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plant. This affidavit was verified before +. NJ
MI. Wrisht'a oiiice. and the date Of verifleation
as first written was evidently July q
ss Ths 0nS Sssa to RSSc Been On as S
after tho appointment OF Meoks as referee
was spbse1uently altered o5S 50 as to PprT6ors to
date being prior to euch appointment. A new
order OF reference was prepared by Meeks. pur-
portinR TO be made on the motion OF BENJAMIN
Wrieht and leaving q blank for the Insertion
Of tho name Of tho referee TO be appointed.
The ,deposiions. Of Kaie Cameron, MarGarst
altered. The referees report was also left un-
changed. A now proposed decree was prepared:
purportlng, to DO entered on the motion OF
Twelfth-Meeks appears to have presented to
Judge, Bookstayer the new SUMMONS, ;, the
regularity. together with the proposed new
order OF reference. within day or two after
the Arst Interview between himself and the
Judge. and the Judge theroupon wrote the
nnme OF Joseph Meeks as referee in such new
order OF reference. Soon afterward Meeks ap;,
papers as above described and applied for and
obtained a decree. The fle mark on that de-
rs limit o time IL during Which al sH these
proceedings must have occurred is from July
Thirteenth-Judge Bookstaver's statement
as to what occurred when the papers were pre-
sented anew for deereei Is as follows: " |
T hs as Ior
plaintiff. Hooked at the aiildavlt Of regular;
ity; 1t was sworn to by MT. Wright. I glanced
the different papers, as is my custom they all
appeared to me to be, in original sigma
sSa ta be sfeed nnd
to by the witnesses, and that II was abundant
" sufficient to entitle the plaintf to decree
and knew him TO be o capable and very rep;
utable attorney, and ! unhesitatingly signed
the decree without any doubt o. the Gerlbeett ;bot
there could be any reason to suspect Irregular
ity in any of the papers or in any proceeding
Fourteenth-wec cannot avoid the conclusion
that at the time of the final presentation Of the
papers and OF signing the decree Judge Book
had been commenced and there had been no
service Of a new summons and complaint. and
default by the defendant In any new action,
aud that there had been no examination OF
witnesses conducted before ., the referee by Ben
The resolution OF the Executive Committee.
to which we owe. an appointment, does not, IT
we should supplement this report of facts
found by any recommendation for action in
respect to the matters covered by the reD9rs .1rs
Committee. All of which is respectfully sub
mitted. HuLlAM NJ; PRlTCHARD'
DANIEL G. ROLLINS,
|. Il. ELLERY ANDERSON,
GEORGE c. HOLT,
JAN. IA, 1890. WILLIAM q. WILSON.
Mr. Hornblower then presented the resolu.
both be adopted A few voted in the negative.
but the motion was carried nearly unani-
mously. The committee Appointed to 20 to
Albany will mold meeting IN q day or two.
The association aiterwardI elected Frederic
r. Coudert. President, In place OF Joseph II;
elected these mem bers of the Executive COM
mittee: Francis NJ. Scott, Ehhu Root. Lewis
CaSs Ledyard. Albert stickney' and Charles L.
Miller.
Committee are Stephen . "A; 0lin. E2bert v. De
and Charles NJ Da Costa Tho association de-
cided 20 hold a special meeting on Feb. II to
consider the new bankruptcy law now before
COnVresR