The New York herald., 1876-12-31
Business in the Courts for the Old and
the New Year.
ASSIGNMENTS OF THE JUDGES.
Heavy Calendars and Causes Of the
Laws Delay.
MANDiMUSING THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS


on the calendars does moi materially decrease.
In other words. Il is the old labor oi sisyphGs--a
wcarsomc task that knows end. II is very certain
that our State court judges discharge their duty with
unt,ring assdui,y. but other
up that 1t Il utter mpossibiniy, evidently,
with .hc present judicial force get the loot o the
calendars There are now on the supreme Court cal
endars 4, POI cases, the superior Court calendar
/. l4o and ths Court OF Common Pleas caeDdar
3,li2 THIS exhibit does presen, very
cheerful outlook for the trial of the toot OF
the respective calendars, that reality matters
az present, The hope OF reaching speedy tcrmina
ton to a litigation in tho here rs about as
spring as getting mo CGancery Ia the old
English IL viii mus DO seen that
tho new year opens with promise oi plenty oc work
for both Judges aud lawyers Tie awaiting trial
possess the multform characteristics suits law,
being suits against railway ana banking corporations,
suits involving interests barge estates, suits on con
tract suits settling the question of copyrights suits
growing out matrimonial differences and the short
Of all kinds The only change the judiciary
he of Judge Freedman 10 the superior Court,
who takes the place made by the death lhe
late iamepicd Chef Justice Mcneil As during tho
past year. Judge westorook, from Ulster county, viii
hold court stated periods thus relieving somewhat
the other judges of their oncrous duties. As Will bo
seen by the Supreme Court assignment, Judge
from the country" is also to be added the working
force but who such rustic Judge is TO be yet
known. Unusual delay has occurred IN making out
the assignments Tor next year, OWING to the diator
aoss OF Governor rilden in dcs gnatng two JUDI gcs
ono from the Superior Court and from tho Court
ofCommon Pleas TO sit in the Supreme Court As 1t
would do however, 10 allow the wneeis Of justice
be cloggcd the judges OF the supreme Court have
gcnc to work and made the assignments which, II Is
TO be presumed VIII be ratified by Governor Tldcn.
Judge Van Worst, OF the Superior Court, and Judge
Larremore of the Court OF Common Pleas who during
the past year have acted auxiliary judges IN tho
supreme Court under appointments from Governor
Tden, have been reassigned TO the positions.
More faithful and assiduous Judges do adorn our
judiciary, and tho zeal fidelity with which they
have discharged tner duties their respective
spheres have won them golden opinions botn from
Their associates and the Bar.
AS will be seen by the ignmenis published else
whore Chief Justice DAVIS and Judges Brady and Dan
ies will hold the supreme Court, General FERN This
Court Will convene on Wednesday next. aud has a
large calendar awaiting It's disposal Meantime II VIII
probably hand IN batch OF decisions In argued
Al the last term, there being some awaiting their
decision
Judge Lawrence will hold Special Term, Judge Don
ohue Chambers, Judge Van Worst Parl /, Circuit;
Judge Westbrook Part . Circuit, aud Judge Barrett
Part 3, Circuit. Tue cases Vi Tweed aud Sweeny, II
will be remembered, set Gowa Tor Tuesday before
Judge w wes.broos. l. s Is laa understood however,
Tor irial. but the struck jury the Sweeuy
trial have been notified TO be prcscnItne suit against
Swcrny 10 be tried being III, 5000, COO SUIT the
charge against HIM being similar to that Tweed
The rumor that tue Will not tie trlcd. but be
postponed 10 the 2oth Of tue month. This rumor
won Id seem have some ionGaaion In fact, seen
In the assignme OF Judge Westbrook, Try
the case to hold oi tho regular circuits. Mean
time another circulation the effect that
swceny proposes to abandon the gay French capital
and present himself here in propria persona at the
tral OF his ln the superior Court the only
signmenis MS yet agreed upon Is that oil Chef
Justice Curtiss Judge SANFORD to the Gcneral
Tam IN bg adj dgl lhar
The judges. IL Is claimed in the meanwhieand this
may involve the decision Of an Interesting legal qIcs
uon-that the supreme Court Judges have right TO
assign Judge OF The Superior Court TO SIT their
Court, and that such judge, u assgnec has no light
10 SIT there except on special assignment by The Gov
faor IL s claimed, also, that the princp holds
yood , regard 10 the assignment oi Judge Larrcmore
from the Coar Of Common Pleas THIS little difficulty
will probably be obvlated few days througn tho
proper feassignment by the Governor OF Judges Van
Worst and Larrcmorc Tue assignmenis mado out by
the judges Of the Court OF Common Pleas show
conclusivey the expectation that judsc Larremore
assigned during the year TO preside III Cham
bers during the fore part Of the August
vacation According 10 the assignments a.
made out Chief Justice DAILY and Judges Roonson
and Van Brunt viii hoid the General Term January;
Judge Van Hoesen Part l. Trial Torn, and Judge J. +.
DAILY Chambers and special Tenn In the Court OF
Oyer and ierminer there are no special cases awaiting
trial other than the Tweed snd Woodward cases.
Neitter OF these, however. have been hxod Tor any
day, and Is general mpression thai neither wl
be brought 70 trsi during the coming month.
As ALREADY stated. Notwithstanding the continuously
large caepdars which, OF course, largely owing 10
the that increase IN litigation OF necessity keeps
pace wih Increase IN population the judges have BY
means been Idle during bo past year Ia the General
Term OF the supreme Court there had been l75
non enumerated motions, l65 enumerated molions and
LIS prepared cases, aud altogether 42S decided
ln the special Term OF this Court there have bccn
disposed Of, ~ demurrcrs and 42i issues OF law
and fact Many OF these have been proIractcd
exceedingly intricate cases. Judge Van Worst in one
having written opinion OF Us legal cap pages
During the year Jndgcs DoDohne. Van Worst, Larre-
more Lawrence aud Barrett have neid the Court In
Chambers OF this Court there heard aud dis
posed OF during the year oSil InotloaS aud granted
$50 attachments against property aj- niunctols and
4;S orders oi arrest In Part l. Circuit, there
tired and disposed OF 3ol cases; PART si3 cases.
and Part 3. 26l cases. During the year, Va the Su-
peror Court, General Term there 255 DIS
posed OF aud l59 orders granted, there being now
the calendar ssO cases In the special Term there
were 4.4 cases disposed ot aud motions heard and
orders granted, 3+.a Some worry important cases
came up IN this Court as the suit OF Fnnche against
the New yVrs Mutual Insurance Company involving
novel questions ot marine insurance aud payment
OF n.rw sr oi the su-u of 600 ooo The suI VI the On
bert Elevated Halfway against the Sixth Avenue Rail
road Company, commenced before Chief Justice
Moue and completed before Judge sedswick, occupied
three or Tour weeks, ~ als9 dd the SUIT ot Spadcr
against the Main Avenue Railroad Company.
During the year there were naturaiizcd IN
the superior Court I,ilo persons IN inc
General Term OF the Court OF Common Pleas
there we're disposed of during The year '4s cases, OF
which number 400 dec,Ged at the tinr os argu.
nient, and opinions written 25s In the Tr.a
Term t4S have been tried aud disposed OIL In
Cham bcrs there ~ 400 orders granted and 79g
motions hearu and denied, aud 2oS nsoycn cases, 2o2
foreclosure suits and - divorce SUITS disposed OIL
The Equity Term disposed 81 lls cases During the
year naturalixatioI papers erantci 3Us
persons.
Ills intirnaicd that there will be no change o tho
clerks OF court< all aayiDg proven them
selves most rry cspabie and Efficient rcspec-
tive pssuons In The supreme Court The clerks CON-
prise Nr Lamb, Jr of General Term; Edward McCuc
special Term; William sinclair clerk, ana John r
eau, ssslstsat clerk, Chambers; Peter iedNitn,
Circuit, Part l.; y. f. barkins, Circuit
Part .; John yaa Gahn Circuit, part
8 The clerks in the superior Court
Thoma. Bocse, chief clerk; Jonn Aecanay, deputy
clerk; Edwin Coc, Parl 1, Trial Term; william naYI-
land Part TRIAL Term and Charles Wesiske, special
Tern, In the common Pleas tho clerks Nathaniel
Jarvis, Jr, chief cierk aud Thomas A. Lcudcn, dep
uty clerk: James v. Coo, Tart J. Iral Term, Aouzo
Boese Part = lr'a Tcrm and W. :. Kelley. Chambers
and Special Term. Tnc stan OF phonog faphcrs
also unchanged, ss likewise the court oeicets, from
Chief ofhcer William u. Rckcs,s down 10 James j.
Eeaiis