New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-28


The supreme court of Appeal, in Virginia b., liberal
minded toward lawyers. hu the conduct Of of the
virginia attorney, called Tor criticism ia an opinion
recently dclivc,cL Lcmucl Turner. Who died in De
,rmlcr I-,- cu h- rc,ldG,ry estate trust for The
benefit of hi, NATURAL dlu-ht"t. Emil, H. Thomas
whose children - receive the propcrtr ~ hcr
death. The woman could neither read nor Ntitc but
the estate wa, worth .,O.Opo and She the richie,
von,on IN Nelson County. Thomas T. Fitzpatrick bc
came her lawyer and -lucd her confidence lie de-
Tended the estate IN li&on winch arose ont OF the
conduct of the cNccut"r. ana after judgment of FL,
900 had bccn rendered against the estate he secured pn
appeal the reversal # ,hc judgment and saved the
.I- 600 Mr. Thomas grateful and after the
case had been decided the subject Of IN, compensation
wa. discussed Ihc woman signed with her mark q
contract by which Fitzpatrick To receive IN pay
men for hi, service, the income of all MR., rhomi, =,
p,rsona estate from I-7 to 1850. and $1,000 in cash.
+, the NJ 600 I'm cash va, not allowed by the court
49, ur,per 10 he paid from the estate. the lawyer wa,
ro receive the income of al Mrs rhoma,', personal
estate "a, long "a, she lived rhc total amount the
iwvcr would have received between FLO 900 and
80 600 or nearly tHothlido OF the amount winch
would have been paid out II the original judcmcnt lad
,nt hrcu appealed from. The woman declarcd after
,,,rd that slr did not understand the meaning of the
n,pcr hch she had ,gnct She supposed thai $1,000
,,,a, All she had pay. The dispute wa taken 10
,I, ,nnrt, and the supreme Court of Appeals va,
United by The old rule tli all dealings between az.
49,, ,rd client for the brncht OF the former are
.unuiycly void uu the ground OF constructive fraud.
I,lcr, Ma, no preceding agreement Is t. t" amount
iHl ,i1 and the contract which the ignorant woman
"."c MA, strongly AZ INST her Interests. The court
~ il ,.id, lnt allowed the attorney the IF ~. 900
out of the estate.
While coroner, in England are not always more
c'i,ut Than those IN th~ country, they enjoy larger
'r,mc, \ recent lawsuit show, that one coroner IN
i,udou received over 100000 u wear ~ salary. His
t"r trtiou wa, recently decreased 10y division Of
The territory which he exercised his duties. The
county council thought that he Wa entitled 10 only
h.iT his FORMER SALARY for doing half the work but
I.tir pay IA, Just decided that he at work under
,outrnrt for fVc years. and the fun salary be
paid for that time
queer discussion has been IN progress for a few
DAYS over the proposition that IA" plan proposed hv
u Of the French ply NJ, lam In the EN rlud Blmpani
rn.r IN Paris should De- adopted In tai, country. The.
suggestion Of pr. Licgeol, wa, that of the de
b,n,ut- hr rs pnotiIrd IN court and uuc> toned The
rather too radical Tor the Preach
win, are chief attorney for the prosecution. bat the
serious discussion of IN" question to adopting such
methods here only emphasizes the TACT that many
lavNrr~ know little about criminal law. No law ash,
defendant To convict himself and he cannot Ice com
pelsH 10 aIswel even he 10 III complete command