, 1877-10-20
The Judges Obliged to Take Severe
Measures to Reform Abuses.
Some Model Bills Presented BY alleged
Honorable Attorneys-Mon Who
Think Their Words Arc
Pearls, to Be Paid
for Accordingly.
Hunting up Contestants far Dead htn's Wills.
Thtir Estates Made 10 Fay for an H.
tempt II Prore Them insane
While lining.
Srtttdl Correspondence oj 7'ht TribHns.

estates are robbed bY tile legal fraternity, srv-
r,,I ri ,,ur .1,1vo. h,vtrr t,}vcr rcrt IN Itctr
- ~ =. ms.s., s III, ,,s.,. ,.t.
''S"eo"b 'nnEnatlon "hen c'''co "o"'' ~ tahe
tn,''szancc OF these cxtortaont' SURROGATE tn'-
vim. Judge 1obtnsorf. nj tho Court Of Common
pIras. md AIR Kct,hum. Rcre,vcr IN Hank.
runtt.r bar, .oco,t,v ,tt,,r,o,,t.,h than ,clxe.
"p1.,' s"'e 'eeent,} "'st''e1is"." t.c"s' ~,
III refusing " sanet'oh some u 'uese 'eEa' !".l'
AnIAwtn') charges Ut lnvycrs, afltt by adfnanls-
,ering scathng rcbnkes 10 the pcrtons attempt
,nv r., ,,crnc,ro,o ,,o fr.,,,. In a rccrnt nro.
a"h y. ~ ,'.,'.. w.. u'1.,u E.,,,..,.. H.
sss"'as ~ "nktup.c5, hees,ssI M Hu,e.s'" ~, ~ W"
iiohneeo IN anmeasafea Terms tue OIL o4 IA"
firm. which was intended 10 consume the entire
assets Of the BANKRUPT, thus cfrautltug the It.
climate rrr1,,nra mt IT t,,c a,n,,nt. hnnr,t1v
~. $4,000. ~. ~ .,,I .,,.,.. .h.,s
thels une' surrogate cas'n u'a a"nas tu'ne
10 eat up an estate upon whicl, he was admins
,crIpo, mt thcsc nro rrrar,,rfl nm snns,uotljr
a1,I,,,a. -, r,.,u, far.o1 y, nr1,,r.
eN"."o.e ''..' 'ut' . y a..s r~
sentiment and hc".paper exposure lor sarro.
having himself participated In little Jobs OF a
similar rharcrtcr f,nr NJ tf,c ca.cs nnin,n1f.
v,r,s,1 rno,, hs .1,,,,, r,bin.on I, wor,t,v ~
.e. .o'n ~ o1Ih ~. ~ 10y. - ] ,".,n... ~
note aa sample o[ TINS style ot business
Some time nEo, Kenyon, Cox t& Co. ma.ic MI
assignment for The boncd. Of their creditors to
William T.. arott. snmc ,nontbs nro ana ot thc
,.,s',;tS.. H., rr.s, h.yt, c,.t,r IT,
si:A, pciitioncd tho Court TO compel Scott to
make at accounting. Scott camc In and applied
{or pcr1ntss!ou tu make tlnai arrountth.. and
tho Cn,,,. n,tn,e,, 1,,tcr"s ~ anil, ~. .c.
ans sou'. ~ apposssu le'sles ~: w aaas ",s .n
counta lhe Retarcc made MS report 70 *hkh
no objection was made, but Judge (sobtnson
REFUSED TO CONFIRM l.,
nm H.. ,,r,,,I tbot arm. ~ tha ioro, ,.t,rrc.
y" wv .,"... s.oaa ..@' sa s1 s.a..asts ~" :.
were ontsa1eous a1'a cat"tt'on"":. foF '''
atat,cc, the Referee bal allowed air. Trncy's
lawYer $500 for prosecuting Ills Claim of Ssh !;
N. 1oup.r. of tha au;,pcn ,yrrc niln,vrJ stO ,
e'e Nv ~" ''t' y. '"o .'''s.e "'."-N Wv
o0o; man who had acted rs special trustee
trcyfoua tn tho assignment. aud whose law
r., r1,,,,nrs.,on. wcrc sasto ho1 hecu NJ.
lu' eo!ll'l.tss'o.a "'io e''o-s' ''"u oscH W
Lowell StWO; tile Assignee, whose lawful ices
wcre $1t 800. had been allowed SiCUO0 In cs,n.
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Stucfataoa OF MS " 'aooF'oHs uutles' 4hcre
were numerous other c1aims equally ex-
tor.,onatr Tn refusirp Ia anpr,yo Tim keicrecte
to'"o''ts' =, w 's'' .'s'e.''
rcport' "uuEe RoolnSon saa: lheeo c'alms are
In cacf, Instance Startling, ind suggest the &C.
ousIt!on OF fortunes OF thousands uf dollars in
,Lc hannv Incident Of m emn,oymcnt in TIM
p - H. o~oo,,,, n acl' m ,.tn,,a,, ),