The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-05
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LEGAL INTELLIGENCB. ,

SUPREME Court OF PENNsYLvANIA-Cbief jus
tiCe Woodward, and Just ces Thompson, ReSd,
and Agnew.-fhe following opinions were read
this morning by Woodward, G. j.
YZnaga Del Vale q Co. vs. Il. A. Souder &
Co.. Error TO the District Court of Pniladelph ha.
Judgment affirmed.
james ). Graft vs.. Sarah b. Wilson, executriX
of Robert A. Wilson, deceased. Error to the
District Court OF Allegheny county. Judgment
affirmed.
BY Thompson, J.-Tne Common wealth vs..
Elizabeth Z. Powell, eXeCutriX. Error to Com
mon Pleas OF Delaware county. Judgment re-
veIsed and judgment entered IN favor OF Com
monwealth for Sl0069, with costs.
William Darlington Vs. Peter Dampman. Error
to Common Pleas OF Chester county. Judg
ment affirmed
Waldron vs. Haupt. Error to Common Pleas
OF Northumberland county. judgment reversed
and yenire de novo awarded.
David Hart ct oil. VS. Uriah Mabon, ct al.
Error to Common Pleas of Jefferson county.
Judgment affirmed.
The Philadelphia list was then taken up on
the second calling.
In the case OF the Commonwealth VS.. The
Central Passenger Rail way Company, the time
for filing plea was extended to the l0th inst.
CHANGES UPON TIE BENCH.
COURT or COMMON PLEAs-Presldent Judge
Allison, and Associate judges LUDLOW and
Pierce.--Ihts morning, at the opening of the
Court, the commission OF the Honorable Joseph
Allison as President judge of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas, appointed 70 fill the vacancy occa-
stoned by the decease of Judge Thompson and
the commission OF Honorable W. S. Pierce, ap-
pointed Associate Judge IN the place of Judge
Allison. were read in open Court by K. NJ
Batturs, ESQ.,, Deputy Clerk OF the Orphans
Court
The oath OF Office was administered to the
President Judge by Judge Ludlow, ana he in
turn to Judge Pierce, who was qualified by
affirmation.
This ceremonial having been accomplished
Judge Allison made the following very appro-
pirate remaTks;-
Gentlemen of the 5ar:-Ihe commission which has
just been read in your hearing and the oath or office
which have taken, and of VIII Ca you witnesses,
Informs you, in an official and pubic manner, OF my
assum ption OF the duties of President Judge.
For fourteen years, gentlemen, have gone i 4 and
out before yOu one OF the judges of this Court,
aud no v hat the place of my 1amented predecessor
has been made vacant uy his death enter the posi-
ton so long and so ably flied by him, by The favor
OF lhe Governor and bv the very great p@rtality Of
the members or tn bar, to whom 1 am under q
weight OF Obligation can never repay for their
generous and ouspoken k ndness, kindness, which
began with the first day of my judicial life and has
never Tor moment failed me. And il IN the
imUertect discharge of the duties OF my position
l have IN some degree been able TO meet your just
expectations, and to Wln to myseF your favorable
opinion, feel hat 1 am more than repaid. am
TO be IN The future what they have been in the past
and bespeak a generous indulgence at your hands
Tor my shortcomings ana impe rfechons in conside-
ration OF the number and variety, and Importance
OF the duties which devOlYe Judge of this Court
To thebest OF my ability will. aided bv higher
Power and with your assistance, perform them.
responded to on behalf OF the bar by Hordtio
Hubbell, Esq.
COMMISSIONS READ IN THE COURT OF OYER AND
TERMINER
All the Judges then went into the Court OF
Oyer and Termlner and Quarter Sessions, where
the commissions of the two appointees as Judges
of that Court were likewise read, and the oath
of Office administered. Congratulatory remarks
were made by Mr.. B. II. Brewster, and responded
to by Judge Allison and Judqe Pierce.
Judge Allison then returned to the Common
Pleas, and proceeded with the cases on the Or
phans' Court list.
COURT OF QUARTER SEssIoNs-Judge James
! r. Ludlow.-The February session of this Court,
to be hello by Judge Ludlow, began this merning.
John Baird, Esq, was appointed foreman OF
the Grand Jury. To this body Judge Ludlow
delivered the customary charge, IN the course of
which he took occasion to remark that the Sc
| verify of the punishment imposed at the recent
| terms of the Court on criminals had perceptibly
| caused the diminutiOn of crime, and that Il was
| the purpose of the Court, the members of which
were of one mind in regard to the matter, to
| pursue the same course In the future.
His Honor also spoke in commendatory terms
of the fidelity with which all connected with the
| business of the Court discharged their duties.
II being the first day of the term, no cases
were tried.