Billings sues Charlotte Observer for libel in NC
Reverend C M Billings files suit in county clerk office against the Charlotte Observer alleging malicious and defamatory article damaged his name and reputation. He seeks $30,000 in damages with counsel Hon W W Kitchin Johnston Ivie Glidewell Lane. Billings, a Baptist minister from Pittsylvania County Va, has long served in North and South Carolina and faced a paralytic condition in his wife Addie Moore Billings. The case promises to be vigorously pursued.
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Judge in trance wrote opinion in Tennessee death case
Chattanooga Tenn March 5 A remarkable story emerges about an opinion of the Supreme Court of Tennessee affirming the death sentence of Andrew.
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Memory of a Trance Writing a Landmark Opinion
The piece recounts a 1870 Tennessee Supreme Court tale where Chief Justice Williams authored a key opinion while in a trance. Justice Nicholson wrote it, Peter Turney, future governor, witnessed the event as Nicholson rose from bed to draft and then recall nothing the next day. The elaborate ruling affirmed the lower court and cites many authorities.
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