Quote of the day
Only this incident inseparable every custom must have, viz., that it be consonant to reason; for how long soever it hath continued, if it be against reason, it is of no force in law.
Christopher Columbus Langdell

Born: May 22, 1826
Died: July 6, 1906 (aged 80)
Bio: Christopher Columbus Langdell was an American jurist and legal academic who was Dean of Harvard Law School from 1870 to 1895.
Known for:
- A Summary of Equity Pleading (1877)
- A Summary of the Law of Contracts (1880)