be paid January 
 1, 1896," objectionable as constituting a variance? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The most salient phrase of this question is the point in con- 
 troversy, described by the word "variance." "Variance," with 
 reference "Bills of Particulars," in the Descriptive- Word In- 
 dex, refers us to "Pleading," § 328. Our case is Maxwell v. 
 Devalinger, 47 A. 381, 2 Pennewill, 504. 
 
 (77) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (66) 
 
 Will a verdict for plaintiff be sustained in an action by 
 parents against a mining company for the death of their son, 
 resulting from alleged negligence in blasting, where it ap- 
 pears that the man whom defendant employed to direct the 
 blasting, and to notify employes of the blast, did not. notify 
 the deceased, and that this person came to the defendant with 
 the reputation of being careless and reckless in blasting, and 
 that frequent complaints of his carelessness had been made 
 by other employes to the general superintendent of the de- 
 fendant? Was such reputation competent evidence? 
 
 Answer 
 
 The salient question presented by this statement is "reputa- 
 tion." This is a title in the Descriptive-Word Index, which 
 directs us to Master and Servant, § 174, where we find pur 
 case in the Decennial Digest, Stasch v. Cornwall Ore Bank 
 Co., 19 Pa. Superior Court, 113. 
 
 (78) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (67) 
 
 An insurance policy contained an exception of voluntary 
 exposure to unnecessary danger. A party exposed himself to 
 a real danger of a substantial character, which he recognized, 
 intending at the time to assume all the risks of the situation. 
 Did this act come within the exception named? 
 
 Answer 
 
 It is apparent that this whole case turns upon the construc- 
 tion of what would be termed "voluntary exposure to unnec- 
 essary danger." The case turning upon the meaning or con- 
 struction of a word or phrase, we turn to the topic "Words 
 and Phrases" in the American Digest. Turning to "Words 
 and Phrases" in the Decennial Digest, we find the phrase, 
 "Voluntary exposure to unnecessary danger," with a refer- 
 ence to Insurance, § 461 (1), which contains our case. Travel- 
 ers' Insurance Co. v. Randolph, 78 F. 754. 
 
 10 (79) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (68) 
 
 Find a case, if any, where "understanding" is synonymous 
 with "agreement." 
 
 Answer 
 
 It is apparent that this whole case turns upon the mean- 
 ing of the word "understanding." The word "understand- 
 ing," in tlie topic of Words and Phrases in the Decennial 
 Digest, refers us to "Evidence," § 471 (6), where we find the 
 case of Mallory Commission Co. v. Elwood, 95 N. W. 176, 
 120 Iowa, 632. 
 
 (80) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (69) 
 
 A contract for the sale of goods provided for the delivery 
 immediately. How much time, if any, had the vendor for 
 the delivery of same? 
 
 Answer 
 
 It is evident that this whole case turns upon the meaning 
 of the word "immediately." Under the word "immediately," 
 in Words and Phrases in the Decennial Digest, one of the 
 references given is to "Sales," § 81 (3), where we find the 
 case of Claus-Shear Co. v. E. Lee Hardware House, 53 S. E. 
 433, 140 N. C. 552. 
 
 (81) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (70) 
 
 Locate the following cases in the State Reports containing 
 same: 
 Headrick v. McDowell, 102 Am. St. Rep. 843. 
 Lakeview v. Rosehill Cemetery Co., 22 Am. Rep. 71. 
 Lakeview v. Tate, 6 L. R. A. 268. 
 
 Answer 
 
 The best way to answer questions of this kind, when the 
 case is reported prior to 1906, is to turn to the title of these 
 cases in the table of cases of the Decennial Digest, in which 
 you find the volume and pages of the State Reports, L,. R. A., 
 American State Reports, American Reports, American Deci- 
 sions, and the National Reporter, containing the case when 
 reported in such volumes. 
 
 The first case of Headrick v. McDowell is reported in 102 
 Va. 124. 
 
 Lakeview v. Rosehill Cemetery Co. is reported in 70 111. 
 191. 
 
 Lakeview v. Tate is reported in 130 111. 247. 
 
 (82) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (71) 
 
 In a suit to recover for the construction of a modern $30,- 
 000 tlieater building, according to agreement, etc., can re- 
 covery be had for the piano, furniture, carpets, and similar 
 articles movable and practically adapted for use elsewhere ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 It is apparent that this case turns upon the meaning of 
 the words "theater building." Looking over the topic Words 
 and Phrases in Vol. 10 of the Decennial Digest, we find these 
 words and a reference to "Contracts," § 198, where we find 
 our question answered in the negative in Neher v. Viviani, 
 110 P. 695. 
 
 (83) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (72) 
 
 Trace the judicial history of Farrier v. New England 
 Mortg. Secur. Co., 12 L. R. A. 856, as the same is given in 
 books of the L. R. A. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Using the "L. R. A. Cases as Authorities," and turning to 
 volume 12 L. R. A. 856, the desired information will be had. 
 
 (84) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (73) 
 
 I have the last advance sheets of the Northeastern Report- 
 er, in which I find a case, decided two weeks ago, under "Car- 
 riers," § 244. I wish to get the very latest case in my own 
 state on that particular question. How shall I get it? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Take the last advance sheets of the National Reporter cov- 
 ering the state, turn to the Index-Digest at the beginning of 
 the advance sheet, and see if "Carriers," § 244, is there, and, 
 if there, whether or not the case is from your state. Finding 
 no case there, take the next preceding advance sheet, and 
 follow the same course until you connect up with the last 
 advance sheets of the American Digest, which you ascertain 
 by turning to the page in the first part of the last advance 
 sheets of the American Digest giving the volumes and pages 
 digested therein. Then consult that digest, and the advance 
 sheets of the American Digest, if necessary, until it connects 
 up with the last bound volume of the American Digest, and 
 follow back through these volumes, volume by volume, look- 
 ing through "Carriers," § 244, until you find the case from 
 the desired jurisdiction. 
 
 (85) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (74) 
 
 I have picked up at random a volume of the American 
 Digest, and locate a case covering the proposition in which 
 I am interested from a foreign state. I desire the latest case 
 from my state, if one is to be found. How can I get it? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Take the last advance sheet of the National Reporter cov- 
 ering the state, and look at the Index-Digest at the beginning 
 of this advance sheet for the topic and Key-Number under 
 which the original case appears, and proceed as in preceding 
 question. 
 
 (86) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (75) 
 
 I find in volume 12 of the Key-Number Series, under 
 "Guardian and Ward," § 11, law pertaining to the appoint- 
 ment of a guardian by a deed or will. I wish to see the very 
 earliest cases in this country appearing upon this question. 
 How will I get them? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Note, right under § 11 and the black-letter line, a reference 
 to 25 Century Digest, "Guardian and Ward," §§ 4 to 39. As 
 the Century Digest gives the early cases in this country up- 
 on this proposition, you will there obtain the desired infor- 
 mation. 
 
 n (87) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (76) 
 
 In what reports do you find Dartmouth College v. Wood- 
 ward? Give volumes and pages. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the Table of Cases beginning in Vol. 21, Decen- 
 nial Digest, where appear all cases from courts of last resort 
 in this country, down to 1906, we find the case of Dartmouth 
 College V. Woodward, 1 N. H. Ill, 4 Wheat. (U. S.) 518, 4 
 L. Ed. 629; also 65 N. H. 473. 
 
 This illustrates the locating of any case decided in the courts 
 of last resort prior to 1907, where only the title of the case 
 is given, by the Decennial Table of Cases. 
 
 (88) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (77) 
 
 Was Dartmouth College v. Woodward, as first reported, 
 ever reversed? If so, where? 
 
 Answer 
 
 In the Table of Cases of the Decennial Digest, the point 
 above named is found: "(Reversed, 4 Wheat. 518)." 
 
 (89) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (78) 
 
 What constitutional questions are involved in the case of 
 Dartmouth College v. Woodward? 
 
 Answer 
 
 In the table referred to in the preceding question, as this 
 case appears reported in 1 N. H. Ill and 4 Wheat. (U. S.) 
 518, we find, among other citations, the following references 
 to "Constitutional Law": "Constitutional Law," §§ 191, 344, 
 356, 362, 370, 396, and 763. Turning to the Century Digest 
 at the sections referred to on "Constitutional Law," we find 
 the black letter line of § 1'91 reads "Rights of Executors, Ad- 
 ministrators, and Other Trustees." The black letter line of 
 § 344 reads "Authorizing Use of Streets for Railways and 
 Telegraph Lines and Gas Pipes." The black letter line of § 
 356 reads "Nature and Tenure of Public Ofifice." The black 
 letter line of § 362 reads "Nature of Corporate Charter and 
 Other Franchises." The black letter line of § 370 reads 
 "Whether Particular Corporations are Public or Private." 
 The black letter line of § 396 reads "Enlarging and Restrict- 
 ing Corporate Powers"- — "Alteration in Management of Cor- 
 porations." The black letter line of § 763 reads "Laws Im- 
 pairing Value of Grants and Franchises." This illustrates 
 the use of the table of cases to locate the section number 
 where the points of a given case are digested in the Century 
 Digest. By going to such sections you get the actual ques- 
 tions involved in the decision in question. 
 
 (90) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (79) 
 
 Give some late case on the nature of Corporation Charter 
 as a Constitutional Question, as it appears in Dartmouth Col- 
 lege V. Woodward. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Having located the section number containing this specific 
 question in the Century Digest as in the preceding question, 
 we find this specific question is under Constitvitional Law, § 
 362, of the Century Digest. 
 
 Turning to the pink table in volume 21 of the Decennial 
 Digest, we find the Key-Number sections corresponding with 
 Const. Law, § 362, in the Century Digest, to be Const. Law, 
 §§ 125, 129, 136. Taking the Cumulative Table of Key-Num- 
 ber Sections, which accompanies the last bound volume of the 
 Key-Number Series, we find that volume 12 of the Key-Num- 
 ber Series contains this section, Constitutional Law, § 125, 
 and, opening at the point designated, we find Ewald v. Medical 
 Society of New York, 130 N. Y. Supp. 1024. 
 
 (91) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (80) 
 
 I am cited to the case of U. S. v. Standard Oil Company, 
 173 Federal Reporter, 177. I cannot get access to 173 Fed- 
 eral Reporter. I wish to ascertain the Key-Number and se- 
 cure later authorities upon the question of "Combinations 
 Prohibited" as the same arises in that case. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the table of reports as they appear in the early 
 part of each of the Key-Number volumes, I find Federal Re- 
 porter, volume 173, page 1, to volume 175, page 640, is digest- 
 ed in volume 8 of the Key-Number Series. Turning to the 
 table of cases digested in the back part of this volume, we 
 find the case of U. S. v. Standard Oil Company, with a refer- 
 ence to "Monopolies," § 12. This is the Key-Number. Open- 
 ing volume 12 of the Key-Number Series, and turning to Mo- 
 nopolies, § 12, I find numerous other cases upon the question 
 involved. 
 
 This illustrates the use of the Table of Cases and the Table 
 of Reports as they appear in the several volumes of the Key- 
 Number Series in locating a case and a specific question, where 
 only the title of the case and volume of the report is given, 
 and without access to such report. 
 
 (92) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (81) 
 
 What volumes of the Key-Number Series will give me au- 
 thorities upon the proposition digested under "Monopolies," 
 § 12? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the Cumulative Table of Key-Number Sections, 
 accompanying the last bound volume of the Key-Number 
 . Series, and turning to the topic of "Monopolies," § 12, I 
 find cases are to be found in all the volumes of that series. 
 
 m 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (82) 
 
 Give me the first case decided in this country involving the 
 question of Combinations Prohibited as Constituting Monop- 
 olies (Key No. § 12), involved in the case of U. S. v. Standard 
 Oil Company, 173 Fed. 177 
 
 Answer 
 
 Opening the Decennial Digest, or any one of the Key- 
 Number Series, note that immediately under each section line 
 there is a reference to the volume, topic, and section number 
 of the Century Digest, which contains the early cases. In 
 this instance under Monopolies, § 12, it is 35 Century Di- 
 gest, Monopolies, § 10. Opening the Century Digest, vol- 
 ume 35, Monopolies, § 10, you find cases involving this ques- 
 tion, decided in 1893. 
 
 (94) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (83) 
 
 I am cited to the case of Keystone Lumber Company v. 
 Kolman, 94 Wis. 465, 69 N. W. 165. I have no immediate 
 access to either of these reports, but have access to a set of 
 L. R. A. and American State Reports. Is this case to be 
 found in either one of these reports of selected cases? If so, 
 where ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the table of cases in the Decennial Digest to 
 the case of Keystone Lumber Co. v. Kolman, you will find 
 that you can locate your case in 34 L. R. A. 821, or 59 Am. 
 St. Reports, 905. This question and answer illustrate the use 
 of the Table of Cases in the Decennial Digest to locate the 
 volumes and pages of these selected case series containing a 
 case whenever reported therein. 
 
 12 (95) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (84) 
 
 I am cited to the case of Meister v. Woolverton, 125 
 New York Supplement, 439. I have no access to any report 
 containing this case. How can I obtain all the essential facts 
 of this case under such conditions? What are the essential 
 facts of this case? 
 
 • Answer 
 
 By consulting the Table of Reports as given in the first 
 part of each of the Key-Number Series, you will find that 
 your case is in volume 10 of the Key-Number Series. The 
 several points involved in this case, as shown in the Table of 
 Cases Digested in back of the volume, are to be found at §§ 
 391, 400, and 405 of Carriers. Reading the specific points of 
 this case as they appear in the several sections named, you will 
 find the essential facts to be that a passenger, having checked 
 his trunk, was transported on a train other than that contain- 
 ing his baggage, and delivered the check to an express compa- 
 ny without revealing to the express company the value of the 
 property, or being inquired thereof by the express company, 
 and suit was subsequently brought for the full value of the 
 baggage. 
 
 This question and answer illustrate the use of the table of 
 reports and the table of cases in ascertaining the essential 
 facts of a case. 
 
 (96J 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (85) 
 
 Can a text-book ever be helpful in measuring the value 
 of a case. If so, how? 
 
 ■Answer 
 
 Yes; sometimes, by turning to the table of cases of some 
 late text-book treating of the subject covered by the particu- 
 lar case, you will be informed where the case is used by the 
 author, and by turning to the pages and sections designated 
 you will see what use and comment he makes of the case. 
 
 (97) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (86) 
 
 My opponent cites in his brief Northern Pacific R. Co. v. 
 Ely, 54 Iv. R. A. 526. What is the present value of this case ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the Decennial Table of Cases for the title of 
 this case, I find it was reversed in 197 U. S. 1, 25 Sup. Ct. 
 Reporter, 302. The Table of Cases Affirmed, Reversed, or 
 Modified in the volumes of the Key-Number Series give like 
 information concerning later cases. 
 
 This question and answer illustrate one method of testing 
 or measuring the value of a case cited in opponent's brief. 
 
 (98) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (87) 
 
 In looking over my Decennial Digest, I find under "Crim- 
 inal Law," § 415 (1), the case of Commonwealth v. Trefethen, 
 157 Mass. 180, on the question of the "Introduction of the 
 Declarations of a Person for the Purpose of Showing the 
 State of Mind or Intention." I would hke to get some good 
 text-book treatment of the question here involved. How? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turn to Greenleaf on Evidence, 16th Ed., to the Table of 
 Cases Cited in the first volume thereof, and you will find that 
 your case of Commonwealth v. Trefethen is to be found cit- 
 ed to the text of this work, § 162 (c). In this text I find the 
 ■'Discussion of the Introduction of Evidence of the State of 
 Mind or Intention." 
 
 This question and answer illustrate how to find text-book 
 discussions of a case first found in the digest. 
 
 (99) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (88) 
 
 In Greenleaf on Evidence, in volume 1, § 162 (c), I find the 
 case of Commonwealth v. Trefethen, 157 Mass. 180, appearing 
 upon the question of the declarations by a person injured as 
 bearing upon the question of intention. I wish to prepare 
 an exhaustive brief upon this question, showing the earliest 
 and latest cases bearing thereon in this country. How ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the table of cases in the Decennial Digest, you 
 will locate the case of Commonwealth v. Trefethen, and, turn- 
 ing to the several section numbers therein referred to, you 
 will find that the case on your specific point is digested un- 
 der Criminal Law, § 415. This, as we know, is the Key- 
 Number. Then, opening volume 12 of the Key-Number 
 Series, and turning to Criminal Law, § 415, you will find a 
 late case, Commonwealth v. Phelps, 95 N. E. 868, 209 Mass. 
 396. Follow the same method back through the volumes of 
 the Key-Number Series to the Decennial Digest. You also 
 note, immediately under section number, "Criminal Law, 
 415," and its accompanying black-letter line in the Decennial 
 Digest, and also in Vol. 12 of the Key-Number Series, "See 
 14 Century Digest, Criminal Law, §§ 937 to 949," where you 
 find earlier cases upon the question involved. This question 
 and answer illustrate the supplementing of a text-book by the 
 citations of earlier or later cases. 
 
 (100) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (89) 
 
 In volume 22, Cyc, page 670, on the question of the right 
 of the court to terminate or to revoke the authority of a 
 guardian ad Htem for an infant, I note the case of Robinson 
 V. Talbot, 78 S. W. 1108. I wish to locate a very late case 
 upon this proposition. How? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the table of cases in the Decennial Digest, you 
 will locate this case and point in volume 10 of the Decennial 
 Digest, § 82. In volume 12 of the Key-Number Series, topic 
 of Infants, § 82, you find the case of Swoope v. Swoope, 55 
 So. 418. 
 
 Proceeding as in the preceding question, all the authorities 
 upon this proposition can be secured. This question and an- 
 swer illustrate how to supplement encyclopedias. 
 
 (101) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (90) 
 
 I wish to secure the history of the Htigation in the Supreme 
 Court of Minnesota as discussed in the case of Abrahamson 
 V. Lamberson. How? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the table of cases of the Decennial Digest you 
 find the case under this title three times, once as reported in 68 
 Minn. 454, 71 N. W. 676, once in 72 Minn. 308, 75 N. W. 
 226, and once in 79 Minn. 135, 81 N. W. 768. Referring to 
 any one of these cases, you find that the litigation arose in 
 the action of Strandberg v. Rossman, 59 Minn. 509, 61 N. 
 W. 675 ; the original parties to the action assigning their 
 several interests therein to the parties first named. This 
 question and answer illustrate the trjicing of the history of a 
 case which has been several times before the court. 
 
 (102) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (91) 
 
 I find the case of First National Bank v. Foster, 54 L. R. 
 A. 549, and a brief note as to the number and agreement of 
 jurors necessary to constitute a vaHd verdict, referred to in 
 State V. Bates, 43 L. R. A. 33. 
 
 Turning to 43 L. R. A. 33, which was pubHshed in 1899, 
 I find an elaborate note upon this subject. Supplement this 
 note by later authorities than those there given. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Taking the case of State v. Bates or First National Bank v. 
 Foster, and turning to either of them in the Table of Cases 
 in the Decennial Digest, you find that this particular point 
 is digested under Jurj', § 32, where you find both these cases 
 in the Decennial Digest. Again, opening volume 12 of the 
 Key-Number Series, and turning to Jury, § 32, you find sev- 
 eral cases decided 12 years since the completion of the note 
 above referred to. This question and answer illustrate the 
 supplementing of Notes in Special Reports. 
 
 U (103) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (92) 
 
 Turning to volume 3 of the Supplement to Rose's Notes 
 to the U. S. Sup. Court Reports, to the case of N. Y. v. Rob- 
 erts, 171 U. S. 658, I find that the latest case referred to, as 
 in any way bearing upon the point involved in that case, is in 
 123 Fed. 532. I wish to get later cases bearing upon the ques- 
 tion of the License and Privilege Taxes involved in that case 
 as affecting foreign corporations. I wish a citation of all the 
 later authorities in this country that may bear upon this spe- 
 cific point as it appears in this case. How can they be ob- 
 tained ? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turn to the table of cases in the Decennial Digest, and 
 locate this case of N. Y. v. Roberts in 171 U. S. 658. The 
 specific question you find is digested in Vol. 4, Decennial Di- 
 gest, topic of "Commerce," 69. Turning there, you find cases 
 for the ten years covered by that publication. Turning to the 
 Cumulative Table of Key-Number Sections accompanying the 
 last bound volume of the Key-Number Series, you find that 
 additional cases will be found in volumes 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 
 and 12 of the Key-Number Series. 
 
 (104) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (93) 
 
 Does the delegation of the duty of a master to notify his 
 servant of hidden danger relieve the master of the liability? 
 Wanted, authorities in "Cyc." 
 
 Answer 
 
 We find in "Cyc," in its treatment of the topic "Master 
 and Servant," our specific question is treated under IV, D, 
 1-b, where reference is had to page 1167. There a state- 
 ment of the law is found. 
 
 (106) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (94) 
 
 In volume 26 "Cyc." 1167, I find the law relative to the 
 delegation of the duty incumbent on the master to notify his 
 servant of hidden danger, and cases in note 4 on that page. 
 r want an Illinois case^ decided since the publication of vol- 
 ume 26 "Cyc," that only "Cyc." and its helps can give. 
 
 Answer 
 
 In the cumulative annotation of "Cyc," issued annually, I 
 find Coal, etc., v. Thil, 228 111. 233, 81 N. E. 857. 
 
 (lOS) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (95) 
 
 What are the points involved in the case of Jayne v. Im- 
 perial Irr. Co., 127 S. W. 1137? Answer without consulting 
 the report. 
 
 lAnswer 
 
 This is answered in the table of cases digested in Vol. 9, 
 Key-Number Series, the digest containing this volume, 127 
 S. W., located as in previous questions. 
 
 (107) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (96) 
 
 Shively v. Bowlby, 152 U. S. 1-58, treats of riparian rights 
 as dependent upon the laws of the several states. I want 
 later authorities, if any are to be found by the use of Rose's 
 Notes on U. S. Reports. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the case of Shively v. Bowlby in Rose's Notes, 
 I find a long list of authorities on the proposition, cases 
 where Shively v. Bowlby has been cited. 
 
 (108) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (97) 
 
 Elliott V. Chicago, etc., Ry. Co. lays down the proposition : 
 "Negligence is generally a question for the jury, but court 
 may direct verdict where evidence is conclusive." I want 
 distinguishing cases, if any, through the use of Rose's Notes. 
 
 Answer 
 
 Turning to the case of Elliott v. Chicago, etc., Ry. Co., in 
 Rose's Notes, I find the case of Warner v. Bait., etc., Ry. 
 Co., 168 U. S. 345, and several other distinguishing cases. 
 
 (109) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (98) 
 
 Is the holding in Jayne v. Imperial Irr. Co., as first re- 
 ported, bearing upon the construction of the statute relating 
 to "Legislative Grants," regarded as law in Texas at the pres- 
 ent time? Give reason for your answer. 
 
 Answer 
 
 No. Turning to the table of cases affirmed, reversed, and 
 modified in the digests following Vol. 9 of the Key-Number 
 Series, we find in Vol. 12, this case again appears, and is re- 
 ported in 138 S. W. 575, and is noted as reversed. 
 
 (UO) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (99) 
 
 I wish to find an authority bearing upon the construction 
 of a purely local statute. Can. I find such case in the Amer- 
 ican State Reports? If not, why not? 
 
 Answer 
 
 Ordinarily, no; because the preface of this work shows 
 that this class of cases is omitted. 
 
 14 (111) 
 
QUESTION 
 
 (100) 
 
 In what published form are the decisions of the courts of 
 last resort of this country first made accessible? 
 
 Answer 
 
 In the advance sheets of the National Reporter System, 
 about 30 days after they are made final, or filed. Some Of- 
 ficial Reports are also published in advance sheets. 
 
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