The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-11
Ghe Gntelligencer
WHEELING, WA, NOvEnnEHli' 1888


It is one Of the leasing duties oil the
INrELLlGENcER to seek Cut and give to the
world all the good it can find about people
and Il inCs. For sufficient reasons GER
tain people md certain things are objects
NJ our special solicitude. For example,
there ia our own and only Supreme Court
Of Appeals Of the sovereign State Of West
Virginia. God cave the commonwealth
Whatever things are Of good report con-
corning this body and its members the H.
rELLIGExcRR feels in duty bound to en-
balm with tho highest skill OF the art
preseryatiye, that this generation may
know and posterity profit by the bTightand
beautiful example. In the Control Lam
Journal, Of October SO.h is this handsome
tribute to one Of our Supreme Judges,
whose reflected light adorns as with so
many halos the heads Of the Little Four
TOO LONG
We do wish that Mr.. Justice Green, oil
the Supreme Court Of West Virginia,
would not write such long opinions. We
have tried to make an abatracto Of his opin-
ion in KYLE vs.. Harvcya, holding that q
proyision in deed Of assignment ior
creditors, that the property should be sold
Nv the qssignpo ~ private sale, does not
render it fraudulent Us Il matter OF law
Int We find that ali abstract OF the point
decided, together with the review OF anal.
ogous authorities made by the learned
Jndge in his opinion, constructed on our
recent patent plan, would consume III
lesst four pages OF the JsWnGl. and We
have therefore concluded to let 1t lie until
some of our readers begin to Clamor fol-
ia publication. We have much respect
for the learning and Judicial talents
of Mr.. Justice Green, and this par
ticular opinion is bOnanza to the lazy
brief maker; but, seriously, most OF his
opiuions are too long. We know Of but
one other ludg4 who equals him as a
searcher for authority, and that is Mr.
Justice Caesoday, Of Wisconsin. But Jus
tice Cassodav contrivfs TO keep his opin.
ions somewhat within the bounds oil
length. Query, whether judge does
himself Justice by getting into tie haOlt
OF making such an unendihH search lor
precedents whenever novel question
arises IL IL uOC peA"i w - JunHe ~
train his mind to original thinking? Are
not good many OF the absurdities and
monstrosities Of the Law due to the fact
that judges, instead Of reasoning, with an
intelligent desire to do justice, have sup
pressed their reasoning faculties and mere,
exercised their memories on precedents
The suggestion that our Supreme Court
Judges shall train their minds to original
thinking is based on the msappTehension
that those accomplished artidcers in the
law have enough OF the thing spoken Of
to DO trained in tha. way. We who pay
the piper demand no impossibllitics Of the
gentlemen who sit aloitand hand us down
our modicum OF law az often as We have
the misfortune TO require treatment go
heroic. We are content when they favor
US with that which original thinkers have
declared to be the law, ior then we stand
some chance OF having little justice
mixed with our law. The critics Of the
law journals must not be too cTitica!-we
do not demand the half that they ask for