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which he discussed the divisibility of a time contract to be met by 

 instalment deliveries, and in the second, in which he sustained the 

 more recent rule that participation in profits is presumptive but not 

 conclusive proof of a partnership. In the same way his numerous 

 engagements in the Federal Courts, and in the Supreme Court of 

 Pennsylvania, illustrate the extent and the character of his devotion 

 to the complex and varied questions arising out of railroad receiver- 

 ships, coal carrying and mining contracts, and the various efforts at 

 legislative restrictions upon vast combinations of capital, both cor- 

 porate and individual. 



In the law of receiverships he was both a creator and an expert, 

 and his arguments here acc[uired a permanent value as illuminating 

 a once darkened chamber of equity jurisprudence. His forensic 

 work in the lower courts, both in the Common Pleas and the Orphans 

 Court, were marked by the same excellence, thoroughness of prep- 

 aration and clearness of presentation. While making no claim to 

 eloquence or skill in cross examination, yet in assisting his colleagues 

 in sifting and arranging evidence and in the preparation of briefs, he 

 never overlooked a point or neglected a pertinent authority. Mr. 

 Bullitt leaned heavily upon him in the Whitaker will case, a case as 

 renowned in our annals as the famous Tichborne claim in England. 

 And after Mr. Bullitt had gone and Mr. Dickson took the lead, his 

 arguments were models of simplicity and strength, for he never 

 imagined himself profound in proportion to the ability to make one's 

 self obscure. Clearly do I see the shade of Samuel Dickson joining 

 that majestic procession of venerable men ascending the empurpled 

 heights which Virgil tells us belong to the immortals. 



Bibliography. 



His address, entitled " Ten Days in Greece " ; " The Methods of 

 Legal Education ;" " Powers and Procedure of the Legislature ;" 

 " George Sharswood ;" " The Dedication of the New Law School 

 Building ;" the " Introductory Address," delivered by him as chan- 

 cellor of the Law Association, upon the celebration of its Centen- 

 nial in March, 1902, and his argument before the Anthracite Strike 

 Commission, have been published and disclose a lasting basis for his 

 fame. Hampton L. Carson, 



