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April 27

Is there a reliable source for the list of past fellows of Society of Antiquaries of London?

On the website of Society of Antiquaries of London, I can find a list of its current fellows. However, I was not able to find a source with a list of past fellows. This makes it difficult to verify claims in The Complete Peerage, e.g. the claim that George Lee, 3rd Earl of Lichfield was elected an FSA in 1767. Wonder if anyone could provide some pointers to this. ネイ (talk) 07:31, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@ネイ: - A List of the Members of the Society of Antiquaries of London, from their revival in 1717, to June 19, 1796: Volume 5. London, 1798 (p. 21) says; "1767... George Henry Earl of Lichfield, Nov. 26" ('George Henry' being his lordship's Christian names). Alansplodge (talk) 11:33, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much! This is exactly what I was looking for. ネイ (talk) 09:54, 1 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Identity of Garnett in Leser v. Garnett, 258 US 130

The court opinion for Leser v. Garnett does not mention the identity of Garnett, and I'm having some trouble finding out who or what Garnett is. Does anyone know where I can find this information? --Puzzledvegetable^{Is it teatime already?} 19:03, 27 April 2020 (UTC) + minor edit --Puzzledvegetable^{Is it teatime already?} 19:27, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

"J. Mercer Garnett and others, constituting the Board of Registry of the Seventh Precinct of the Eleventh Ward of Baltimore City" from here. DuncanHill (talk) 19:21, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Is there any particular reason why the Court of Appeals of Maryland used a different name for the case? --Puzzledvegetable^{Is it teatime already?} 19:27, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

A good more general question: how and by whom are case names in appellate cases in the US determined? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 21:57, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the moving party (the one who filed the court papers) comes first. In an appellate case, the one who appeals would usually be the one who lost the lower court case, but not always. 2602:24A:DE47:B270:DDD2:63E0:FE3B:596C (talk) 01:29, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That's certainly the case, but who determined that the case was "Lesser v Garnett" as opposed to "Lesser v Board of Registry..."? --jpgordon^{𝄢𝄆 𝄐𝄇} 13:35, 29 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Board of registry can sue someone but I have a half-baked impression (IANAL etc.) that the defendant has to be a legal person (i.e. a human or a corporation). So in Lesser v Garnett, Lesser might have actually sued the board of registry, with Garnett being the nominal defendant. It's like if you challenge the constitutionality of a federal statute, your suit would be "Jpgordon v. Barr", i.e. you would formally sue William Barr in his official capacity as Attorney General of the US. That also means that if someone else becomes USAG while your suit is in progress, your suit's name changes to mention the new AG. That can get confusing sometimes, when the same suit has multiple names. 2602:24A:DE47:B270:DDD2:63E0:FE3B:596C (talk) 02:26, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]