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Minnesota State Bar Association Proceedings (1915) This is a reproduction of a library book that was digitized by Google as part of an ongoing effort to preserve the information in books and make it universally accessible. http://books.google.com ProceedingsoftheMinnesotaStateBarAssociation MinnesotaStateBarAssociation Author and Title Minnesota State Bar Association. Proceedings . Call Number jqt Volume Copy 332 1915 M6 M5lU THlS BOOK DOES NOT ClRCULATE OUTSIDE THE BUlLDING NAME LOCATION Minnesota State Bar Associat Proceedings. KF Vol 332 1915 m6 M511* I PROCEEDINGS MINNESOTA STATE <BAR ASSOCIATION 1 5th ctiNNUAL SESSION 1915 OFFICERS OF PREVIOUS YEARS PRESIDENTS HiRAM F. STEVENS, St. Paul 1901 MARSHALL B. WEBBER, Winona . 1902 FREDERICK V. BROWN, Minneapolis, ... 1903 EDWARD C. STRINGER, St. Paul . 1904 A. C. WiLKiNSON, Crookston 1905 ROME G. BROWN, Minneapolis, 1906 J. L. WASHBURN, Duluth 1907 PIERCE BUTLER, St. Paul 1908 LAFAYETTE FRENCH, Austin 1909 JAMES D. SHEARER, Minneapolis 1910 CORDENiO A. SEVERANCE, St. Paul 1911 JOHN G. WILLIAMS, Duluth . 1912 HUGH V. MERCER, Minneapolis 1913 H VRRISON L.SCHMITT, Minneapolis, 1914 VlCE-PRESlDENTS MARSHALL B.WEBBER, Winona 1901 FREDERICK V. BROWN, Minneapolis, 1902 EDWARD T. YOUNG, Appfcrou, 1903 A. C. WiLKiNSON, Ctookston, 1904 ROME G. BROWN, Minneapolis, 1905 J. L. WASHBURN, Duluth, . J- ..... 1906 PIERCE BUTLER, St. Paul, 1907 LAFAYETTE FRENCH, Austin, . 1908 JAMES D. SHEARER, Minneapolis, ...... 1909 CORDENIO A. SEVERANCE, St. Paul, 1910 JOHN G. WILLIAMS, Duluth 1911 HUGH V. MERCER. Minneapolis, 1912 HARRISON L.SCKM1TT, Mankaco, .... 1913 STILES W. BURR, St. raul, . 1914 TREASURERS FREDERICK V. BROWN, Minneapolis 1901 F. W. GAIL, Stillwater 1902 JAMES D. SHEARER, Minneapolis, 1903-5 W. H. YARDLEY, St. Paul 1906-8 ROYAL A. STONE, St. Paul 1909- SECRETARIES STILES W. BURR, St. Paul 1901 WILLIAM R. BEGG, St. Paul 1902 CHARLES W. FARNHAM, St. Paul 1903-12 CHESTER L. CALDWELL. St. Paul, .... 1913 (t) AUG 1 5 1969 PRESlDENT 1914-1915 OFFICERS, 1915 STILES W. BURR, St. Paul President PRANK CRASSWELLER, Duluth Vice-President ROYAL A. STONB, 52+ Endicott Building, St. Paul, . Treasurer CHESTER L.CALDWELL, 506 Gerraania Life Building, St. Paul, Secretary JOHN M. BRADFORD, 620 Capital Bank Bldg., St. Paul, Asst. Secretary ELIAS J. LIEN, St. Paul Librarian BOARD: OF GOVERNORS, 1915 Tndidal District Judicial District 1st— A. J. Rocne, Zumbrota 11th— Hans B. Haroldson, Duluth 2d— Charles W.Farnham, St. Paul 12th— C. A. Fosnes, Montevideo 3d— Edward Lees, Winona 13th— A. J. Daley, Luverne 4th— G.W.Buffington, Minneapolis 14th— Ole J. Vaule, Crookston 5th— James P. McMahon, Faribault loth— Elmer E. McDonald, Bemidji 6th— Benjamin Taylor, Mankato 16th— Lewis E. Jones, Breckenridge 7th— James E. Jenks, St. Cloud 17th— A. R. Allen, Fairmont 8th— W. C. Odbll, Chaska 18th— Will A. Blanchard, Anoka 9th— Gborge T. Olson, St. Peter 19th— Geo. H. Sullivan, Stillwater 10th— F. A. Duxbury, Caledonia Also the present officers and Ex-presidents Hugh V. Mercer, of Minne apolis, and Harrison L. Schmitt, formerly of Mankato, now of Minneapolis. STANDING COMMITTEES FOR 1915 Ethics George W. Buffington, Chairman, Minneapolis Victor Stearns Dulnth Edward Lees Winona Burt F. Lum Minneapolis Robert E. Olds, St. Paul Jurisprudence and Law Reform L. L. Brown Chairman Winona Arthur M. Keith . Minneapolis W. R. Vance, University of Minnesota Henry Oldenburg Carlton Harold J. Richardson, St. Paul Uniform State Laws Rome G, Brown, Chairman Minneapolis Albert Pfaendei; New Ulm L. D. Barnard, ; Renville Legal Biography E. H. Canfield, Chairman, Lnverne, 13th District Judicial District Judicial DUtrict 1st— W. L. Converse, So. St.'Paul 10th— L. L. Duxbury, Caledonia 2d — Walter L. Chapin, St. Pau[ 11th— Luther C. Harris, Duluth 3d —Thomas Eraser, Rochester 12th— Bert O. Loe, Granite Falls 4th— Chas. J. Tryon, Minneapolis 14-th— A. A. Miller, Crookston 5th— E. H. Gipson, Faribault 15th— S. F. Alderman, Brainerd 6th— Jean A. Flittie, Mankato 16th— E. M. Webster, Glenwood 7th— C. A. Nye, Moorhead 17th— E. C.^Dean, Fairmont 8th— P. W. Morrison, Norwood 18th— F. S. Stewart, Anoka 9th— M. E. Mathews, Marshall 19th— L. L. Manwaring, Stillwater Library James Paige, Chairman Minneapolis George L. Bunn, St. Paul Lyndon A. Smith, Montevideo S. Blair McBeath Stillwater Warren H. Stewart, St. Cloud Legislation James D. Shearer, Chairman, Minneapolis, 5th District Congressional District Congressional District 1st— J. N. Nicholson, Austin 7th— James H. Hall, Marshall - 2d— Julius E.Haycraft, Fairmont 8th— Warren E. Greene, Duluth 3d— Thomas Hessian, Le Sueur 9th— Martin O'Brien, Crookston 4th— Wm. E. MacGregor, St. Paul 10th— A. P. Stolberg, Center City 6th— James J. Quigley, St. Cloud Legal Education John H. Ray, Jr., Chairman Minneapolis A. L. Young, Winthrop Lafayette French, Jr. Austin Membership Albert R. Allen, Chairman, Fairmont, 17th District Judicial District Judicial District 1st— Albert Johnson, Red Wing 10th— J. F. D.JMeighen, Albert Lea 2 d —Roy H. Currie, St. Paul 1 1th— A. T. Banning, Jr, Duluth 3d— L. L. Brown, Winona 12th— J. M. Freeman, Olivia 4th— L. K. Eaton, Minneapolis 13th— L. S. Nelson, Slayton 5th— Joseph Moonan, Waseca 14th— E O. Hagen, Crookston 6th— C. O. Daily, Mankato 15th— Thayer C. Bailey, Bemidji 7th— J. A. Roeser, St. Cloud 16th— C. E. Houston, Wheaton 8th— A. L. Young, Winthrop 18th— G. G. Goodwin, Cambridge 9th— Albert Hauser, Sleepy Eye 19th— E. D. Buffington, Stillwater (4) SPECIAL COMMITTEES Special Committee to Formulate Proposed Legislation for Remedying the Abases of "Ambulance Chasing" so called : James E. Jenks, Chairman St. Cloud Lorin Cray, Mankato Thomas D. O'Brien St. Paul M. B. Webber, Winona Daniel P. Carmichiel, Minneapolis Arthur E. Crassweller, .... Duluth S. R. Child Minneapolis John Moonan Waseca Wilbur H. Cherry Minneapolis Special Committee to Investigate and Report to the Supreme Court on Complaints against the Practice of Certain Law Schools: David F. Simpson, Chairman, .... Minneapolis Newell H. Clapp St. Paul John E. Stryker St. Paul Fred. B. Dodge, Minneapolis John H. Ray, Jr Minneapolis Special Committee to Investigate Complaints Concerning the Practice of Law by Corporations and Unauthorized Persons: Hugh V. Mercer, Chairman Minneapolis Royal A. Stone St. Paul S. D. Catherwood Austin Harlan P. Roberts Minneapolis Donald S. Holmes, Duluth Special Committee to Work in Favor of Movement for Uniform Pro cedure in the Federal Courts : A. H. Vernon, Chairman, Little Falls James E. Markham, St. Paul Herbert M. Bierce, Winona C. H. Christopherson Luverne David L. Grannis, South St. Paul Special Committee to Investigate and Report as to Desirability of Es tablishing a Legislative Drafting and Reference Bureau : Edwin S. Slater, Chairman Minneapolis F. C. Stevens St. Paul J. D. Sullivan St. Cloud I. K. Lewis Duluth Horace H. Glenn, St. Paul Special Committee to Consider Incorporation of Association, etc.: Harrison L. Schmitt, Chairman, , . Minneapolis James D. Armstrong St. Paul Henry Morgan Albert Lea John T. Pearson, Duluth Lbb Brooks Byard, Minneapolis (5) PROCEEDINGS AT THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MINNESOTA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION FOR THE YEAR 1915. HELD AT ST. CLOUD MINNESOTA. AUGUST 5th. 6th and 7th. 1915. Thursday, August 5th, 1915. Meeting called to order by. President Harrison L. Schinitt. President Schmitt : The committee on nominations for the Board of Governors will be announced later in the day. Now, gentlemen, we have quite a number of important matters to con sider and pass upon, and we shall have to conserve our time as much as possible. After disposing of the speeches and the President's address we shall take up the reports of the Ethics Committee and the question will be open for discussion. We shall omit reading the minutes of the last meeting, because they are published and in the hands of every member of the Association. PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. Gentlemen of the Minnesota State Bar Association: Your constitution commands the President to deliver an address to the Association at its annual meeting. I have been unable, though diligently trying to do so for a year, to find that this provision of the constitution has been judicially amended under the "Rule of Reason" decisions of the United States Supreme Court. Therefore, having in mind the heated and consequently spontaneous rhetorical outbursts of members of this Association (and others) at our last meeting, I venture to suggest that the constitution be amended so that the Presi dent 'will be required to open the annual meeting with a fervent prayer for wisdom, coolness and temperance on the part of the members pres ent. (7) Proceedings Minnesota State Bar Association Bound as I am by the constitution as it now reads, to address you, I shall say what I have to say, upon the general subject of legal ethics, not that I assume to have any superior knowledge upon the question, but rather because I believe that we should settle the question, as far as the State Bar Association is concerned, at this meeting in order that the time of the Association, its officers and committees, may be devoted to other important matters during the ensuing year. It is not necessary for me to give you a definition of legal ethics, because you are all presumed to know what that term implies. Judging from an actual occurrence in the trial of a personal injury case in the District Court of Blue Earth County, then presided over by the Honorable M. J. Severance, now deceased, one of the most learned and distinguished jurists that ever graced the bar and bench of this state, this presumption
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