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

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extra illegal HmntpUigpnrpr iqp-m. number oo Temple University—-Philadelphia, June 30, 1946 tw?riceT8 FORM NEW TITLE COMPANY Member of the Bar to Head New Firm Announcement was made yesterday of the formation of a new title and trust company, to be known as the Disunited Insecurity Title and Bust Company. The company will have as its president, John J. Coll-mer, Esq., well known attorney and title magnate. Mr. Collmer will be remembered as the man who did away with the cumbersome title certificates, making it possible for every purchaser to take the sel-ser’s word as regards judgments, etc. James Iannucci, Esq., will be title officer of the new company, and Alfred Klein will be advertising manager. LIPSIUS WINS BIG VERDICT J. George Lipsius, Esq., was awarded the largest verdict ever rendered by a court in this county, when the jury turned in a verdict of $364,196.37 against the P. R. T. for damages done Mr. Lipsius’ client by the P. R. T. taxicab. Mr. Lipsius’ client was riding in the taxi and claimed that the taximeter exploded, ruining his bankroll and necessitating an amputation of his pocket-book. William R. Spofford, Chief Counsel for the P. R. T., defended the case very ably, and announced that an appeal would be taken to the Supreme Court on the grounds that the judge did not charge the jury as much as the P. R. T. would. PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING No New Member Admitted The Philadelphia Bar Association meeting last Tuesday was very orderly and undisturbed. William J. Moran, Jr., chairman of the meeting opened with a short talk asking the members to pay their dues. He then introduced the speaker of the evening, a visitor from the Far East, Vice-Chancellor I. Samuel Worth, of New Jersey, who spoke on “Law, Ladies and Moving Pictures.” The lecture was greatly enjoyed, dye to the fact that the noted orator knew nothing of the subject. The next speaker introduced w a s Oscar B. Freidman, attorney for the Chiropractor’s Association. During Mr. Friedman’s speech the meeting adjourned. UNUSUAL DECISION RENDERED Lawyers of City Are Astounded at Strange Ruling Justice Oscar Brown, the haughtv arbitrator who occupies the bench in Magistrate’s Court No. 23, rendered a most unusual verdict when he decided a case in favor of the defendant. This is the first time within the memory of man that a magistrate gave a decision in favor of a defendant. Walter S. Pytko, counsel for the defendant, will ap-(Continued on parte lt) ROSE LAW SCHOOL OVERCROWDED Dr. Leon H. Rose, dean of the Rose Evening School of Law, announced that his entrance lists for the next six terms are closed. Dr. Rose declares that he has more applications for matriculation than he can entertain. The Rose School has been successful since its inception in 1930, and has turned out a number of very nromising lawyers, some of whom have been able to acquire a knowl-“dge of some rudimentary points of the law after graduation. So large is the work of the school that last year 46,729 nencils were used, 83,746 pens broken and over 9867 gallons of ink were spilt. Dean Rose’s ten annual scholarships in memory of his beloved mother have this year been awarded to the sons of ten members of the famous Sesqui-Cen-tennial Class of Temple Law School. ADVANCE REPORTS LATE Accident Halt State Reporters The Advance Reports of the Supreme Court, which are now 30 volumes behind, will again be held up. This was announced last night by State Reporters Harrv Rosenblum and George W. Phillips. It seems that while reporting a decision of Mr. Justice Comber, words flew thick and fast and resulted in the point on Harry Rosenblum’s special built (Continued on page ,) 7B