The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-06-17
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Necessary for the speedy Administrator
'g5L5sSr JdsfiAe In ESnlsiaha.

q, and are at aH acquainted with the tis!
yzfntaEy .pf y the administration OF justice In
.,o,s L0uisiapa that very great CHANCES are
PfSsssbt s ssost s 9 Thss Si en
Of which we justly com planned up TO the
day ofeeups redemption waE the nineffis
cieneyl and .incompetency Of many OF
TgRe- iuuees and the long delayrin the.
final trying and z. he hearing q causes. BIS
ts.crowdad with work and tits mere than
--.-.--,tthree years behindhapd with its docket
s5f@E The very able and upright and, hard
working court we have had since the
ninth Of January. 1877, has NOT been
cases. More new appeals !. haye been
filed than they have decided The con-
scientious care which they bestow upon
cause, In theft anxiety to decide Justly.
. precludes a more rapid disposition OF
causes. tits not desirable to have celeri-
4, The remedy Is TO give them less work.
et End to remodel the system, 20 that at
' stLthe end of nine months term there
will be 40 causes left undecided on their
| oN In several States, as New York and
q Ohio, they have been obliged to estabt
oolish "Supreme Court Commissions"
sort Of Temporary .SHprsme Court to
decide and dispose Of the ACCUMULATED
pending cases. This Is merely tenn
poraryT expedient, and ,is for many rea:
gons objectionable, among other Ieas9lls
accord with those OF the regular perma-
sanent tribunal. The true course is to
establish system by which there can
be no acEnrn tlAtign Of pending Gases. i
eos No court, however .diligent and capa-
BILE, could copscientiohsly and carefully
ec,examine the NUMEROUS and voluninous
. records tntolYing1 tho most intricate
SSand complicated questions OBJ fact,
and the testimony of clouds OF
conflicting witnesses, and Keep up
tes eaEsies sns e. IT, END asas q,
.,rtha 4terfn.A DO perform their duties
properly, asean appellate court Feview-
Ing, questions T law and OF fact, every
Judge should SEPARATELY rread every
a as aly5ry sn sOa aSia
hIaate ON the same. In his own mind, be-
fore he Is prepared to consult with his
e1stbfothers on the Bench Z 70 ~ D.
a 3fa 93Eh8 sdfretie Gouf pof Louisiaha could
iisaAeTer do tails and approximately keed
sgeass ot the dcsks,t e T. had 70 new
!, ina am tfg olI bases swera dscldad yes
terdays IL werwant q speedyand proper,
correct and accurate administration OF
Justice, as accurate as imperfect human
instruments can accomplish, we must
questions gf'iaw alone, on a. statement
OF facts fotnd'by lower tribunal coh4'
clusiYA between the parties or brought
up by bills .ofyexceptionsol1@ "nDu ,,r
-Taeiattorney for plaintiff might be rerl
AZ REapaTs nssns A. the
fendant's attorney likewise to make his
certify to yis facts cts he f found 1ns proved
which should be conclusive, and these
ssssssgs me Of faess e1f bills ofeseeR
constitute TIE Record for the Supreme,
cSss 70 so's E5y Il sS4S g s9a could
easily keep ABREAST Of the business before
"''the court, and try and decide all cases
within thFea mvnthsiRstead of three or
four years afterthe appeal is filed in the
court. ~ ,ffro tH-Hf "
This system woald' necessitate the es-i
Establishment Of about ten Superior Ap.
pellate s0nurts. in the State (which
s shaua law Tne sss ~ ss n q, f f
1lngants and OF the people must be sat1
,Ris6ed. They must feel that therb is an
earnest and honesta and fafr attempt to
do justly, and decide Correctly. The
weighing Of conflicting and doubtful
differences from obscure ana ornetimes,
,sat first blush, apparently irrelevant cir
---~ciimstances--is often a delicate and diff
9 fi0ult task. The losing party Is never
:, . satisfied it D. warmly litigated case to
leave the conclusions OF fact to the de-
plH terminationie fpasingle judge OF original
rm jurisdiction. 1r1 ! t'F'| : Pr: Otto
n,eaaIhHe too Often, insensibly to. himself,
'i'' Accommodating the trial prejudiced on
sone side or the other, and allows some
Incidental and irrele yait cltsnmstance
-sU waYB Hts 5Jdidg :, 80 Chat Il IL rarely
safe to leave the final and conclusive
determination, 81 questions OF fact to
n aas eAd ns IL saabsb ons
court. of general .soai4isal jurisdic-
ton IN each parishM Mould try
!, class Of cases ari1 IN 81 In
aparishes having = tf SsgDO in
Il habitants, Their I'D Parish
criminal, court York hAl fiction
.iinand a parish vil&ouIf III uM6ihM juris-
aidiction. In parish having bre than
100000 population there Heut6e needed
6aprobate court, crfYnlEE court, and
one or more civil courts of general
NaEISl9al laklsdistIen q civil cases not
~ ,klas lsp,ss,sinarly
81 ais ll s. ss aisecs to
H$ssR5 3NsI i i11s s5sS als slg cssi
a sbsllsls nm = sIaP ,SIss
judges and having territorial juFisdic-
mon OF several contiguous parisheso
There should be one such superior appel.
late court for Orleans parish. The find.
ing OF this court on the facts should be
conclusive. and If it affirmed the iudg-
ment OF the court Of original jurisiic-
ton IL might be- final in ali cases in