Temple University School of Law - Restatement Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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And so we come to the third year of this alleged conspiracy to Study Law. On arriving at the rendezvous of the gang at 1521 Locust Street in the City of Philadelphia, the conspirators clasped hands just a little more firmly than the previous year, for they were all implicated just a little deeper in this gigantic swindle. The first witness to testify as to the progress of the attempt during the third year was one BERTRAM K. WOLFE, Esq., who admitted that besides being a freeholder and an owner of “rill estate,” he was quite a connoisseur of good cigars. MR. WOLFE was positive that the defendants had attempted to study law and that they knew the law. He said that he was positive of their knowledge of the Law of Partnership, because while expounding the subject he cited the leading case of the American Shirt Co. vs. The Shirt Company of America, and that one of the defendants, “CASEBOOK” BLANK, had given him the details of the case verbatim. He was equally if not more positive that the defendants had imbibed freely of the Law of Bailments and Carriers, since he had assigned the leading case in this subject, namely, the case of the American Shirt Company vs. The Shirt Company of America. The witness was surer than that of the knowledge of the defendants as regards the Law of Bankruptcy and Damages, since he had explained the leading case of the American Shirt Company vs. the Shirt Company of America. WILLIAM ALEXANDER HAMILTON, Esq., famed Benedict, was again sworn and testified that he had taught the defendants collectively, though not individually, the Law of Sales. On this law, he emphasized, they were completely “sold,” so much so, that after his lecture each of the defendants would seek a padded “sell.” ROY MARTIN BOYD, Esq., Professor of the Law of Corporations, crisply stated that he could hardly accuse the defendants of a bona fide attempt to study law, but acknowledged having lectured to them upon the subjects of de facto and de jure corporate bodies, corporate mortgages and even Corporations. Like MR. WILSON, MR. BOYD said he cited very few cases to the students, never having assigned more than eighty-seven for each principle. For the purpose of establishing the fact that those charged with the offense of Attempt to Study Law had also made a serious effort to absorb a working knowledge of the Law of Wills and Decedents Estates, the Commonwealth produced non other than ROBERT M. BOYLE, Esq., Solicitor to the Registrar of Wills, Philadelphia County. MR. BOYLE acknowledged the fact that, during the third year of the visitations of the defendants upon the Law School of Temple University, he had stirred their souls with his lectures upon the subjects of 98

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bility of Issue Extinct was created. All of which, Mr. Wilson explained, was clear, simple anti self-explanatory. The Commonwealth insured the success of its case by calling the illustrious insurance expert, MALCOLM ADAM, Esq., our Mutual friend for Life. Objection by counsel for the defense was made to the competency of MR. ADAM as a witness on the ground that he would surely incriminate, if he had the chance, his brother, HERBERT ADAM, one of the defendants. MR. ADAM was permitted to testify, however, and he remarked that while great interest in his course was evidenced by the defendants, it was not an insurable interest. MAJOR SCHOFIELD then gingerly stepped to the stand. We might here parenthetically note that the Major at or about this time entered on the uncharted sea of matrimony. As a beacon light to future happiness, MAJOR SCHOFIELD was presented by his well wishing class, with a pair of silver candle-sticks. The witness declared that the demeanor of the defendants in his class was a crime and they had gotten away with murder. MAJOR SCHOFIELD said that his examination questions were never involved and gave an example of their simplicity by the following: Ralph McSneer was running down a quiet street at midnight with a package under his arm. Andrew Gump was lying in wait with wilful, malicious, premeditated and deliberate intent and with a frowardness of heart, devoid of social duty, to shoot, maim and kill, and otherwise slay, one Barney Google, whom he expected to ride down the street on “Spark Plug.” Mistaking McSneer for Spark Plug, Gump fired at the package and struck powerful Katrinka, a young damsel at that moment hanging out of the window drying her hair. In falling, she landed on Mr. Jiggs, with his shoes in his hand, thereby knocking the shoes from his hand. The shoes struck Dintv Moore, who was there and then attempting to break into and enter a home nearby. Dick Dare, who had just turned the corner, sauntered into the arms of a waiting policeman. (This did not occur in Philadelphia.) Of what crime or crimes may Dick Dare be charged, and if so, why not, and if not, why so? 'fhe case of the defendants was seriously compromised by elections held bv them during the second year of the alleged attempt, and we shall not fail to take this into consideration, 'flu officers elected were as follows: HERBERT ADAM. President; and GLADYS HOBART, Vice-President. The defendant, HERBERT ADAM, it may be noted, not only permitted himself to be elected president for the second year, but, we may as well admit, dispelled all hope of ultimate success in this trial by winning the Second Year Prize for proficiency in his studies. For him now to attempt to disprove the charges of Attempt To Study Law is to take up a colossal task. 07

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Wills and Decedents Estates. I’pon being asked by counsel for the defense as to the nature of his lectures, he delineated as follows: “Ah, gentlemen! It is late September. Heavy-laden is the balmy air with the aroma of fragrant roses; roses nurtured by the chief gardener of the Pennington Estate. To our ears comes the soft music of bees busily buried in beautiful beds of blooming barberries. Through the casement windows streams the splendor of the afternoon’s golden sunshine, revealing to us, seated at his carved mahogany desk a perfect replica of a masterpiece of the Doges' Palace none other than Percival Pennington himself. Through the haze of the golden glow we perceive the decrepit form of a man bowed under the weight of a thousand meetings of the hoards of directors of six railroads, maybe seven, who knows! Lined with the furrows of care is his forehead, and crowned is he with the snows of seventy winters. On his desk, the rich colors of many bonds rival the radiant magnificence of the dancing sunbeams athwart the room, but his finely chiseled features are alight not because of these. Mark you, how tenderly and caressingly he clasps, in fingers now trembling, the delicately-tinted envelope which Arthur, one of his twelve butlers, has just brought him. As Pennington slowly opens the envelope, the delicious scent of Quelques Fleurs now fills the air. Hastily, the aged man adjusts his spectacles. His shoulders heave with the unrepressed sighs of which only the love-lorn are capable. Soon he presses a button under his desk. A young man, one of his many secretaries, appears, notebook in hand. “Henderson,” Mr. Pennington softly commands speaking now, not with the crisp terseness of Pennington. Chairman of the Hoard, blit in the gentle murmur of Pennington, the crooning lover, “take a telegram for Miss Saccharine Sweet, care of Florenz Ziegfeld, New York City: Darling, I and all that's mine. Here and hereafter are thine. Thou art my symphony. All else is cacophony. The message had barely reached its destination before Percival Pennington. overwhelmed bv bis emotions, had crossed the Divide which leads to that Great Beyond, from whose bourne no traveler returns.” Then MR. BOYLE, after a moment’s pause, continued, “I asked, ‘Gentlemen, did this constitute a will?’ MR. ABRAMSON thought it was a mortgage; MR. WHITE considered it a hold-up and MR. PHILLIPS said it was a disgrace. The concensus of opinion, however, seemed to be that the document constituted cogent evidence of the presence of a not-frequcntlv-encountered interblending of affluence, beauty, senile dementia and testamentary Cupid-ity. MR. BOYLE then left the stand. 00