Announcement of the College of Law 1926-1927

uses of the College of Law and furnishes accommodations asreports of the courts oflast resortlof every State in the Union Commission and the Land Decisions of the Department of the Inter

College of Law

GAINESVILLELfjA^^j^v,,

SEVENTEENTH

ANNUAL ANNOUNCEMENT

1925-26

September 14,Monday Summer Recess ends.

Examinationsfor Admission.Registration of Students

First Semester begins.

September 21,Monday School for Demonstration

and CountyAs-entsbegins.October 3, Saturday, 2:00p. m Re-examinations

2:00 p. m Meeting of General Faculty

December 18, Friday, 12:00 noon. Christmas Recess begins.

1926—January 4, Monday Christmas Recess ends.

January 5, Tuesday8:00 a. m Resumption of Classes.

January 30, Saturday First Semester ends.

February 1, Monday, 8:00 a. m Second Semester begins.

February 13, Saturday, 2:00p. m Meeting of General Faculty

June 5, Saturday, 2:00 p.m Meetine of General Faculty

June 6, Sunday, 11:00 a. m Baccalaureate Sermon

Class-Day Exercises.

Oratorical Contests.

June 8, Tuesday, 10:00 a. m Graduating Day

Bovs' Club Week begins.

June 15, Tuesday Summer School begins.

September 13, Monday Summer Recess ends.

P. K YoNGfi,Chairman ManageT,SouthernStatesLumberCo.,Pensacola

E L. Wartmann Planter and Stock Raiser. Citra

Jv C. Cooper, Jr Attomey-at-Law Jacksonville

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Rivers H> Buford Attorney General

W.S. CawTHON,Secretary StateSuperintendent of PublicInstruction

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL

JAS. M Farr, Ph.D Vice-Presidentofthe University

Jas. N Anderson, Ph.D Deanofthe College of ArtsandSciences

J R. Benton, Ph.D Dean ofthe Collegeof Engineering

SUMMER SCHOOL BOARD

A A MURPHREE,'LL.D._ President University of Florida

RESIDENT FACULTY

ALBERT ALEXANDER MURPHREE, A.M., LL.D

President ofthe University

HARRY RAYMOND TRUSLER, A.M., LL.B., (Michigan)

DeanandProfessor ofLaw

CLIFFORD WALDORF CRANDALL, B.S LL.B (Michigan)

JAMES MADISON CHAPMAN, D.O.,

Professor of PublicSpeaking

Librarian and Secretary

Threeclassesof men should readlaw—thelawyerfor his iDrofession,the business man for business reasons, and every man for increased

efficiency and his own protection Blackstone.

then a member of the Board of Control, the College of Law

was established in 1909 From this time until 1917 the course

At first the College was quartered in Thomas Hall, one ofthe dormitories At the opening of the session of 1913-14

more spacious rooms were provided in Language Hall Duringthe following summer and fall the present structure was

fitting ceremonies, took possession ofits own home, one ofthe

iinest law school buildings in the South

PURPOSE

and practical knowledge of the law, and thus to equip its

ideals and traditions ofthe profession Its policy is

as well as historical perspective; skill in brief making as well

as legal information

EQUIPMENT

stories high It contains a large, well-lighted library,

2on-sulation rooms for students and faculty It has three

administra-tion, and the offices of the several resident professors It

contains, also, a handsomely paneled courtroom and

with the library below by a circular stairway Every interest

quar-ters forthe Marshall Debating Society The building is

steam-heated, lighted by electricity, and equipped thruout with a

uses of the College of Law and furnishes accommodations as

reports of the courts oflast resortlof every State in the Union

Commission and the Land Decisions of the Department of

the Interior besides an excellent collection of digests, pedias, series of selected cases, treatises and text books, both

Stat-utes of several ofthe States besides those of the Federal

use of law books Every facility also is offered law students

libraries are open during the academic year bn every secular

Gymnasium — A brick and stone structure of two stories

wide It is steam-heated, supplied with hot water, and lighted and ventilated A gallery around the main floior pro-videsspa-ce for spectators at gymnastic exhibitions The base-

well-ment contains lockers, shower baths and toilets. Adjacent isj

wide,and from four and onehalf tosevenfeet deep Organized

classes are conducted by the Professor of Physical Culture,

Fleming Field — A large and well-kept athletic field

field was used by the New York Giants for their spring

training and in 1921 by the Philadelphia Nationals

not over three semester hours of college work No deficiencyinhigh schoolunits will be allowed.

A high school unit represents a course of study pursued

forty-five minutes per week, four courses being taken duringeach of the four years Fifteen units as defined by the Car-

will be accepted

viz.: English 3; Mathematics 2; History 1; Science 1. The

1 ; vocational subjects (Typewriting, Stenography, Mechanic

Arts, Agriculture, etc.) 4.

Florida high schools, grouped by the State Department ofPublic Instruction under Classes A and B Certificates will

State university

The certificate must be officially signed by the principal

ofthe school attended,and must be presented to the Committee

com-pleted

data, will be sent to all high-school principals and, upon

application, to prospective students

No specific course of studies is prescribed for the college

and Sciences Thereby it will be easier for them to complete

Women Students — By an Act of the Legislature of 1925,

women who are twenty-one years of age, who have credit insixty semester hours of academic College work, and who

otherwise fully meet the entrance requirements of the Colleg-e

eligible for admission as special students

them to make profitable use of the opportunities offered by

the College The admission of such students, however, is not

year shall not exceed ten per cent of the average number of

to the Dean of the College for admission, stating age,

educa-tional preparation and experience Those best qualified to

first of September, preference being given to residents of the

state, and applicants willbe notified of the action taken

Advanced Standing — No work in law done in other

in-stitutions will be accepted towards a degree, unless the

sub-jects in question in this College, or unless credit is given

this Collegeisa member, will not be excepted Where a school

is known to have made relaxing departures from its published

credit from such institution will not be considered Inno case

will credit be given for work not done in residence at an

EXPENSES

resi-dent, exclusive of incidentals, may be summarized as follows:

An additional fee of two dollars ($2.00) is required of

paid Those who fail to meet this obligation are not regarded

as members of the University Fees must be paid within

five days after entrance to classes; otherwise an additionalfee of $2.00 will be required

en-rollment Failure to do this will cause his nam.e to be dropped

Students who are assigned to studentservice ivill he required

to pay theirfees atthe beginning ofthe semesterincash; andattheend of the semester, or at such time as the service to which

credit on fees. No exception will be made to this rule by the

Board of Control

Norefundofanyfees ivillbe madeafter ten daysfrom date ofregistration Positivelynoexceptiontothisruleivill bepermitted

a proportionate part of the full tuition

for degrees

of their state and a law dictionary These bt)oks will form a

First Semester Second Semester

Sept 14 to Oct 13 $22.50 Feb 1 to Feb 28 $22.50 Oct 14 to Nov 13 22.50 Mar 1 to Mar 31 22.50

Nov 14 to Dec 20 26.50 Apr 1 to Apr 30 22.50 Jan 4 to Jan 31 21.00 May 1 to June 8 27.50

*A legal resident is one whose parent or guardian is a registered

quali-fied voter in the state of Florida. A student over 21 years of agebecomes a legal resident when he is a qualified, registered voter

in this state.

Board without lodging will be furnished at the rate of

For more detailed statements reference is made to the

rate of thirty-five to forty dollars ($35.-$40.00) per month.

possible date Application should be made to Miss Ethel L

on fees, must accompany the application; but this deposit

UNIVERSITY PRIVILEGES

the College of Law as desire and are able to accept them.

is made for such courses, but they can be taken only with the

Train-ing Corps, to membership in which law students are eligible.

They are not required, hov/ever, to join this organization or

' PUBLIC SPEAKING AND DEBATING

Marshall Debating Society.— Early in the first year of

the College the students organized a society that would secure

experience in arguing legal questions, as well as drill in

parlia-mentary law The society was fittingly named "The Marshall

jurist, John Marshall

for the best work in legal research Excellency in this work

DEGREES

Bachelor of Laws — The degree of Bachelor of laws

after one year's residence, but in no case will the degree be

of the third year

College or University, or who secure such degree the same

de-gree of Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Combined Academic and Law Course — By pursuing an

College of Law and count the same as credits toward the

how-ever, until after the completion of the second year of the law work.

Master of Arts —Candidates for the degree of Master

ADMISSION TO THE BAR

authorities, and upon furnishing satisfactory evidence that

to practice in the Courts of Florida They also are admitted

without examination to the United States District Court for j

final.

conditions, except in subjects where the semester grade falls

subjects forwhich they are registered

A student failing inmore thanfiftyper cent ofhis class hoursfor tivo consecutive months, ivill he droppedfor the remainder of

the College year Students so droppedwill be entitled to

honor-able dismissal, unless theirfailure is clearly due to negligence

Uponpetition, sucha studentmay, at the discretion ofthe

Presi-dent ofthe University and the Dean of the College, bereinstated

LECTURES

In addition to the courses given by the regular Faculty,

lectures are given by eminent specialists in the profession,

their time and services in this way.

College is convinced that an intensive knowledge of pleadingand practice should be secured by the student, since legalrights cannot be well understood without a mastery of the

rules of pleading whereby they are enforced As Lord Coke

declared: "Good pleading is the touchstone of the true sense

today Consequently theCollege offers thoro courses in

Pleading, Code Pleading, Florida Civil Practice, General

Practice, and Federal Procedure Thus the student on

gradu-ation is enabled to enter understandingly upon the practice of

law; and to this fact the College attributes much of the rapid

As young men from all parts of the country in increasing

numbers are attending the University, combining the

the College has arranged to serve those who intendto practice

State, Students preparing for the practice in other states areoffered Code Pleading and General Practice instead of FloridaConstitutional Law and Florida Civil Practice, as shown in

sub-mit an acceptable dissertation showing the peculiarities of

locate

the Practice Court a better practical knowledge of pleadingand practice thancan be acquired in any otherway, aside from

thetrial of actual cases, the Facultylay special emphasis upon

sheriffareappointed fromthe Seniorclass, andregular records

in the trial of at least one common law, one equity, and one

criminal case, and is instructed in appellate procedure The

Practice Court is conducted by Professors Cockrell and

Cran-dall.

CURRICULUM*

FIRST YEAR

con-flicting rights; mental anguish; parties to tort actions;

reme-dies; damages; conflict of laws; methods of discharge;

ma-licious prosecution, abuse of process, conspiracy, slander and

libel, trespass, conversion, deceit, nuisance, negligence, and

*The texts announced are subject to change but assurance is griventhat few changes will be made

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others Textbooks: Burdick on Torts and Burdick's Cases on

Torts, 3rd edition (5 hours Professor Trusler.)

Contracts I.— Formation of contract; offer and

object; operation ofcontract;limitsofthe contract obligation

contract Textbooks: Corbin's Anson on Contracts; Huffcut

offenses against the person, habitation, property, public health

the law of nations Textbook: Clark on Criminal Law, 3rd

edition; selected cases (2hours Professor Cockrell.)

informa-tion and their sufficiency in form and substance;

trial; arrest of judgment; judgment, sentence, and execution

cases (2 hours Professor Cockrell.)

Property L —Personal property; possession and rights

based thereon; acquisition of title ; liens and pledges;

conver-sion Textbook: Warren's Cases on Property, {2 hours.

Professor Crandall.)

SECOND SEMESTER

Equity Jurisprudence —History and definition; tion; maxims; accident, mistake, fraud; penalties and for-feitures; priorities and notice; bona fide purchasers; estoppelelection; satisfaction and performance; conversion; equitableestates, interest, primary rights; trusts; powers, duties, and

jurisdic-liabilitiesof trustees;mortgages; equitableliens; assignments

specific performance; injunction; reformation; cancellation;cloud on titles; ancillary remedies Textbook: Eaton on

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Contracts II and Quasi Contracts —Rules relating to

rights or duty, from mistake of law, and on invalid,

unenforce-able, illegal, or impossible contract; benefits conferred thru

dutiful intervention in another's affairs; benefits conferred

Anson on Contracts; Woodruff's Cases on Quasi Contracts.{3 hours Professor Thompson.)

Marriage and Divorce — Marriage in general; nature of

the relation; capacity of parties; annulment; divorce; suit,

jurisdiction, grounds; defenses; alimony; effect on property

rights; custody and support of children; agreements tof ration Textbook: Vernier's Cases on Marriage and Divorce

sepa-(1 hour Professor Cockrell.)

Common Law Pleading —History and development of the

peculiar features as developed by the jury trial ; demurrers,

pleadings Textbook: Keigwin's Cases in Common Law

Pleading {3 hours Professor Crandall.)

Sales.—Sale and contract to sell ; statute of frauds; gality; conditions and warranties; delivery; acceptance and

ille-receipt; vendor's lien ; stoppage in transitu; bills of lading

selected cases (1 hour ProfessorSlagle.)

Property II.—Introduction to the law of conveyancing

rights incident to the ownership of land, and estates therein,including the land itself, air, water, fixtures, emblements,

the land Textbook: Warren's Cases on Property (2 hours.Professor CraTidall.)

United States Constitutional Law —General cipals; distribution of governmental powers; congress; the

prin-chief executive; thejudiciary; policepowers; eminent domain;

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civil rights; political privileges; guarantee in criminal cases

Agency — Nature of the relation; purposes and manner

of creation; who may be principal or agent; ratification;

duties of agents; termination, nature, extent, cionstruction,

andexecutionof authority ofagents; rights,duties,and

liabili-ties of agents; principal and third persons inter se; particularclasses of agents Textbook: Mechem's Outlines of Agency, and Mechem's Cases on Agency. (2hours ProfessorThompson.)

Equity Pleading — Nature and object of pleading inequity; parties to a suit in equity; proceedings in a suit inequity; bills in equity; disclaimer; demurrers and pleas;

answer and replication; preparation of bills, demurrers, pleas,

Cockrell.)

find the law; how to use statutes and decisions; how to find

prepara-tion Textbook: Cooley's Brief Making and the Use of Law

Property IIL—Titles and conveyancing, including sition of titles by possession, modes of conveyance at common

es-toppel by deed; priorities among titles. Textbook: Warren's

Florida Constitutional Law.* —Declaration of rights;

edu-cation; public institutions; miscellaneous provisions books: Constitution, statutes, and judicial decisions of Florida.{2 hours Professor Truster

*For students intending to^ practice in Florida.

**For students not intending to practice in Florida.