OF THE

NINETEENTH ANNUAL SESSION

OF THE

Georgia Bar Association

HELD AT

WARM SPRINGS, GA.

ON

July 3rd, 4th and 5th, 1902.

EDITED BY

ORVILLE A. PARK

SECRETARY

ATLANTA, GA.

THE FRANKLIN PRINTING & PUBLISHING CO.

JUL 22 197)

L19079

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

LIST OF MEMBERS PRESENT..

GENERAL MINUTES.

45

THE GEORGIA-TENNESSEE BOUNDARY DISPUTE, PRESIDENT BATTLE'S ADDRESS..

87

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

118

THE HISTORY, OBJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GEORGIA BAR ASSOCIATION, ADDRESS BY WALTER B. HILL.

119

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON MEMORIALS.

139

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MEMORIAL SKETCH OF N. J. HAMMOND, BY Z. D. HARRISON.
THE STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS IN 1901, BY ORVILLE A. PARK.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE LAW...... . . . . .
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION AND RE-
MEDIAL PROCEDURE.

144

150

173

175

THE NECESSITY FOR RELIEF OF THE SUPREME COURT, BY JUSTICE ANDREW J. COBB

183

PROPOSED BILL ESTABLISHING COURT OF APPEALS.
THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF GEORGIA, BY W. K. MILLER.
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON LEGAL EDUCATION..

196

204

220

AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATIONS, ANNUAL ADDRESS BY JUDGE H. H. LURTON..

224

REPORT OF THE DELEGATES TO THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION,
BY J. H. MERRILL..

259

THE BINDING FORCE OF STATE DECISIONS ON UNITED STATES
COURTS, BY R. C. ALSTON

267

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LEGAL ETHICS...

285

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE AND LAW REFORM.... 294