, 1875-03-07
THE BAR ASSOCIATION.
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up His Books.
Forms Of Practice.

Forms Of Practice.
4 meeting Of the Chicago Bar Association was
held yesterday afternoon at Browns, about forty
members being present. The chair was taken
by Mr. B. F. Aver President OF the Association.
The minutes OF the previous meeting having
been read by Il. ". jackson. Secretary Of the
Association, and approved, the Board Of Man
agerB reported in favor OF removing to hail in
the second floor OF the Young MEMS Christian
Asssocatlon which could be obtained 1T rental
Of s1,2oo per sunum.
In presenting the report, Mr.. Tnley explained
that, It the Association took fvs years lease OF
the premises, certain alterations would be made.
On motion, It vas decided to rent the rooms
for + term OF fTo years.
Messrs. Arthur J. Cation, L. ". Pence, Charles
+. Butler, and Richard Waterman we're elected
members Of the Association. The Treahurer re-
ported, showing balanco Of cash at credit Of
the Association Of 81, ,059.G1.
SUPREME counr REPORTS.
Mr. Pence offered resolution complaining OF
the delay OF tho publication Of opinions OF the
Supreme Court Of this State, aud asking that
that Court be respectfully requested to take the
grievance into consideration, seek ont the oause,
In presenting tia resolution, Mr. Pence stated
that in New York State the opinions are publish
cd in from three to four months after their DE-
livery, while in Illinois it took three years. He
thought this was m imposltlon, and the night
place to 20 Was direct to the Court itself.
Mr. J. Lyle King said that the reports made
BY Mr. Freeman we're not on&y long in coming
out, but when they did appear they were 80 poor
" gotten up that no lawyer could read them
without swearing. For his part, be was as
Christian1ikea man as any In the pro1ess1on. Dus
be acknowledged that be had frequently "a1et1
profane over Mr. Freemans work He thought
it was time that resolution such as that offered
should be adopted BY the Association. >,
Judge Dradueil asked it it would not oa we'll
for the Association 10 address communication
to Mr. Freeman on the subject. Mr. Freeman
intended to br7ng ont volume in the future
every two months, which he thought was as
often as lawyers won1d come to pay for them.
After debate, in which 1fr. Freeman was
handled without gloyes, the resolution "as' On
motion. adopted.
Mr, Black called for the consideration Of the
special order Of the Meeting, which was tho
question Of agreeing With the Judiciary Commit
ice in the report they had presented at preSl-
GUS meeting On the subject Of certain
CHANGES N THE ILLINOIS sYsTEh or PRACTICE.
The following is the report referred to-:
The COMMITTEES on Judiciary, to whom WAS referred
the resolution declarn9 1t to TO the duty OF the Gen
ernl Assembly at s present session, to enact ase
Of practice aboshinF forms Of actions at w aho tno
distinctions between acons at law md proceedings
equity respectfully report that they nave
said resolution, nnd unite in the following report:
First-Th2t the Committee 1s divided Us 10 the VAS
dom Of the proposed legislation
Secondly it is united in the opinion that no
legislation upon this should be had ut the pre
Tair-1t il also nnited in the opinion that bill 1or
eyste Of practice, embracing the features present
Cd in ths shond b py sn
perfscted by this Association isef at the needngs
which will occur between tha and the commencement
as H. reca Of he Committee are not agreed
in opinion to the wisdom Of the proposed innoya
hons, they do not propose to ignore, or 70 aoE1se
TEN Of remedies, quite radical as That proposed
by the resolution, has been enacted by tue hurtia-
ent of England Tt the ~! sRp9A' ~ nra ana fup .han
twenty Of The states and Territories Of the American
Union, similar enactmentA have been made and that
tho are That he proposed change In tho laws regu
lating peadngs and practice Is possible IN ILLINOIS,
canuot after the action Of one branch Of the Last Gen-
that in nny Of the States such enactments have been
forced upon ! reluctant and resisting profession.
which, being opposed to any mn 20
In The Judgment of the Committee the English law
ye1s have pursued the wiser course. any legtaaon
upon this subtect shall be had. shoa.d % apoh
to the most thorough criticism BY those who ha7e
made life observation and study Of the matter:
eral Assembly At It's presens session. i. may b made
perfect Us the circumstances will warrant before the
commencement Of the next. Whi1e reservtng to each
member Of this Association the night to oppose any
Legislation upon this subject. we should mite in
moulding that which may be had In spite OF such op-
posthon, into form as perfect aa may be. There Is
rcasnn to beleYn that refusal the part Of this
Association to entertain the subject or to make any
effort In the direction Of careful preparation or
bill WILL instead Of delaying leg1slnuon hasten the En-
sct1ncnt OF Law defeciYe in arrangement and crude
in detail.
Judge Bradweli said that the report VAS no re-
port ii reality, as it acknowledged that the Com-
nittee vas divided in opinion on the subject they
vere to report upon. He said that tue Commit
tee if divided, should have presented majority
and minority report.
liz. Withrow, who presented the report of the
Committee, supported it in lengthy speech, in
which he compared the system OF Illinois with
what was often contemptnous1y alluded to as the
code system which obtained IN tmenIy-1out OF
tho States OF the Union.
Mr.. Cooper said that he considered the report
was very unfair one, and be would. alter dls-
cussion had been had in fnll move its reconmit-
tai to the Judiciary Committee.
Mr. Goodwin was in favor OF recommsttns the
report.
Judge Truubull said that q constitutional pro-
vision settled the distinction between preceed-
ings as common law aud equity. Az should
understand that distinction, and should hesitate
before they discouraged = distinction. which
roust exist in the United States. His own
notion on the subject was that the common law
syatem vas the best with such reformataons as
were arising. Withinthe past twenty-five years he
had noticed great improvements in the practice
Of law, and there wefo improvements still CON-
ing. but he believed that to break down at once
the system prevailing would hardly be TX
pedient.
On motion Of LII. Root, the report and subject
mn:ter thereof was laid On the table.
Tie meeting then adjourned.
A SOLEMN SKETCH.
PM Undertaken