TENNESSEE DECISIONS 1791-1931 A complete set of Tennessee Reports consists of: Overton 1791-1817. 2 vols. Cook 1811-1814. 1 vol. Haywood 1816-1818. 3 vols. Peck 1822-1824. 1 vol. Martin & Yerger 1825-1828. 1 vol. Yerger 1828-1837. 10 vols. Meigs 1838-1839. 1 vol. Humphrey 1839-1851. 11 vols. Swan 1851-1853. 2 vols. Cooper's Chancery Reports 1872-1878. 3 vols. Chancery Appeals 1901-1905. 2 vols. Shannon's Unreported Cases 1900. 3 vols. Court of Civil Appeals (Higgins) 1910-1919. 8 vols. All Tennessee Supreme Court decisions subsequent to 16 Lea re reported in the Southwestern Reporter volumes 1-300 and 1(Second Series). The set also contains over 800 decisions which ive been omitted from the Tennessee Reports or have been reported ily as memorandum decisions. Many of these are valuable decions, and are not reported elsewhere. The set also contains all decions for the last 45 years of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and exas, and all decisions of Indian Territory. The tables of crosstations furnished with the Southwestern make it a simple matter find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. 'rite for price and full information. Residence-Age-Character To be eligible for the examination the applicant must be a res dent of the state, 21 years of age, and of good moral character which last must be attested to by a certificate from three practic ing attorneys of the county of his residence or district or appellat judges. In addition to such certificate, the Board of Examiner may adopt such other means as it deems proper for the purpose c satisfying itself as to the applicant's character. Application-Contents-Fee Application, accompanied by the certificate above referred to must be filed with the Board of Examiners at Austin, Tex., at leas 10 days before the date of the examination. An examination fee c $20 shall be paid to the clerk of the Supreme Court at the time filing the application. General Education In respect to educational qualifications, no rigid test is intende to be prescribed. But as a fair general education is necessary i the performance of the duties of an attorney, the attainments the applicant in this regard should, in a reasonable measure, co respond to the extent of legal education required. Course of Study The Supreme Court has prescribed a course of legal study to t pursued as a condition to admission to the bar, based on the e amination subjects listed below, suggesting the books to be rea but not requiring the applicant to read any particular book. Copi of this list, if desired, may be obtained from the clerk of the S preme Court, Austin, Tex. Applicant must have devoted at lea two years to the course of study below prescribed or in a substa tially equivalent course. Examination-Regulations--Time and Place of Holding Three regular examinations are held each year at Austin, ope ing respectively on the first Monday in February, the second Ma day in June and the fourth Monday in October. In addition to regular examinations, special examinations may be held in the cretion of the board at such times as it may direct. The follow ubjects are embraced in the examination: Common Law, American aw, Agency, Bailments, Carriers, Constitutional Law, Contracts, orporations, Criminal Law and Procedure, Domestic Relations, 'ecedents' Estates, Equity Jurisprudence, Legal Ethics, Evidence, ederal Procedure, Negotiable Instruments, Partnership, Pleading id Practice, Real Property, Sales, Statutory Law, Torts, Wills, and he Rules of the Supreme Court. In so far as the above subjects e covered by the state statutes a familiarity with such statutes required. Examinations are in writing, and applicant must make 1 average grade of at least 75 per cent. upon all of the papers condered together; provided, however, an applicant making a grade less than 65 per cent. upon any paper shall not be licensed. at any entire examination the applicant makes a grade of at least per cent. upon any of the papers of the examination, he may be reamined at any examination, or examinations, held during the next velve months thereafter, upon the subjects not passed, and if the sult of such subsequent examination shows an average grade of least 75 per cent., with no grade of less than 65 per cent. upon any bject, the applicant shall be licensed. dmission of Attorneys from Other Jurisdictions A resident of this state who has been licensed to practice in anher state and has been actively engaged in the practice for at ist five years preceding his removal to this state may be admit1 on proof of such character, capacity and general requirements in the opinion of the board entitle him to license without legal amination. So, also, a resident of this state who is a graduate of law school of any of the universities designated below, and fuls the requirements as to application for license, or who, being th a graduate, has been actively engaged in practice in the te of his former residence since graduation, and who presents ficient proof of good moral character, is entitled to license with: examination. Applicants under this rule must, at the time of senting their application to the Board of Examiners, pay to the rk of the Supreme Court a fee of $15. mission on Diploma Graduates of the law schools of the following universities, nameUniversity of Texas, University of Virginia, Washington and : University, Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia iversity, University of Chicago, University of Michigan, George Washington University, University of California, University ci Pennsylvania, Georgetown University of Washington, D. C., Boston University, Baylor University, De Paul University, Mercer Uni versity, University of Missouri, University of Notre Dame, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, University of Souther California, Vanderbilt University, Washington University, Alabama University, University of Colorado, Cornell University, Creighton University, Emory University, University of Florida, University of Idaho, Indiana University, University of Iowa, Illinois University, University of Kansas, Loyola University, Louisiana State Univer sity, University of Minnesota, University of Nebraska, University of North Dakota, University of North Carolina, University of Oklahoma, Southern Methodist, Stanford University, St. Louis Univer sity, Tulane University of Louisiana, University of Tennessee Western Reserve University, Washburn College, University of Denver, Drake University, Fordham University School of Law University of Georgia, University of Kentucky, Marquette Uni versity, National University Law School, Northwestern Univers ty, Oxford University, Oregon University, University of South Da kota, South Texas School of Law, University of West Virginia, Uriversity of Wisconsin, Albany Law School, University of Arkansas University of Arizona, Drake University, Indiana University, The State University of Iowa, University of Mississippi, San AntoLia School of Law, John B. Stetson University, and holders of Rhodes Scholarships from any of the states of the United States, the Law Colleges of Oxford University, England (that is to say, any one attending those colleges in virtue of a Rhodes Scholarship who was at the time of his attendance and graduation a res dent of any of the states of the United States), who shall, within two years from the date of their graduation, apply for cense, and present to the board proper evidence of their grad uation and of good moral character, shall be licensed by the board without legal examination. Applicants under this rule, if residents of Texas, shall present to the board a certificate of go moral character signed by three practicing attorneys of the county of their residence. Those not originally residents of this state, but coming here from other states, shall present such proof of good mora al character as the board may, in its discretion, require. The law schools above named are not intended as a complete designation, but it is the duty of the board to investigate the merits of other law schools in the United States, and recommend to the Supreme Co such other schools as in its opinion should be added to above list. As to applicants who served as long as six months in the army or navy of the United States in the late war with Germany, and at the time of entering such service were undergraduates of any of the above mentioned schools, and who, at that time, had, according to the requirements of such law school successfully completed their courses in any of the subjects set out above, upon furnishing a certificate to that effect from the head of such law school, shall be credited in the examination with a passing grade in these subjects. License Fee-Pamphlet Issued by Board of Examiners License fee is $1, payable to the clerk of the Supreme Court. A pamphlet containing detailed instructions to applicants for license is issued by the Board of Legal Examiners and it is suggested that applicants in all cases write to the board at Austin, Texas, for a copy of it. Source of Rules Acts 36th Legislature (1919) c. 38; Rules Supreme Court adopted March 1, 1922; Pamphlet issued by Board of Legal Examiners. TEXAS DECISIONS 1840-1931 A complete set of Texas Reports consists of: Texas Supreme 118 vols., Dallam's Decisions, and Supplement to vol. 25 Texas, 1840-1931. Texas Criminal Appeals, 113 vols., 1876-1931. Texas Civil Appeals, 63 vols., 1892-1917. The Southwestern Reporter, volumes 1-300 and 1 to 34 (Second Series) contains all decisions of Texas subsequent to 65 Supreme, 20 Criminal Appeals, and all decisions of the Court of Civil Appeals. It also includes more than 10,000 of the decisions of these courts which have been omitted from the Texas Reports, and are only published in the Southwestern Reporter. These omitted cases are more than a third of all the decisions of the Texas courts for the period covered (45 years). As a reporter of the current decisions, it is prompt, accurate, and exceedingly popular. In addition to these the Southwestern also contains all decisions for the last 45 years of Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, and Tennessee, and all of Indian Territory. The tables of cross-citations furnished with the Southwestern make it a simple matter to find the cases, even if cited by the State Report page and volume. The set is looked upon in Texas as a local necessity. Write for price and full description. |