AMES ARGUMENT REACHES FINALS

The final argument in the Ames Competition of the Harvard Law School will take place tonight at 8 o'clock in Langdell Hall.

The two clubs which clash in the final round of the competition for the third year Harvard Law School Clubs are the Scott Club and the Jeremiah Smith Club. W. C. Carter 3L, and R. K. Chase 3L, represent the Scott Club, while J. W. Avireut 3 L and W. D. Gallagher 3L are of the Jeremiah Smith Club.

The judges who have been chosen to sonstitute the Court are Hon, C. T. Marshall Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Ohio, who will preside; Hon. F. C. Crane, Judge of the Court of Appeals of New York, and Hon. T. S. Offutt, Judge of the Court of Appeal is Maryland.

The title of the case is "The Prudential Surety Company of Amesburg, Plaintiff, versus The Fidelity Bounding Company. Defendant, for Final Decree on Master's Report."

Facts Center on Fictitious State

The facts of the case center around the state of Ames, a ficitious forty-ninth state, where courts are not bound by the law of any particular state. In this state, Traynor was elected Treasurer of the city of Amesburgh. The plaintiff Surety Company executed a bond in the sum of $200,00 to the city to cover defalcations of Traynor and of the man whom he should appoint deputy treasurer. Traynor appointed Depue to be deputy treasurer. The defendant Surety Company executed a bond to the city to cover any defalcations of Depute.

Traynor was guilty of defalcations of $92,00, and Depue was guilty of $23,000, with the aid and connivance of Travnor. The city sued the plaintiff Surety Company and recovered both amounts from them. In this action the plaintiff for contribution towards the $23,00 which the plaintiff said the city on account of the defalcation of Depue, for whom the defendant was surety.

The legal questions involved are whether there is any such right of contribution, and if so, what part of the $23,000 should be contributed by the defendant.

The Smith Club is the council for the Plaintiff, while the Scott Club will uphold the defendant.