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 The Legal World Providing that judges may compute the inter est and place the amount of principal and inter est in its instructions to the jury. Providing that motions for new trials may be filed within four days, regardless of the ending of court terms.

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Governor Osborn of Michigan re cently appointed Attorney-General Franz C. Kuhn to the state supreme bench to fill the vacancy caused by the death of the late Jude Blair of Jackson, and appointed Roger I. Wykes, of Grand Rapids, to succeed Mr. Kuhn as Attor ney-General. John Barnett Knox of Anniston, Ala., was appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama by Governor Emmet O'Neal, Sept. 25, to succeed the late Robert Tennent Simp son of Florence. The appointment of Mr. Knox occasioned little surprise in official circles. Mr. Knox is considered one of the ablest lawyers not only in Alabama, but throughout the South. In 1901 he served as president of the constitutional convention. Mr. Knox was born at Talladega on February 16, 1857. He is a Presbyterian and traces his descent from John Knox of Scotland. Bar Associations

Michigan. — Chief Justice Orrin N. Carter of the Illinois Supreme Court delivered the annual address before the Michigan Bar Association at their twenty-second annual meeting at Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 4-5. "The People and the Courts" was his subject. Presi dent Ellridge's annual address dealt with the election of judges and selec tion of juries. He laid down the fol lowing text: "These are days of stren uous social and political upheaval. On the one hand the judges of our courts are attacked as no longer administering

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law and justice in the interest of the people, while on the other hand our jury system is attacked because it yields too readily to popular prejudices against certain interests." Judge Chester Col lins, of Bay City, gave a paper on "Civil Procedure in Michigan Courts with Suggestions for its Improvement." New Hampshire. — The annual meet ing of the New Hampshire Bar Associa tion was held Sept. 7 at New Castle, N. H. Judge Edgar Aldrich, the president, presided and made his annual address. The principal address was by Hon. Herbert Parker of Boston, former Attorney - General of Massachusetts, on "Constitutional Authority of the Judiciary." He attacked the policy of recall of judges. Hon. Frank N. Parsons, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Bench, made an address. In the evening the annual banquet was held, Hon. Wallace Hackett presiding as toastmaster.* North Dakota. — At its annual meet ing in Jamestown, N. D., early in September, the North Dakota State Bar Association adopted a recommendation on the reform in appellate practice, and a resolution was adopted favoring the proposition of dividing the state into four or five judicial districts. Resolu tions were also adopted rejecting the initiative, referendum and recall meas ures before the legislature. It was not the sense of the bar association that the principle should be condemned, but it was declared that the bill now under consideration was not in the proper form, and a committee of fifteen was named to draft a suitable bill, which will re ceive the endorsement of the association. The following officers were elected: president, A. G. Divet, Wahpeton; vicepresident, John Knauf, Jamestown; sec retary, W. H. Stutsman, Bismarck.