Banks, John C.

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Denver Law Review Volume 16 Issue 5 Article 6 July 2021 Western Slope Legal Institute John C. Banks Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.du.edu/dlr Recommended Citation John C. Banks, Western Slope Legal Institute, 16 Dicta 172 (1939). This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Denver Law Review at Digital Commons @ DU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Denver Law Review by an authorized editor of Digital Commons @ DU. For more information, please contact jennifer.cox@du.edu,dig-commons@du.edu. WESTERN SLOPE LEGAL INSTITUTEBy JOHN C. BANKS*HE awakening of the lawyers of Colorado to the realiza-tion of the values to be derived from better organized barassociations and the holding of legal institutes continuedits sweep over the state with the meeting of the lawyers of theWestern Slope at Grand Junction on April 15th.This Legal Institute was held under the active sponsor-ship of the Mesa County Bar Association and at the suggestionand with the encouragement of the Colorado Bar Association'sCommittee on Legal Institutes, through its chairman, WilliamR. Kelly of Greeley. Over fifty per cent of the lawyers in fif-teen widely scattered counties of the Western Slope attendedthe meeting. At the afternoon session Mortimer Stone spokeon the subject of Contracts for the Sale of Real Estate and dis-tributed a comprehensive outline of points which should notbe overlooked in the preparation of such contracts. Followingthis talk, a discussion was had on the requirements as to de-fault provisions and the manner of protecting the vendoragainst the clouding of the title by the purchaser's recordingthe agreement. Many questions were asked which led to anexchange of ideas and practices among the lawyers from thevarious communities.Farrington R. Carpenter of Hayden, Colorado, formerlythe head of the Division of Grazing of the U. S. Departmentof the Interior, gave an interesting talk on the growth of thevarious grazing laws and the reasons for the interpretationswhich have been given to them by the department.Hon. John R. Clark of Glenwood Springs presented aresolution, endorsed by all the Western Slope lawyers, to se-cure a state convention of the Colorado Bar Association atsome date in the future for Glenwood Springs.At six-thirty dinner was held in the Blue Room of theLa Court Hotel. Charles M. Holmes, president of the MesaCounty Bar Association, served as toastmaster. Max Mel-ville of Denver spoke on the Unlawful Practice of the Law,and pointed out how the Colorado Supreme Court has beenvery lenient in its interpretation of what constitutes unauthor-ized practice.William R. Kelly brought the greetings of the Colorado*Member of Grand Junction Bar. Regional Correspondent for DICTA.172Bar Association to the institute and told of the enthusiasticreception which the legal institutes had received in variousparts of the state.The lawyers present from Delta, Gunnison, Montroseand San Miguel counties expressed the desire for an organiza-tion of lawyers in those counties, together with those in thecounties of Hinsdale and Ouray which were not represented,so that they could be admitted into the Colorado Bar Associa-tion as a unit. Plans were formulated and a committee ap-pointed to proceed with the formation of such a bar associa-tion.Much credit and praise for the way the meeting was han-dled should be given to the Mesa County Bar Association'sCommittee on Legal Institutes, consisting of Silmon Smith,chairman, E. B. Adams and William Weiser, all of GrandJunction, and also to Eugene Mast, secretary.WELD COUNTY BAR MEETSThe Weld County Bar Association held its monthly meeting inGreeley at The Inn, Friday evening, April 7, at which there were twen-ty-one members present. Among them was Mrs. Shirley Payne, attorneyat law, of Windsor, Colorado. Mr. Fred Winner of the Denver bar wasa guest of the local association.Mr. Max D. Melville of Denver spoke to the group on the pertinentsubject, "The Illegal Practice of Law," which problem has been pro-gressively commanding the attention of the members of the profession.Members of the local association whole-heartedly endorsed the ex-pressions of Mr. Melville.Mr. Charles C. Townsend, president of the local bar, named Rob-ert G. Smith, B. A. Woodcock, and John W. Henderson, all of Greeley,as a committee on nominations to effect a report for the forthcomingmeeting in May, at which time new officers will be installed.JOHN W. O'HAGAN, Secretary-Treasurer, Weld County Bar Association.Judge John B. O'Rourke has appointed the following members ofthe bar of the Sixth Judicial District to revise the rules of court for thedistrict:A. R. Mollett, Durango, ChairmanL. M. Perkins, DurangoReese McCloskey, DurangoJohn H. Galbreath, Pagosa Springs.Chairman Mollett reports that a draft of the proposed revision willbe presented to the Southwestern Colorado Bar Association for examina-tion and suggestions at the next meeting of the association.DICTA 173174 DICTAAlbert P. Fischer of Fort Collins was elected president of the Lari-mer County Bar Association at the annual meeting held recently in FortCollins. Arthur E. March of Fort Collins was selected as vice-president,and Dale E. Shannon of Fort Collins as secretary-treasurer.The main speaker of the meeting was Judge Claude Coffin, whodiscussed "The Perfect Jury." Judges and ex-judges seemed to havemonopolized the program, as all of the officers, except Mr. Shannon, areex-judges, and the speaker came from the bench.Immigration of lawyers to Larimer County in the past few monthshas become exceedingly heavy. It is rumored that the quota has beenused up for many years to come.There are five newcomers to the locality: Ray A. Gunning, for-merly of Denver, has opened a law office in the First National BankBuilding, Loveland: Jerome Smith, graduate of Drake University, atDes Moines, Iowa, has started to practice law in the Colorado Building,Fort Collins; Robert McCreary, graduate of Washington University, atWashington, D. C., has opened up law offices in the Wilson Block; G.Herman Howard, graduate of Southwestern University, at Los Angeles,California, has hung up his shingle in the Lyric Building, Fort Collins;and Dale E. Shannon, graduate of Kansas University, has become asso-ciated with Fred W. Stover and Herbert A. Alpert in Fort Collins.N. R. NIELSENGENERAL CONTRACTORBuildings of All Types632 Detroit St. Denver, Colo.Telephone EAst 4872FOR SALELaw Library. Over 4,000 volumes, in-cluding Federal, Pacific, SouthwesternReports: U. S. Code Annotated, Ameri-can State Reports. Decisions and manyothers. Will sell all or any part. Writefor complete list and prices.THE DEMING INVESTMENTCOMPANYDEPARTMENT COSWEGO, KANSASDicta Advertisers Merit Your PatronagePhone KE. 0241Prompt ServiceWHEN YOU NEEDBooks of RecordMinute BooksStock CertificatesLoose Leaf BooksOffice SuppliesFiling EquipmentBook CasesSteel ShelvingOffice FurniturePicture FramingCOMPLETEOFFICE OUTFITTERSCOR NER 16.d AND STOUToOlDenver

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