The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-07-08
Judge Edmo nds's Address 10 the Bar of New
York, on the New Code of Practice.

nds,s Address a, xbc Ear s,f Ma
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AT the request OF the class OF the young lawyers
who were admiiied To practice, at the last Aprll
tern, of The Sup,eIne Cont of tins State the Han
Tudge Edmonis last evening addressed ,hem IN
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oNfO -. 80 ~ =, pi"rt'fiV 1" tue gu
Penc Sogit nuo,'', III tue oi'y nan Auhoush
sPeciaiy GesiRneo .,or We newly adni'ted inein-
beH OF the Bar, the weii-known talent, ability,
learning and experience OF his Honor, attracted Il
very crowded audience among whom we rccog-
nized DAVID Grs ham ESQ one of the Commits
sIoners who framed he new code and manv nth.r
&c IT, 3D. ,,,sr,tars ot t,.. ,,ro,.'ss,'., '' ~
IT, H.. i' .n,,,raoed ' sa,e,ot n"nt ,IoL
Ahc auoicss eiioiaSGu o'!eiai points, ahu ION
cuTsory, Vel clear ana expcH, view OF the ioriis
OF ac,ions under The new CODE, ihe plcadlngs, The
Judgment the execution, and the subject of costs
and divers intel locuiory subjects connected with
the nroceedinos nj . snt from, ne con,u.nancemant
70 ~, r. ~ ncIms;on w ''' e"'
80 ~ -, 20 n..,;oo =. so;a :, . rae., h;,
ovas A. o~,o, 20 NJ sirit ~ nrorass which !, a,
ana n snrnt he ~ nec,ra IN go hack more tbennn
~.h. 80 - x,,,,,e,,s .nds rore",n5 ,rtioh 80 49,
"Ts~r;na 81 ,ba .nr as.ncy. ana al,bnuch ,hra az
mnch in IL that can he traced To hast yct tbere Is
iiEswisc mnch in II IN he yaneJ and .j,1irad Tbe
Arst noint which The learned Judge referred To- WINS tho
.hoiition of vha, are called cred tors; hills tsdns
and ernens;vs nr,csss nnaer the old svstan and tho
auhsf;i,,tion of b;Ils nj discovery This roforn, he
ga 10 somothing NOR. thon many curve % go :;
the becinnina of great work. and Involves couse
..,,.,,css 81 So ,no,,nt al daaria, 20 49,
rdonsInrat;cn r. va 1hr ;ntertion of ths v So
titm,ion NOT To dtrov the unctiops of the Comr -,
NJ. W s ,i VI ,ns Cour' vi
IN. 3. me now.rs h;rh thnt conrt nosssssd >. Nv ,h
nav const;tmt;on ;,,yrst.d in tho Sprrama court ~
imnression from This was formed that the conrt
a.,pp;sa md - go aIovv, "a M ~ ~ aavt 20 ~
tfst n" Moe ea;nas oI H. tormor 49, t Ia r,i
nv more crncaitions orcs This imnrosson ~ hev
=. - 10 ra,poU.a fr :, IL ,nnra ,,b r. a., ~, $3.50,
would be the case The natural co1sennencs of th
Viii y. to VAL ns.oss,rv we En- - ~ 40
Of the ciy law TIE ,niGe than rovsrsI hacH % ,h
,r,c;r ~ ho,h NO c,yJ ond tba noan,a,' a. ~ -,
trs.od thar nranrsss "a ,ha mr. Ut da e. 49,
roso IF Sbnwps fh inn nnrtonce ot tha ha va" PP; 'L
Rs0 u h o zig my ,apd - ,no onange wnIcn
~" tcmr5S.S 49, n.a 4, ro,ara ~ -; ' %
ro tousneo upon was IA regard 70 Pieauings, whcr,
.Th;s rcS,r,n bc h o. iy ann,ovnd NJ eUJ hod % dht
th.t n would h. 1ded Win tho hest consannoo.
Hitherto the p.adines in cause have been nraIi ~
comnlcs ted and in MANY cases have be.n in d;rncn
ontr.djct;or to Tho ,nof,:rs Of iss,,o Jot,r.a
Ties iit;r.nt TAXI for Instance sn;t On ~ III Of
e~chauro To sucb - sut tho doonco ;s th.t a. h;Ii
Vas nsid when aua. or that il was not nrotnstd n
~h.t co,,a 10 nafhn-ad r.or, 10 Siaapa;ussS VII
could tho nartv gather from the declarstinn wb;c @
served nm him It ,he commencement of RI. snit In
fsct The riaad;nss wsre Taise from hoo;nn;n ~ i
and wara tLnnwn ~ h an %v bo,h Tho w. e ~
CONF an wos Sc,;on 90 ~ what ad az ea9
r. 10 ,,siass o t ;,,ir ~ MAJ o So ph PIte
avnrah 49, H. niadatnrs vnrn 49, 80 p s, p ~ =,
facts but actually re- conceamen of III" trnth I'm
~ .rt;or ~ -. .,,ns;t thara ,a;rSt h ta.t. 8
differrnt Kind, of a. fence and for him self the ma
said that at nis 1rs he yery seldom rcfrred 10 th
nlesdrcs In . cause m ali simov f,r Tho ,cavon 49,
tr.S . ~ -; go ~ - ,o' t sie .etson Ina.
&c ~. Ct. A., -. l. 49,. ~. -. ri,
act;on a. ,s.aa NJ ;nnrra.o5 fro' ,;, .. 80 80,
sct,aIiv ~. i'm, w,trs raa,cnd tn ovr , II
thst IS y.inohs l., ,ba scianco Tho T. ,r,;s, -
,oroa 20 ~ 4, "a s,ah,;hoJ ,ov - 80 i IL
so;aco. ~ p,n, a., $50, rstoro to 80 -. ohrt
SnCS rc.prm ~ This has lone bonn desred her h.
the hcst men in The nrofess;on and was nronnsed b
IL IS 80 &c ~ S,apn.a go ~; ~, % Ii. ~
vid 49, 49, ~ ~ i -, ;f th ,a'S 10
,ot t.La,, tbo nacos.arv TVS r. ~, t ths rsrn, ~
tsmn,ated NV tho constitution in this narticuar In
A. &c ,I.,ainr u, rot ofnra Iii a. nr..,i
tnn.r hsd IN do as re sand r. tbc stat;onar &c hs
Msnas or refer to hooks Of nract;ce so that ;nstea5
~ h.an,e;,n st,,,.a IN H. 80, o;,.s 80 Ia
~ rs.ns So ~ nars ga - 81 p.at s'
and seldom sought afcr the princpes This is now to
mass swav and IN. nractitoncr viii have to 90 hack
70 ~" c,y,Itn;n h.d az 10 nr;n.n,s and nu 3 81 @
cess;tv bccome fanil;ar with than and ra,v not no
hsrofo,ore an cstah;bad nracedanIs and at;onS In,
~, ,hod rr,nc,,n, Nd moro osnonam iii thS
Hacome nacessarv becansc every sn.tsr,I .ls~at;on
ma dcn;sI ar. 70 n. Iaser es tryo mis- h t%nmht
an. ; %" =. ~ Nc , rdp t ne ttoun'
tor of tha bar rho srn.hcr tbnn ror.rrod 70 t nn,
nract;cc regarding hills in coutv and said That n
Sisted Of The comnain mr. thc answar md dhe ren,v
rjoso aro IN no thr onIy rnad;nns % that ;rissn
Mt tot "a hv tbom n vii, havo 20 no - o.aI %
tina trial This rescmbIad tho nr,cti.a of th cii
,.w IN the fo,m ~ oct;ors P a"d th ;;r, w' ~
tho,, tbo sneotor so;d ~ 49, h .nu Su III ~
.hiia oil tho old forms of nrocooSn M ohni;ha ~
Profession cannot content themselves with the forms
IF an action hnt mnst resort to Tho axrsr;erca %
AGES and colIect rom !. wbat ;s cool so ttht hnoo
firth the lead;nc nrncins of Tho ec;rca 90 law viii
COMO ont as ~ go On This Will ho a. onara,;or 81
tbc nav cola in This resnect ~ " WV f "
Matters If nr,ct;co yvere tba great no;pta which
,n%~o Td,rond ad.a ~ r rho sG"r nt 20 snjt
,st ~ rns,, ~ in b;s orn na,no III Nd ~
snits ITrant too Hitherto II done
Sy the service of declaration with notice to plead
-ithin twentv On va or Indictment Sc Those DECLARE
t;ona wcrc not oDlv inds,inct Int actually false So
that the uninformed man could not tell for what he
had been sued and had to ret some frend to
irform him Ue was invited into court or law whore
no might bo denrived of his nronartv in n Ianrnare
which he did not understand IL tho motive was to
deceive nprnossiv beter Man to do 40 conId not he
conce;ycd Rv The new code n summons IL serysd On
the Marty suei II he denies the debit or no
"a 20 he do nor ;ndemont r r ..a;inst
him partv NAV be held to hail "a formerly an the
naintiG giving Security for the defenJant's coats in
s ssns or .hr ~ oos's Gu in
a. a writ Int as AN order the alteration beino smny
that Is to be Issued under the of the udrc
instcsd M nnder tho seal NJ tho court ne forwerv
This ia change which Judge Edmonds said he did not
like ns IL tends to brinps nartes trant into clio
contact with the Judges who are to on tho snits
An imnortant alteration Is made in abosbng excen-
tons 10 answers and instead of that the in