Law Clubs Argue Mock Court Cases

Four Law School clubs will fight out a pair of hypothetical cases before regular judges in the semi-finals of the Ames Competition which is going into its third year as a moot-court tournament. The arguments, open to the public, will be held next Monday, and a week later, on November 24.

First on the docket, a common case among lawyers, is a suit involving "the taxability of stock dividends and the treatment of unrealized appreciation underneath Revenue Act," which will be passed upon by three judges of the U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals: Judges Evans, Mahony, and Maris.

Arguing for the "Commissioner of Internal Revenue" will be the Pow Wow Club, H. Truxton Emerson, Jr. and Robert G. Zeller, counsels; and for the "Brainard Corporation," Bernard Lisman and Edward Harvey Smith representing the James Club. All participants are third-year students.

A mythical "Edward and Helen Kafka," seeking to be recognized as "lawful issue" in the will of their father, present problems in jurisdiction for divorce and the conflict of laws to be debated by Austin Broadhurst and Norman L. Gill of the Powell Club against George E. Hill and Edward C. Freutel, Jr. of the Edward Warren Club.

Justice Branch of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, Judge Turner of the Ohio Supreme Court, and Judge Ells of the Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors will render the verdict.