Address of Justice Jesse W. Carter of the Supreme Court of California, delivered before the National Association Claimants' Compensation Attorneys at its annual banquet, on August 11, 1951, at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. typescript.

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Address of Justice Jesse W. Carter of the Supreme Court of California, delivered before the National Association Claimants' Compensation Attorneys at its annual banquet, on August 11, 1951, at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco. typescript.

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Justice Carter elaborates on the Supreme Court of California's decisions relating to "unjust" and "archaic" common laws which restrict the recovery of damages by injured parties. He concludes that it will take legislation, not the court, to redress the current inequities of compensation laws and to effect change.

17 leaves ; 30 cm.

Golden Gate University, School of Law Library

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Carter, Jesse W., 1888-1959

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Jesse Washington Carter was born in Carrville, California in 1888. In 1913, he graduated from Golden Gate Law College, and in 1913, Carter opened a law office in Redding, California. In 1918 he became the district attorney for Redding; he also served as city attorney for Mt. Shasta and Redding. In 1939 he became a California state senator and was appointed to the state supreme court. He served until his death in 1959. From the description of Letters of Jesse Washington Carter, 1941-1...