IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, IN AND FOR THE CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO. GEORGE W. TYLER, PLAINTIFF, VS. ANNIE A. PRATT, DEFENDANT. ARGUMENT OF MR. ALFRED A. COHEN, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF. by Cohen, Alfred A

San Francisco: Francis & Valentine Commercial Printing. Fair. 1877. Softcover. 61 pp., 8vo; original printed wrappers. Missing spine & back cover; cover with piece out of leading lower corner tip. Otherwise clean and intact. Tyler obtained a decree of divorce for the defendant in Annie Pratt vs. Judge Pratt, and the question in this case is what should the plaintiff be paid for his service. Yet we have here a tale of a whited sepulchre, perjurer, and debauchee who permitted no interruption to the full sweep of his pitiless lust. .

District Court of the Fourth Judicial District of the State of California, 1876. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Staple bound, 8 pages. Clean, unmarked. Light wear. Photos available. We ship daily. Expedited shipping available!

San Francisco: Francis & Valentine, 1877. First Edition. Good. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. 1-61; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; a few small chips to edges and tips of spine; inconspicious repair to front wrap along spine; text clean; in good to very good condition.A record of a sordid, 19th-century, San Francisco scandal, the publication presented the memorable argument of prominent attorney and President of the San Francisco & Oakland Railroad Alfred Andrew Cohen (1829 - 1887), in defence of his client George W. Tyler. Tyler, another attorney, had represented Annie A. Pratt during her divorce from Orville C. Pratt, a well-known judge, for the latter had been caught gallivanting with another woman. Annie had been awarded over $700,000 of hush money, but had ultimately refused to pay Tyler his fees, for which, consequently, he was suing her. Using colorful language and delivering an impressive performance, Cohen would call Judge Pratt a "Satyr, capering and whinnying… Read More

[San Francisco, 1876. 8pp, sewn, original printed wrappers [light toning], Very Good. Cohen was a leader of California's early Jewish community, a prominent attorney, and a railroad promoter. Here he takes on the Central Pacific Railroad, charging in this derivative suit that the Railroad-- acting through its Directors Stanford, Huntington, and Hopkins-- illegally purchased the capital stock of the California Pacific Railroad Company and then, in an effort to bankrupt it, refused to pay interest due on bonds issued by that company. Rocq 9271.

[San Francisco?, 1877. 44pp, sewn, original printed wrappers [light dusting and minor wear]. Very Good. Laid in at the end is a one page Memorandum of the Court on Motion for Injunction, by Judge Dwinelle. Cohen was a leader of California's early Jewish community, a prominent attorney, and a railroad promoter. Here he takes on the Town of Alameda and its trustees, who seek to open a road along his land and charge him and abutting landowners with the costs. Cohen claims that Robinson, a trustee, would derive substantial financial benefit from the road. His lobbying and subsequent participation in the trustees' decision is a disqualifying conflict of interest. Cohen's passionate argument carried the day: the Court held that Robinson's actions flagrantly breached his duty, and granted the injunction. FIRST EDITION. Rocq 317. OCLC records ten locations as of November 2021.