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Snapped white-haired Judge Edward Ridley Finch of New York State's well-clogged Court of Appeals: "Any advantage in simplifying procedure might be outweighed by the aid given to the nuisance value of unfounded litigation. . . . Even now it is less expensive to settle a lawsuit than to defend it. ... The attorney for the plaintiff may limit his charges to a part, or perhaps all, of the amount recovered, but a defendant has no such refuge. The more examinations and applications to a court a plaintiff may make, the greater is the nuisance value." More to the point, thought...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Bar to Boston | 9/7/1936 | See Source »

Andover was represented by Henry Finch, who also delivered their rebuttal, James Clark and Leonard Paine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '39 DEBATERS DEFEAT ANDOVER TEAM BY 2-1 | 4/11/1936 | See Source »

Wilken. Schenley Distillers Corp. already has a cheap, fas selling straight whiskey in Old Quaker. Seeking a companion blended whiskey to popularize, Schenley consulted Harry E. Wilken, chief distiller for Joseph S. Finch & Co., a Schenley subsidiary at Schenley, Pa. Distiller Wilken produced a formula for a blend of four-year-old whiskey, 16-month whiskey, and neutral spirits (alcohol and water). Last week it was launched as The Wilken Family Blended Whiskey, along with an advertising campaign designed to endear Distiller Wilken & family to the whiskey-drinking public...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Whiskey Names | 8/26/1935 | See Source »

Married. Lady Daphne Finch-Hatton, 21, daughter of Sir Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton. 14th Earl of Winchilsea and Earl of Nottingham; and Whitney Straight, 22, Manhattan socialite automobile racer; in London, four days after the marriage of her brother, Viscount Maidstone, to Countess Gladys Széchényi (TIME, July...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 29, 1935 | 7/29/1935 | See Source »

Married. Countess Gladys Szechenyi, 21. daughter of Count Laszlo Szechenyi, Hungarian Minister to the Court of St. James's, and of the former Gladys Vanderbilt; and Christopher Guy Heneage Finch-Hatton, Viscount Maidstone, 23, only son of Sir Guy Montagu George Finch-Hatton. 14th Earl of Winchilsea and Earl of Nottingham, and of the former Margaretta Armstrong Drexel of Philadelphia; in London...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jul. 22, 1935 | 7/22/1935 | See Source »

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