Word: opinion
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...York Twenty-third precinct, applied to Justice Murray, in the Yorkville Court, last Saturday, for a summons against the managers of the Berkeley Lyceum for allowing the college students to give an exhibition, there being no theatrical license for the hall. Justice Murray looked over the Corporation Counsel's opinion on the matter and declined to issue the summons...
...strong argument. The question at issue was, he said, shall the nine be allowed to go to neighboring towns and play a few games with professionals for gate receipts to pay the professionals with? He cited President Elliot's statement concerning our present social condition and the opinion in which Harvard is held by people at large who, if asked what they think of having the Harvard base-ball club going about playing ball with professionals clubs, would think it a bad thing and refuse to aid the University in any way whatever. If the institutionis to reach the standard...
...There seems to exist a practically unanimous opinion among the students that they are handicapped by restrictions laid upon their preparation for athletic contests with other colleges...
...called to the unsatisfactory effect of Law 24, and to recommend that it shall be so altered as to read that a batsman shall be out if, with any part of his person being in a straight line from wicket to wicket, he stop the ball which, in the opinion of the umpire would have hit the wicket." A long debate followed, at the end of which the motion was carried by a vote of eleven to three, three of the counties not voting...
...papers on the history and development of "Assumpsit," by Professor Ames, and an article by Professor Keener on "Mistakes of Law." A number of well known legal authorities, outside of the Law School, have also promised to contribute. The success of the coming volume seems already assured, if an opinion may be formed from the success of the past year and from the excellence of the matter promised by the board of editors...