National Republican., 1879-02-28
BRoUG HIT TO A HALL
business Temporarily Suspended in the Dis
trict Supreme Court.

business Temporarily Suspended in the Dis
trict Supreme Court.
Tho passage of the recent act by Congress
creating an additional Judge for the Supreme
Court Of this District, and forbidding any Jus.
tice to sit in general term to hear an appeal
from any judgment decree, or order which he
may have rendered at the special term, almost
completely upset the session of the court in
banc yesterday While the law went into
force from the time of its being signed by the
President, still copy had not reached the
court, and the Judges learning by intimation
and rumor only as to its specification, werc
in quandary as to how they should proceed
IL they should move on and hear causes in
which either of them had sat in the first in-
stance. they might bo compelled to retracc
their steps, and both time au argument there
by become wasted, while If they did not the
assignment for the day would become cx-
hausted and an carly adjournment ensue. The
clerk Of the court visited the State Depart
mcnt and copied the text of the law, thus oh.
tanning official information rs TO its provisions
Most of the cases assigned for the day had
come up from the Equity Court, and the pre-.
siding Judge Of that court was sitting, with his
brethren. upon the bench that nccessitated tho
passing of these causes That left only one,
bankruptcy case, to hear, which was quickly
disposed of. and the court found itself without
work for the remainder Of the day.
1t was then concluded, as all the equity cases
upon the calendar had been heard by Justice
Macarthur, who is sitting with the court in
banc, they should be passed and only the law
cases considered for the present. This course
will be pursued until all of thom arc disposed
of, when some of the justices will exchange
places and the appeals from the Equity Court
will be given hearing.
Az oil Of Ia fpN,,, lao EuufHx, rf
while Justice Wylo presided have been heard,
that leaves him competent to sit in hearing
upon any case, unless there may be some from
the Criminal Court, where he still presides, re-
naming upon the calendar, but 1t is thought
that all of these have also been heard. JUS
tices Hagner'nnd Cox of course can hear them
ALL they having just entered the court, and IL
is very probable that they will hear a good
many of them.
The Chief.Justice Is likely to be debarred
in all the law cases, as he has run the Circuit
Court two-thirds of every year lately, and that
will give him opportunity TO run 1t longer.
As this is expected to be q now departure, and
business is now to be expedited with all the
speed that justice will permit, 1t may be well
to show the present status of tho respective
calendars.
That of the general term has l25 cases await
ing hearing; also number of motions. The
Circuit Court calendar at the beginning of the
present term, made an exhibit of $50 cases, of
which there are still over 700 awaiting trial
In addition the appeal docket carries 235 cases
none of which have been acted upon. There
is also motion calendar that receives atten.
tion once week The Equity Court calendar
has sxty-thrco cases and fifteen motions to be
| heard, and the number Is likely to be in
creased The District Court has no calendar
but there is work there to be done Whenever
the sessions shall be resumed. From this eX'
hibit it will be seen that there is sufficient ma
terial to keep all the Justices employed, and Il
will be some time before the respective court
tiud themselves not in arrears with their work