The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-12-08
A Grand Fight over nm Amendment
TO the Act Regulating Court Costs,
and the Amendment Killed-The
Lien Laws Holds.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

and the Amendment Ailled-The
Lien l,aws Holds. ~
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HOTSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
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OF properly.
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guards who're their lines eros, any fence.
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Me- Ward ,a;d ,b.t the man who made that motion
m,' " !" :. ,s. ~. TT mi. hi WIS tn,andsd IN.
n aa" : r.o,n ,sxJno m coats uni n.wn IN,
rri,cntsand getting I,erhmps t9ics as much as they had
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A.. nanSv s,,J that th. imnea,ibrIty OF f,r.s.e,ne'
hna ,,mch !. hjli nj r,.ta wuuid srnount 70 aro.p fruur
IT, rnHn..;hiii,v NJ f,r,s,vinp ubut ,t.n. vii hi
INK IN n n cas-. and wa. not the fault Of The Acts on
shn SUP 6. Inc amou ~. ~ AN'"e' 10 u" '"'1s"'
A. VsrnerNrb. theory Of cost. Is that the party
who wr,ny fully e uses tho action " 10 hronghe
Anil nav u y.nsityT Tor Il. The reflection cast upon
the LAWYERS 10 not right. Their ,one Is Is high u.s.
those n INV State.
Mr.. Ward d%iscluimed any -~in:entIon to attack the
honor of the lawyers.
Mr.. Dargsn-The Interests OF al parties can beet be
accomplished by adh-riAg to The we'll :%unsidered tee,
Mil now IN III, boryks, v hich was mUdrled on hat III
1880. Gusts sre a Just penalty, which o rmty Is Ie-
ou.red 10 LAY for rot Keeping Lie contract.
Mr.. Nrwton-.I think thsr IN, man who expects N
ani -" ssn"sne,nx men Of any other elass. il Is as
much as any man can do web to nzht bis own battles.
tn. Xii &. .vidrn,rv intended a, . thrust ut the bar.
hn, n f,II, short ut ia aiu. and 1t will recoil upon
thu.e IL processes to benefit. It's If Ct will he that
when n man sues for Just d. ht he viii have 10 pay
hi, own counsel fee and also the pcRalty which the
man ought to nav who forces bin to 90 " Court.
Mr.. Khame opposed she hkl On similar grounds to
those taken By che other gentlemen who opposed It.
Mr.. Gary favored the bill b. eanse the present law
enables q shyster lawyer to underbd 0 god lawyer
by r, ason OF the costs he can get. ..
Mr.. M.kissick spoke az inst the bill With great
carnestness kc said Ne vast he author OF the pres mt
law on the subject, and he bad Trained It IN The inter-
csts Of the farmrrs as yell ~ the lawyers; ne was o
law yer now: but be had been q fsruer, and The farmers
had ouablrd HIM 10 learn what he Knew about law by
elvctinr him Clerk Of the Court tn which capacity no
had been Studying Gusts Tor sx'eeh y.h,s. u tn"usns
the Present Is" Vas GOOD enough, ~'1n q lew e1cep'
tibhs.
Mr.. B. II. Blue favored I'M ball because me law
ought not to frthe price 81 . myers Lo"r any more
than the price OF u oashel 0, corr.
Mr.. Barber favored the DILL he ea'a nc was rae
representative Of three or four sets o. minors, and ne
avoided . settlement from The fact tpat tixed COSTS
would eat MP their httle tetatea. Edo not perfecuts
the lawyer or any other clan, but there Is s"methins
wrong. 1t Is evident that the plaintiff pays and tho
defendant pays. The ran that e~oes-lnto: Court NOW,
is like the LITTLE boy that went 10 mill for the frat
tim, and when the mi Ter psurtd out the corn and
took toll he ran away, crying to bis iather that tho
miller had taken all the corn and was giving him o
race tor the bag.
M. J. NJ johnson and Mr.. McCready opposed the
bill for res; ons already gwen, ana saia tne 'h~ygfs
weto not . d!snontSt eeto men, Is seruien w
opinion Of the friends Of tho bill. A respectable law
yer would always take the eosss lneo coos'uriauo1
when charging q fee. and II no costs were allowed
him he Tuuld charge so much more Us 4 Zee.
Mr.. Simpson favored the hilk lie said that In his
county lawyers would refuse to 60 Into Trial Justices
ConrIs brca1se no cnsts wer. allowed there, and would'
advise their clients to suffer Judgment by defaul, and
appeal to tue Circuit Court 30 that tbcy might get Inc
costs there. While our State expenses have been
reduced, why are our County expenses the same ?
Because Of the e1orbitant expense Of trying these
little cases, shnt ought % De disj"seo VI oy l1iai
Mr. monton"Aitnoap the gentleman from Edge.
Aid has said that | show I.A a LAWYER by making
Nv. n,",,"n / Aid dnn't tbink that IN making that
,ro,inn ! r.nrcsrnt tba interests Of the LAWYER, at all.
Rut 7 ON; M, .Ard that We must nut some terror on
uhn uill o. in,n Court 20 hiring wrong cases or 10
m,o y ~ ~ . dsh.nss. Th. gentleman from A nd.rs,n.
~ ~ .h" M" - ,ho oriavsncs.n M m. conn,v va.
.r .e "sniI 80 20 nav thair l,hnr.,: s,d