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Montana Law Review
Volume 10
Issue 1 Spring 1949 Article 4
January 1949
Activities of the Montana Bar Association
Bruce R. Toole
University of Montana School of Law
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Montana Law Review
Published Each Spring by the Law School Association of
Montana State University.
VOL. X, SPRING 1949 ONE DOLLAR PER COPY
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
GLEN W . CLARK ........................................................ Editor-in-Chief
HAROLD L. HOLT -------------------------------------------------- Associate Editor
JOHN M. DIETRICH, JR -.............----------------------- Business Manager
BRUCE R. TooLE .................................. Assistant Business Manager
VERA JEAN HENSRUD ------------------------- Assistant Business Manager
WILLIAM D. BOETTICHER -------------------------------------------------------- Staff
JOHN R. GRINDE ...................................-------------------------------------- Staff
THOMAS F. JOYCE ........................................................................ Staff
DEAN F. RATZMAN ...................................................................... Staff
DAVID E. W ILLIAMS .................................................................... Staff
J. HowARD TOELLE .................................................. Faculty Advisor
Note and Comment
The Justin Miller prize, a $100 United States Savings Bond
has been awarded to Loran A. Johnson for his note entitled "As-
signments of Accounts Receivable as Preferences in Bank-
ruptcy." This note appeared in the 1948 issue of the Montana
Law Review. This award is made annually for the note which
is adjudged the best of those appearing in the Review.
ACTWIVITIE OF THE MONTANA BAR ASSOCIATION*
The Montana Bar Association will hold its 1949 conven-
tion in Missoula. The date is set for August 25-27, inclusive.
Plans have been made to bring many interesting men to Mis-
soula to speak. The president of the American Bar Associa-
*Information for this article was contributed by James C. Garlington,
Dean C. W. Leaphart, and Professor David R. Mason. It was written
by Bruce R. Toole of the Law Review Editorial Staff.
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tion, Frank Holman, of Seattle, will be here. Walter L. Pope,
Judge, and Chief Judge Demnan, both of the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals are expected to attend. The Executive Com-
mittee hopes to have James E. Rowe, Jr., formerly of Butte,
and who has been serving on the Hoover Commission, speak
to the Convention. Another speaker will probably be the Hon-
orable Hatton Sumner who has been for 25 years a Representa-
tive in Congress for the State of Texas. Mr. Sumner will have
some comments on the Federal Government's bureaus and their
practices.
Many other activities have been planned. Some of them
are hoped to be of a continuing nature. Though arrangements
are still tentative at the time of this writing, a debate is planned
on the subject of the valley authorities and their technique as
a method of developing the western watersheds. For the
younger members of the Bar there will be a panel or institute
on the preparation and trial of civil and criminal cases. This
particular activity will be sponsored by the Montana Bar As-
sociation alone. The Executive Committee hopes that this,
among other things, will be repeated at successive conventions.
Plans are also being made to further aid the practicing attor-
ney through lectures on estate planning with relation to gift
and estate taxes, tax problems in small business organizations,
and procedure relating to tax disputes. This activity is being
advanced by the American Law Institute and the American
Bar Association in cooperation with the Montana Bar Associa-
tion . These are by no means the only activities that will be
conducted at the Convention. They represent but a few of the
highlights.
There have been other developments and activities in ad-
dition to those connected with the Convention. One of the
most significant is the long range program being planned for
continuing legal education. A committee has been appointed,
headed by David R. Mason of the Montana State University
Law School as chairman. Other members of the committee are
Leonard DeKalb of Lewistown, E. K. Cheadle of Helena, Nor-
man Hanson of Billings, and Russell Smith of Missoula. The
American Law Institute and the American Bar Association are
interested in advancing this program and will help to make
lecturers and materials available. The character of the pro-
gram will depend upon the wishes and financial participation
of Montana attorneys.
The California Bar is sponsoring the formation of an In-
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NOTE AND COMMENT
terstate Bar Council. James C. Garlington, President of the
Montana Bar Association, attended a meeting of bar associa-
tion officers held in San Francisco where the initial plans were
laid. A similar meeting will be held in Salt Lake early next
winter. It is contemplated that the Council will include eleven
western states.
The committee in charge of legislation achieved consider-
able success in the last session of the legislature. Support was
given to the law increasing the salaries of Supreme Court jus-
tices, and other bills relating to procedural matters were suc-
cessfully advanced. The committee was led by W. E. Keeley
of Deer Lodge, as chairman, and Tom Patterson of Helena as
vice-chairman.
A committee is being appointed to promulgate a procedure
which it is hoped may lead to more uniform land titles. Rec-
ommendations of the committee will be considered by the Mon-
tana Bar Association and if approved will be published. They
will not be designed to result in legislation.
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Aside from the program of the Montana Bar Association
there is to be conducted a Traffic Institute. This is being
sponsored by the University of Montana, Northwestern Univer-sity Traffic Institute, and the American Bar Association. It
will be held from August 22nd through the 25th. The Institute
is being conducted for the benefit of county attorneys, police
court judges, justices of the peace and other persons interested
in traffic control. The date for the Institute has been arranged
so that the officials just mentioned can attend the Bar Associa-
tion Convention as well. The speakers will be experts in their
fields, probably including James P. Economas, director of Traf-
fic Court Judges and Prosecutors Conferences of the American
Bar Association and Robert E. Donigan, counsel for the North-
west Traffic Institute.
Traffic institutes have been held at the University of Cali-
fornia and at Northwestern University; this will be the first to
be held in the Northwest.
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Montana Law Review Volume 10 Issue 1 Spring 1949 Article 4 January 1949 Activities of the Montana Bar Association Bruce R. Toole University of Montana School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mlr  Part of the Law Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits you. Recommended Citation Bruce R. Toole, Activities of the Montana Bar Association, 10 Mont. L. Rev. (1949). Available at: https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mlr/vol10/iss1/4 This Note is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks at University of Montana. It has been accepted for inclusion in Montana Law Review by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks at University of Montana. For more information, please contact scholarworks@mso.umt.edu. Montana Law ReviewPublished Each Spring by the Law School Association ofMontana State University.VOL. X, SPRING 1949 ONE DOLLAR PER COPYBOARD OF DIRECTORSGLEN W . CLARK ........................................................ Editor-in-ChiefHAROLD L. HOLT -------------------------------------------------- Associate EditorJOHN M. DIETRICH, JR -.............----------------------- Business ManagerBRUCE R. TooLE .................................. Assistant Business ManagerVERA JEAN HENSRUD ------------------------- Assistant Business ManagerWILLIAM D. BOETTICHER -------------------------------------------------------- StaffJOHN R. GRINDE ...................................-------------------------------------- StaffTHOMAS F. JOYCE ........................................................................ StaffDEAN F. RATZMAN ...................................................................... StaffDAVID E. W ILLIAMS .................................................................... StaffJ. HowARD TOELLE .................................................. Faculty AdvisorNote and CommentThe Justin Miller prize, a $100 United States Savings Bondhas been awarded to Loran A. Johnson for his note entitled "As-signments of Accounts Receivable as Preferences in Bank-ruptcy." This note appeared in the 1948 issue of the MontanaLaw Review. This award is made annually for the note whichis adjudged the best of those appearing in the Review.ACTWIVITIE OF THE MONTANA BAR ASSOCIATION*The Montana Bar Association will hold its 1949 conven-tion in Missoula. The date is set for August 25-27, inclusive.Plans have been made to bring many interesting men to Mis-soula to speak. The president of the American Bar Associa-*Information for this article was contributed by James C. Garlington,Dean C. W. Leaphart, and Professor David R. Mason. It was writtenby Bruce R. Toole of the Law Review Editorial Staff.1Toole: Activities of the Montana Bar AssociationPublished by ScholarWorks at University of Montana, 1949MONTANA LAW REVIEWtion, Frank Holman, of Seattle, will be here. Walter L. Pope,Judge, and Chief Judge Demnan, both of the Ninth CircuitCourt of Appeals are expected to attend. The Executive Com-mittee hopes to have James E. Rowe, Jr., formerly of Butte,and who has been serving on the Hoover Commission, speakto the Convention. Another speaker will probably be the Hon-orable Hatton Sumner who has been for 25 years a Representa-tive in Congress for the State of Texas. Mr. Sumner will havesome comments on the Federal Government's bureaus and theirpractices.Many other activities have been planned. Some of themare hoped to be of a continuing nature. Though arrangementsare still tentative at the time of this writing, a debate is plannedon the subject of the valley authorities and their technique asa method of developing the western watersheds. For theyounger members of the Bar there will be a panel or instituteon the preparation and trial of civil and criminal cases. Thisparticular activity will be sponsored by the Montana Bar As-sociation alone. The Executive Committee hopes that this,among other things, will be repeated at successive conventions.Plans are also being made to further aid the practicing attor-ney through lectures on estate planning with relation to giftand estate taxes, tax problems in small business organizations,and procedure relating to tax disputes. This activity is beingadvanced by the American Law Institute and the AmericanBar Association in cooperation with the Montana Bar Associa-tion . These are by no means the only activities that will beconducted at the Convention. They represent but a few of thehighlights.There have been other developments and activities in ad-dition to those connected with the Convention. One of themost significant is the long range program being planned forcontinuing legal education. A committee has been appointed,headed by David R. Mason of the Montana State UniversityLaw School as chairman. Other members of the committee areLeonard DeKalb of Lewistown, E. K. Cheadle of Helena, Nor-man Hanson of Billings, and Russell Smith of Missoula. TheAmerican Law Institute and the American Bar Association areinterested in advancing this program and will help to makelecturers and materials available. The character of the pro-gram will depend upon the wishes and financial participationof Montana attorneys.The California Bar is sponsoring the formation of an In-2Montana Law Review, Vol. 10 [1949], Iss. 1, Art. 4https://scholarworks.umt.edu/mlr/vol10/iss1/4NOTE AND COMMENTterstate Bar Council. James C. Garlington, President of theMontana Bar Association, attended a meeting of bar associa-tion officers held in San Francisco where the initial plans werelaid. A similar meeting will be held in Salt Lake early nextwinter. It is contemplated that the Council will include elevenwestern states.The committee in charge of legislation achieved consider-able success in the last session of the legislature. Support wasgiven to the law increasing the salaries of Supreme Court jus-tices, and other bills relating to procedural matters were suc-cessfully advanced. The committee was led by W. E. Keeleyof Deer Lodge, as chairman, and Tom Patterson of Helena asvice-chairman.A committee is being appointed to promulgate a procedurewhich it is hoped may lead to more uniform land titles. Rec-ommendations of the committee will be considered by the Mon-tana Bar Association and if approved will be published. Theywill not be designed to result in legislation.0 0 0 * *Aside from the program of the Montana Bar Associationthere is to be conducted a Traffic Institute. This is beingsponsored by the University of Montana, Northwestern Univer-sity Traffic Institute, and the American Bar Association. Itwill be held from August 22nd through the 25th. The Instituteis being conducted for the benefit of county attorneys, policecourt judges, justices of the peace and other persons interestedin traffic control. The date for the Institute has been arrangedso that the officials just mentioned can attend the Bar Associa-tion Convention as well. The speakers will be experts in theirfields, probably including James P. Economas, director of Traf-fic Court Judges and Prosecutors Conferences of the AmericanBar Association and Robert E. Donigan, counsel for the North-west Traffic Institute.Traffic institutes have been held at the University of Cali-fornia and at Northwestern University; this will be the first tobe held in the Northwest.3Toole: Activities of the Montana Bar AssociationPublished by ScholarWorks at University of Montana, 1949

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