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SECOND YEAR COURSE.
1. Equity Jurisprudence and Procedure; Bankruptcy.
Professor Lile.
After consideration of the origin and rise of the chancery jurisdiction,
the student is led carefully through the usual subjects of equitable
cognizance, and thence into the methods of procedure, as recognized
in the High Court of Chancery in England, and as modified by
statute or by rules of court in America. The contrast between legal
and equitable principles and procedure is constantly adverted to, and
the student is incited to the appreciation and cultivation of the fine
sense of moral right underlying the doctrines of technical equity. The
procedure in the Federal courts of chancery and in the chancery courts
of Virginia (where the distinction between legal and equitable procedure
is still maintained) is made the basis of instruction. Practical
work is required in draughting the various forms and pleadings, from
the subpoena to the final decree. The student will be sufficiently
instructed in the law of Bankruptcy to give him a fair working knowledge
of its general principles, and effort will be made to secure as
great a familiarity as possible with the specific provisions of the
National Bankruptcy Act of 1898, and the prescribed rules of procedure
thereunder.—September 15 to February 1—Twice a week.
Text-Books.—Bispham's Principles of Equity.
Text-books on Equity Practice and Bankruptcy: (to be
announced).
The Professor's Notes.
2. The Law of Evidence; Pleading and Practice.
Professor Dabney.
In this class are taught:
(1) The general principles of the law of Evidence, with explanations
of the statutory changes, especially those relating to the competency
of witnesses, and the practical application of these principles to the
conduct of inquiries in court, or before officers authorized to take testimony.
(2) The forms of action, and the forms, principles and rules of pleading,
at common law and under the codes; an intimate acquaintance
with the common law rules and principles being insisted upon as essential
to a proper knowledge of pleading, under any system.
(3) The organization and jurisdiction of courts, and the proceedings
in a lawsuit from beginning to end, including appellate proceedings
and the various special and extraordinary proceedings provided for
by common law or by statute.
(4) The organization and jurisdiction of the Federal courts, removal
of causes from State to Federal courts; the particulars of conformity
or nonconformity between the procedure at law in the Federal courts
and that in the courts of the State wherein they are held; and appellate
proceedings in the Federal courts.—September 15 to May 25—
Three times a week.
Text-Books.—McKelvey on Evidence.
4 Minor's Institutes (3d edition).
Bryant's Code Pleading.
Dabney's Federal Jurisdiction and Law Procedure.
3. The Law of Real Estate.
Professor Minor.
The instruction in this class covers a detailed and careful study of
the subject of Real Property Law, in all its branches. The nature and
several kinds of real estate, and the various estates therein, with the
principles appertaining to each, curtesy and dower, the relations of
landlord and tenant, co-tenancies, the feudal tenures and principles,
uses and trusts, the far-reaching effects of the Statute of Uses, the
conditions, covenants and other qualifications attached to conveyances
of land, are reviewed at length. The historical connection between
ancient and modern doctrines of conveyancing, with the statutory
changes, are carefully traced. Remainders, reversions, and executory
limitations, and the principles governing their creation, validity, and
effect, together with the sources of title to lands, whether by descent
each, the subjects of conveyances, contracts to convey, wills
of lands, adverse possession, the registry of instruments of title, and
the principles regulating the acquisition and validity of tax-titles, are
investigated in detail.
Throughout this course, emphasis is placed on common law principles,
and effort is made to give the student a clear comprehension of
these, by tracing them to their feudal or other sources, and by following
them into the modern forms they have assumed under the guiding
hand of the courts and the legislature.—September 15 to March 9—Three
times a week.
Text-Books.—2 Minor's Institutes (4th edition).
Tax Titles: Minor.
The Professor's Notes.
4. The Law of Corporations.
Professor Lile.
The recent development of the law of corporations, both in extent
and importance, has induced special stress to be laid upon this branch
of the curriculum. Among other subjects of lesser import, the
lectures embrace the promotion, organization and management of
business corporations; the formation and enforcement of subscriptions
for shares; corporate duties, powers and liabilities; the relations
between the corporation and the State, between the corporate body
and its shareholders, officers, agents and creditors, and the reciprocal
relations of these with each other; the consolidation, dissolution, and
winding up of corporations; and the appointment, duties and powers
of receivers. The principles applicable to municipal corporations,
whether in their public or their proprietary characters, are fully elucidated;
the subjects of municipal taxation, municipal bonds, franchises,
etc., rights and liabilities in connection with streets, as affecting
the municipality, the public generally and the abutting proprietors,
are dealt with in detail.—February 1 to June 10—Twice a week.
Text-Book.—Taylor on Corporations.
The Professor's Printed Notes.
5. The Conflict of Laws.
Professor Minor.
Since the laws of several States may conflict with respect to any
subject, it is fitting that the main principles of law governing every
subject should be studied, prior to the consideration of the conflict of
these principles. Hence this course is reserved until the last portion
of the session, following upon the subject of Real Property Law. As
and countries of the world increases, this subject becomes of graver
importance, though as yet it has received rather scanty recognition
at the hands of text-writers and law-schools.
The course includes a discussion of the nature and various kinds of
domicil; the law governing status, and the conveyance of personal
property abroad; the execution, construction and effect of foreign
wills, successions and administrations; foreign marriages and divorces;
and transactions relating to real estate; the execution, interpretation
and validity of foreign contracts; the law governing the effect of foreign
judgments in rem or in personam; the recovery of damages for
foreign torts; the application of the lex fori; and the modes of proving
foreign laws.—March 10 to May 5—Three times a week.
Text-Book.—Conflict of Laws: Minor.
The Professor's Notes.
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