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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...
Jack D. Andrews, of La Crosse, Wisconsin; Alan S. Evans, of Ridley Park, Pennsylvania; William R. Eyler, of Toledo, Ohio; Richard B. Finn, of Niagara Falls, New York; Ralph T. Fuller, of Hudson Ohio; Frederick W. Heckel, 3d., of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; Lawrence M. Levinson, of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Allen E. Puckett, of Chicago Heights, Illinois; Joseph S. Harvin, of Fort Worth, Texas; Walter J. Bate, of Richmond, Indiana; Richard R. Beatty, Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri, Clayton J. Clawson, of Madera, California; Edger L. Haff, Jr., of Fort Edward, New York; Martin Lichterman, of Brooklyn, New York; William W. Minton...
Philadelphia, Pa.: Alan S. Evans '39, Ridley Park, Pa.; Richard H. Seymer '39, Narberth...
...Brought startled newshawks scurrying in from the halls when it rejected with one of the loudest viva voce votes on record, a proposal by Tennessee's John Ridley Mitchell to abolish Congressmen's mileage allowance. Having also voted down Congressman Mitchell's amendment forbidding Congressmen to hire their relatives as clerks, it promptly passed a $20,357,165 legislative supply bill, up $886,134 from the current year's appropriation for Congress' upkeep...
...aspirants for the throne. Lady Jane swooned prettily when she heard that the Council in its pliancy had named her Queen of England. Meanwhile London could hear the rumbling of the distant drum, as the Eastern counties rose for Tudor Mary, and Catholic troops moved towards the metropolis. While Ridley harangued the mobile at Paul's Cross, the craven Northumberland capitulated without a struggle. Lady Jane went meekly to the Tower...