Washington D.C.   1934-1936

In my second wear which was my best, I received an average of 82 which was an"A". My third year I dropped down to 74. This was the year we had Moot Court. My Moot Court partner was a fellow named Ted Foxley (he later became a Judge in Salt Lake City). We were assigned two cases a year. In the first case I was Chief Counsel and my partner was supposed to be my witness It was a case where I was supposed to replevin some butter. I put Ted on the witness stand as the warehouseman where the butter was stored and asked him if he issued the warehouse receipts. Much to my amazement and contrary to our plans he answered "no". I asked him the same question over three times in different ways and he persisted. Thus I could not lay a proper foundation for introducing the warehouse receipts in evidence and, although the opposing attorneys were too dumb to object to my repeated questions, the judge finally did. At his suggestion they moved for judgement which motion was granted and we were out of court in about 15 minutes. I am certain that I received a very poor grade on this case and that this pulled down my average for my third year. To this day Ted Foxley has never been able to explain why he crossed me up on the witness stand except that he got confused.

At the end of my third year I decided to take the District of Columbia bar examination. This was permitted and I reasoned that even if I failed this would be good experience so that I would be sure to pass it at the end of my fourth year. So for the month preceeding the bar exam (which was held in June of 1936) I took a spetial bar review course in addition to my school work. The lectures were from 8 to 10, two nights a week. The man who gave it (a local attorney named Moran) was very good and kept you awake and interested. There are only so many hours in a day and this took some of my study time and I am sure that this was also responsible for my lower grades during my third year at school.

1934-1936 OTHER OCCASIONS

During this time of law school and intense study, there were other occasions which John did not write about in his history. In the summer of 1934, John and Dorothy returned to Utah where they were sealed in the Salt Lake temple. Other pictures and letters reveal other diversions from this busy period in John's life.



YEAR (FILE ) SUBJECT
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1934 (5002) Anniversary Card
1934 (4665) Israelsons and John Griffin
1934 (9118) Dorothy and John Griffin
1935 (5013) Postcard - Ocean City Boardwalk
1935 (5011) Postcard - Empire State Building
1935 (5006) Navy-Noltre Dame football ticket
1935 (5004) Anniversary Card
1935 (1061) Birthday Poem written by John to Dorothy
1936 (5007) Army-Navy football ticket

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