Litchfield enquirer., 1872-09-19
s44sO: the average judgment, $128 19.
 OBJECTIONS. SAl

s44sO the average judgment, $12s. 19.
 OBJECTIONS. ses
 Win the,foregeing facts, before him the
 votlE "a ean teadil festfor hin,self merit of he proposed plan, and we will only
 retef brid1y to [ feyIpf the more obvious
 ob;eetio@ns @ V
 1. Unless it has the effect of encourag-
 ing petty litigation, the proposed court
 will not average one trial at each of its nine terms and inasmuch as the average amount of damages recovered by each
 plaintiff is $83. .39, and the average expense
 of each term. $43o, the proposed court
 aCiU cost the tar-payer more than JJive dol-
 lars for every one recovesed by the hti- gdnt. Or, in other words, the Increased 1 facilities must increase petty litigation l to more than five times what no harasses
 the county.Ito make the total amount of judgments rendered in this court (exclu-
 siye of cest)sequa1 to the expense of its
 maintenance. ssBed bio easd5 ss 5a5s- ] IoE The amount iof money sreeoreredsby plaintiffs is hot, however, the true meas
 ure of advantage litigants will derive from
 the new cohrt.Hi Estimating the annual
 number of trials before this court at
 eighteen, or or more than double the num- berQf a similar grade now tried before
 the Superior Court ;iand estimating the average extra expense incurred by parties
 and witnesses in, each case in coming to Litchfeld. at $5Q, or more than the average taxable cost,sin each case ;iTwe have 5000 a year as the largest sum litigants can
 possibly save by. the proposed local tfials,
 ar1eile the lQcaf 1ceatsz pill aasti fhe fnr- pdye, naore then Jour tin,es that amount! Indeed, unless litigation is increased, the. State could save money by giving the iti- g ants in each ease tried bonus of $500, rather Fat ps than establish the proposed court for their convenience, ssl bslrg8fIstg seg s |.ii When we have shown that the proposed plan will cost the. taxpayer vastly more than it can possibly save the litigant, we have shown what ought to be decisive of. the question. We will, therefore, make but brief reference to minor objections. 2 The denial of appeals from the DistricB
 to the Superior Court makes the decisions of. the. leoal caHrt final except as aues-, tionsa of law may be reyieMea before tAst Supreme conrt of Errors But the say ing to litigapts by giving local courts final ! jurisdiction is more apparent than real.s The experience of the Common Pleas i Courts established in other counties, shows, that 8 much larger fproportion of
 cases are taken up to the Supreme Court from those courts than from the Superior Court A tribunal that is not enly an in ferior but alocal court will certainly lack I the weight necessary to secure acqlies-5 !'cence in it's decisions, and instead of be: ing an advantage, is. liable to become a source efiadditional expense to it's suitors.
 It is very obviqus also that while the pro posed court may be a conyenieneeI to Epartiesl plaintiff, itdwill in many leases prove an inconvenience to parties defend
 anf sFhte The latter are obliged to try their Leases in that part of the circuit nearest theplaintiff.s A New Hartford or Cole brook defendant, sued by 2 resident of L Washington goes qto New Milford for
 trial aWatertown or Plymouth defend aut, sued by 2 resident of Cornwall, goes 1ato ttto Falls Village, for trial, Even where, both parties reside near one place of trial
 they must put in an appearance, and are!
 1fap1 Iiabfe Y have motions, &c
 sprung on lthem at the other places, of trial. Some Of the nine terms of the new I court, too, mast inevitably clash with the
 terms, of the Superior Court How; for
 instance, can attornies having business at I the opening of the November term of the
 Superior Court attend also to eases before the District Court. commencing at Falls Village thenday befores aaR i,i5sdoii4 - "ionr main objection to the proposed
 court, however, is the fact that itecosts tthe tax-p payer so much and saves the Etia gant-so little It must inevitably prove either mpnstrons e4trayagance, costing thousands of dollars where it saves hun Isdreds3 ora Allowing well', of petty htiga- ton, profitable to none but att ttorpies,4 atpisas