New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-11
MINOR JUDGES CRITICISED
WORK OF The CORPORATION ATTORNEY

r,.ponr. OF THE COMMISSIONERS VI
.rnAIGyrSG HE ALDERMEN.
- c,,,m;ssioners of Accounts, Mes'rs Sheair
.,aa and Alamson yesterday suon,u. s a,j mana re-
mah au ILL., renort upOn the operatlonsahd ma g.
oraee JIM he ,srnoratios Attorneys once rum 80
xhey IA 1880 10 December 81 DOT GOT, % and ac
I'LL ,crr commends the system OF ny 10 nonev
Inc iep's tbe Office and inds that all the n1 I
counts OF .ne sbe CORPORATION Attorney has been
receivs1 psid over to the city and accounted ioi
ne gross receipts ipr ,ng ,tnpes 81 900 so; the
Szl,o 5;snosed of numbered 81, OF wnch 800
Co., titled before entry OF Judgment, ~ The
having entered tSs r office is the Of
" apcticns 10 recover penalties Tor Yaoii The
a., and ordinances Of the Common Otnd Inv the
laws al class of cases those reporteu W
nchnartment the complaints from TINS spuio
Ion .. Fcbrnary, 1884. TO February Ioo1, and
a. $50 of which 236y were do ao NV were for failure
painting d 9saintain gates at railroad crossings,
Tbe number Of cases legtlmatsy, was 40 600
tho az were dismissed and suits instituted
prominent cause of the dismissal no OF no oH
in,s anneared to be the absence Oh the poiioSS
pialnss 40 made the complaint, although ne nsu
Iaen told to appear at the trial Inc uS sre.
Iytorney informed the captains OF tne ie1 10 his
cmcts but these officials have never repnou W "''
letters The report contlnues' ..,oa On
s. for violation of the city ordinances are treu ~
the district courts where the rSns tso case is called
a. mnsf be dismissed notwithstanding n tastmonv
asted for by the city. ino
T. 70 the effect that the judge seems ~ strict adj
ssr and we always have the worst OK ia "a tha way
a,snee 70 fechnicalties when they STAND IN tno ~
~ In favor OF the city seems 70 10 %
.s ~ ire courts One OF the most srlhing d a.,
dismissal corporation cases Was lou -,
one OF The Corporation Attorneys orie Nv inee
ars that about sixty suits were dismissed Dy
po The Ground that the complaints were no. po,va
hin, when In fact he had. according W @ ,hs com
vsons,v called and adjourned tho cases upon
,tn,s then before him. We may ada thst We saS
P,sd search 10 be made for the complanI..s -
no and found Gil of them IN the MES disnosed OF
n acme al the courts cases are SUMMARY de
shrorgh the practice OF "reservng DECISIONS ~ sSi
1s,n he not rendered within eight DAYS 'no ,uac,ce
shor fhere Is very much in the system anu
~ tae inferior courts having Juris9icuon
% tnat partakes of farce II not OF soe'nins
worse. - 4. ,,,.do NJ some Of the acts OF our
,a tarisl,ture Take its action upon tnc suoJ0U
~s.,ts Tor street. membranes, TOT mstaheo'
ehartsr commands the removal oil All a., any
street or sidewalk, OF plohc gronmo M hs ordnances
onbS,c mark aud the Common Council makes % sr
sssinsf street. distractions aud anxes dUtv of
xo'atiou of such ordinances when makes II tlo 3
~. cornoraton Attorney TO enforce put ~ oiVe -
wants their enforcement by specia eksia ~.
49, The law which declares that they Nne M
n sha have no power TO authorize the placns or
eontlnnine encr0achment or ops.Iue.
sfreet or sidewalk except the temporary P on n
,bsreof during the erection or repair Oh pui"Ne VA
LOT opposite the same. 90 .o,,n,aints for yio-
If city ordinances not what they ouRt 70 W
a. ,ving causes may be looked Tor IN tne
NJ he reports and evidence furnished py In9 nd
sha resolutions Of the Common oouhol IN"
a. ~, oec1iiar rulings of Of the inferior courts a
upou this subject between your HohoT tno
sonnnrailo Counsei Corporation Attorney, Police COM
snisstoners and PRESIDENT OF the boAru VI Ai"Si"'
wouid seem be desirable.