New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-05-05
THE REAEDLlL corr OPPOSED.

LAWYERS ASKING REPEAL 10 GIVE MORE I'NE'
A meeting of the bar called to take united
action IN reference tho Code Of Remedial justice W."
held Yesterday in the of the General l'h Oh 'n'
supreme Court Among tho Wclkno"n lawyers pfe''u'
,,r, Clarence A. Seward hustin Abbott. David Dhhey
Field Dudley Field. Robert Scwcll OK judge flth'h'
Alfred Roe George ". Wiugatc, Henry H. M0Iahse'
Thomas g. shearman. Edward Patterson, Elihu koot'
rorer A. Pryor William IL. Armour. john l. Hi AMI D.
j. Crooks.
John L. M called the meeting to order. and Clarence
| A seward was selected "a chairman WIN. T. Shepard
eacd the object " tine meeting To take INTO c"H"oIa
ton the feasibility Of some step for pospo NIX the ope-
ration Of tine Code Of Remedial Justice, which hhd come
UNEXPECTEDLY upon them They want'd ah opportunity
to creise and understand not only The thirteen chapters
now law hut also the and the nine aduiloha
rjautcrs rcuulrrd complete the work Inc lar Hb'o
citation mad offered sixty carefully considered hnthh
tucnts The Judiciary Committee ~ the Senate had pro
uosed 27t, which were asscnted TO by the Scnae aud
oise borh not passed. TDoy could at least therefore
infer that these thirteen chapters required very material
amendments These had only failed 10 become ia" DC
caus, tho House and Senate had alrd to aSrc ON day
10 which the operation OF the law should be postponed
II was due to the bar 10 suitors, and o the community
thu; this law passed IL shonid not be allowed 10
stand.
George W Wng5'o ",crcd tho foIiog lg resolution;
E-sY,c, That IN view ~ "'su.ens .ous'quegoes that
already result from the COT, .i3 l' i'co having boon
,r - a. ncrfr n law r.ilrt irrn n.ire o line legal
iulc, aud oi tho legal dHcn't cnnn,1irH
amy a rinu. au-prnd At operation, the l'f stature 20
s'c.ty r,qucst,d 10 cause its immediate aud unc"nf
HSn2 roee n s ~ D,' alrn,. ii ar ssr apoa
80 % II 1h"i ikr r.'oa o.. P T' rISc fr ~ ling cce
h. eyf go az aud hr public Ia loarh ia
contents before 1t bccOmes "a Law.
Jopn L. Hi offered the following additional resolution,
which was accepted by Col Wmgate there were many
present who did object 10 the CODE bat only 10 liz
immediate operation;
Jo,red That mcrtng does not by e foregoing rcso
std code Of Hcu,tii'i Jusiirr asa whole
cob Wnyac said the present code were not the
bost IL VIA better than II code There was no time
inst a. the beginning Of the May term for lawyers and
their clerks to study up new system. They must get
out Of the embarrassment by repraiing II.
william H. Aruou& while agreeing thai it was unfor-
tunae that ho code should have como on ih'h 4"
sudderly thought there very serious doubt whether
~ rrl would not nro iuco confusion wursc coui0und'd
H. tLuucht II bctfor % have the 20 4W'GIHl'hts
nd ,p,r and 80 under ire sYstcm Ia would pro
J"cs much Irss embarrassment the lIat code. He
called Oh MIR Field, the famrr OF I'D" hht cod" To give
Mr. Frid said the Legislature OF 1870 h1d passed this
now code tn 30 inin effect on May l. 80 ~ was "'
e1uy without examination f"r III" hi;ne rat' ii.,H
ntaty the same Judiciary 'omni,t'" Mtu piulnNn
amendments making ne WIS toln t'U oat ~, y, 1t
40 section. 0f The 10 chapieH HoI ono oI ,nc'e
am ndn,nts had failed vastly tn Improve 10" l'rnela
code without thcm 10 certainly ough' not io ~ into
| rn.ct. lat complete the syeem th'io was u sun
a~g,I portion OF nino chapiers lN-2 stclioh ana tc
Scuntc asked that m these $500 sections should go INTO
,Ee"t next October. ava i,S "'y sp 'ir "' t,I5
| haste that the nckt LTis"tnio ehonIu
/
! .urht not tu stand a5 law by Themselves
They were faulty IN general design, ~ arrangement Ia
exre,-ou and substance. They toudru to rr,oIc tho
ais iurtinn lrWtcn proCo ediIgs suits ~ law ana
cuuty a long stcu backward. Tho commissioners were
yy, 90 da ~ after the adjournment OF lhc Legislature
ia connect Inc copy Of the code hy the mrndmcnls. a
fuf of pnWcr dOuLt fu COustuionalty. 40 that the
roIt.s on could not get III" Law ny October The nine
new chapters moi ~ tu De made law, and The new
code should oithor rccd or suspended iil May J.
| 1875. saving al rights that lad dri5 - under &C.
I.-Iudgr Fithian defended the code reminding MI
Field that o his code, which great advance, only
ont oil - Chap,is wont mao elect ana u met more
uupc Utnu fhnn This could meet Mt rlCd would admit
his own was not perfect No one under u yet nad been
abIa 10 decide which form Of SUMMONS To use III each
u,
r. J. Crooks urged that the operation OF the code be
Al. ycudcd John l.. iltl also urged tine. Thomas g.
,ncaruu Oppose lie said the change should not have
been Ilado May l. the busiest part OF tie scar II
,l,nlT have been between July and oct - hut
II was IN operation, and thc question Wua nat would be
the effect Of u sudden repeal lie pointed "ut various
cases in which rights acquired during the lai few days
could moi be protected ny general saving cl1ut' Ec
real alone would not meet the difficulty. Inc remaining
niue chapters not necessary 10 the is already Jaw
As 10 HE in which THE code wab passed. II was
almost ihc uhly way pass "A sweeping reform. Inc
CIyiI G. dc OF Sir Ticd-a code which would have caused
Gar more uproar than th-WOuld have been passed In
the same way Il Charles FOycr had stood the
way he urged, therefore, that the present chapters re-
Hu,In Abbott argued that the new code should not
become law until 10 was complete.
H. H. M0rauru asked % division OF Cot. Nngatr's
lgtu so that those opposed 20 any code 90 al might
,xprrss Themselves, bat voted down The rc.ou-
lions of Col. Mngac and Mr. Hi were, however, sepa-
rgt, and division called FOR The latter. Euth
adopted by large majo ity. After passing resolution
tuut committee u i've appointed Ia ut ths
lutinns AT Albany the meeting adjourned