New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-08-21
NEw.yoRK FRrDAr MORNING, AUGUST 81 1916.

are our Laws equal ard impartial Are :hey Sc: form
il clear language, and published thai Clea caa ind
and opeY ;he-.. Il cASNo. sE PRETENDED
n ais Iee- OF March DIST here referred % he SAYS
hs. the rules OF Law. sometimes said 70 number
Two MILLIONS found IN cC-ae-ozs eleIu-nts- tres
ez com n.a:a-es endless eb-1d Essnt- countless -
or-z Of abridged cases q: law 4 ecu zccI..-. s.e;
IL the courts Of our county and other countries IN
MANI centuries Nowhere the o found
fully conc.=c- and clearly, definitely and .n:eI.-blv-
Nowhere the laws stated WIN the reasons FOR ber
70 indicate he irit and ssn- o. tier application nor
are -aev published accessible The people Nhoe-cr
would know -fIE o New OK must resort .or 70
well 4nged code, not 70 the Reused Statutes but %
Law IIERAEr which when moderate. VII consist of
800 OF IJyJ vo.ulues-a good one 20Q1 o. 300; fu
one ojC00 OF even COCO vo.unes Each session OF the
higher courts AID Legislature vii swell. TIE
statute laws are usually heterogeneous arzor -epud!s
led in ererv other department Of life K e<chevs al
reason and speaks the arbitrary language OF the despo;
In this for.Tess citizens search az :ta
peril oil lie liberty character. wages and properly ind
and obey The rules OF duty Into tais ;ae rubbish
iood ana diff OF ages, must the LAWYER search ind
ne Ian Tor biz clients and so in ali succeeding
cases Here also into mine o; confusion
founded must ;Ee devoted judge, toll. rUInmaze seek
and select the rules OF law. lis time his occupied writ
ing opinons-hc mas become not the instrument OF udE
and justice, IN me cases submitted TO him not the
organ Of VIVA; law = should D.. our OF VIVA;
body IN some language IN some country. AZ some time
had declared il vas
For these evils there : but one remedy CoDE-nesi
orderly. brief complete Just and ineligible easily
formed. if a FREQ people wills il.
Nl-. Hoffman va r coordinate courts.
On the questions. Shall we JON IN the same tribunal
me remedies Of law and equity and WI. you fuse the
forms OF law and equity 20 MAKE them an aTnaEa
mated be avowed Ii conviction that the Repor:
was right-,hat one tribunal should administer both
remedies Why may the Judge have the power 20
administer 20 every that MAY he n NJ the
proper remedy in the matter OF the pead!nEs he be-
l!eved he farther than others. Ii NJ. Simmons
would undertake reform the peaG.ngs in equity. ana
some other able commissioner reform the peGdings At
common law, It would be- found that they two would
have FUSED the forms in whore the courts had
concurrent jurisdiction.
In hi. letter OF March 81, TO which Mr. Hoffman re-
ierred he thus explains the manner II which Courts
Constitution and Legislature practitioners and clerks
ease people OF the earnings OF many years. by their
PLEADISGs
In general however these pleadng such thatreiiher
the Court LAWYERS parties Jurors, ascertain from
them what the particular controversy E or what either
party Claims admits, denies. intends prove. II By
facts intention actually entertained some
done omitted with common approach 10 truth ~ 70
time and pacetheu these lcdln very rarely state
fact, and mostly employed IN stating n solemn Tefbos
ity mere egu fctons fdnCe differences and distractions
A. hey state things ranspired, had ans rea
existence they furnish useful information. ana
necessarily dark obscure and uuine. shl, instruments
In The nainre OF the subject there nonecessity
seuselcss dark. obscure proliNy IN these pleaGings
They should he made brit clear distinct and
BILE being understood by al Tilt truth : demonstrated
daily in the Courts The opening coursewhc has learned
III. iacis from his client. short address OF twenty
minutes. makes the Court jurors. parties and even casual
listeners understand the clums OF Ills client, and The facts
and proof. by which he intends support Them So too
the defendants Ike short address VIII make
all understand his clients defence claims and intended
proofs They quit cons fancies differences and ab
strnclious law them such, and state The rea
fr,s nf h. case with -snsonab certainty n, To tine and
place and therefore be understood. These statements
often crude Careless and detective yetno one hnds any
reai difficulty 70 understand them In the written plead
iug- all these defects be supplied, and the claims, de-
fences and intended proofs can be 50 stated Us 70 be de'
irc and ineligible 10 the Court jurors and parties
ted remain II! volumlnous, inaccessible and ncou-
prehensb! condition. And why should these written
Tina
afford useful information the Court parties. wien
that information j. essential TO The ends oiJustce'"
Mr.. TAGGARr OF Genescc. when he moved 10 strike
out the I'd section OF the Majority Report. providing
supreme Court. HAVING THE SAME JURISDICTION, ~
LAW AND EQUITY which the SUPREME CoTRr and
CoURT OF CHAScEFY = now HAVE subject 10 resula.
ton bv law expressed his thanks 10 Mr. OConor !or
his able eloquent and triumphant yndicnron OF the
principle OF the OF the jurisdictions OF lax and
equity in Court merely but OF the uniformity u
practice and proceedings that Court IN the admins
tratiou OF different remedies There ought be,
all cases similarity OF proceedings. dis impression
was that the better method would be assuilse all
actions ana proceedings the simple form OF action
on the case rs now used-.hat the multitude OF civil
actions ought TO be abolished, and one PLAIN
easily understood remedy provided in all Sim
picitv The object desired ana i mlgat be arrived
az by IN action on the case or las Mr. OConor sug-
ccss) by plain concise ana simple bill IN Equity lie
complained that the proposed system tby Mr. Rucgcs)
made the present practice eshtod worse. by providing
eight times Us many terms in eight umcs IL many
places present Ee said the proposed supreme Court
was eight District Courts bound by no common bond
OF union md supreme Court in il present sense he
proposed plan OF judiciary. (Which | Will anGyze)
ana rno-cd insert IN place OF section that the Su
prcme Court should hear appeals only. and consist OF
eight Judges. one OF whom 10 DC the Chief Justice.
Dr. W. TAYLOR. day or two since, whil. ne wanted
law and equity practice united in Court alluded 10
the prejudices existing IN the public mind against
placing LAWYERS IN the Convention and Legislature lest
they nigh; be found srraycd against the Laws reforms
which the people had long and yalny DE-
inandcd tie thought. however That th' legal Proics
sion had taken proud and noble stand. and INV ow
ing their explanations that ne mad become SATISFIED
that the jurisdiction OF law and equity might be- COM
bnei in Court. and legal forms simpAhet. and te
dous and expensive legislation avoided Taking Il Tor
granted that the majority Of the Committee agreed
tnat there was no difference IN the principles OF a"
and equity the jurisdictions might be- anal 1rHatsd
in Court be Tor one WIS ready 70 vote.
(! imagine he viii not ind Messrs Brown. Rug.lcs
Simmons and Jordan all OF the majority DESTROYS TO
unite with Mcssrs Ba.com OCoGor, Hoffman LOOMS
Tassar Richmond sc FOR this annlgana;ion- Yet
withou, it the Cour; OF Chsncsry Is 70 be continued
with lis abuses A. IN l52l, the public are TO be
amused and one Judges turned out that another
mav be turned m Should it be so.iti- very probable
tha the whole Judiciary VII be elected Mr. jordan
This evening forcbly advocated the principle OF cleo
ton as applied to the whole body OF the Judiciary
General solomon Van Rensselaer, who SECURED last
ins lsurel- by h. bravery Ggee.stou, Tor
r!fs a spectator OF The proceedings Of the Convention
day He j. good-!ookns old veteran. with head al
mo-; a. " NIT. a. snow The more have OF Conven-
ions Ike this and the less require OF such scenes
he acquired wounds and nOnor5 . years ago the BET
Ter il VIII be iu- the Republic
Judge Rpgrle- i Poughkeep,e. very sick The last
evening n. Convention ne evidently aoored under
a great load OF cold. Fii= lungs seemed affected.
There are IN the printing Of Nj Mann,s Report
on the confused accounts OF Chancellor Waiworta-
Where il states that these annual returns make tie
statements OF interest and accumulation !niere.t
counts j, should read make statements OF interest
and accumulation. or interest accounts
One OF the Ncwiork editors thus talked OF the Courr
OF Chancery IN i 81
We should be surprised 20 learn hat a's Court ha
million of dollars slowed away place and another
winch ougs 70 citizens ignorant OF their rights one FAC;
we WIZ mention, and probably Il = sample OF many
others. Naen the old Franklin Saaa failed, somewhere
about 1877 here due deposor- and stockholders
for dividends uncaed Tor about Twelve thousand dollars
great part this MONEY : reasonable 70 SUPPOSE, De-
long, 20 had licensed SAID iOEey
ordered ov the Chancellor 81 me dav 20 be paid INTO
his Court where still hidden owners
Tue Chancellor InS- publication Of the names Of clam
a.i. no. Of t-ct hs- rade s,ce Ought
such Court be beld Up .c perfection OF righteous
rrs be authorized 10 act above Tie law Tor
The correction o. wrongs
Mr.. O'Conor >pcse long today Ent Nj Jordan spoke
last There was no vote taSvn. h