Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1891-12-01
THE LAND COURT.
The New Tribunal Opens its Term To-
Day-Attorneys Admitted to
Practice-Ohange i'll
Rules.
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claims convened at 10 a. m. promptly at
the court room in the federal building.
Present: Chief Justice J. R. Reed,
Justices w. w. Murray, T. G. Fuller and
II. C. Sluss Justice Stone, being i'll, did
not attend. U. S. Attorney Matt G..
Reynolds, Clerk j. II. Reader, Inter
prefer 4. Chacon, were also present
The court room was crowded. Upon
Deputy L. S. Marshall Serapio Romero,
announcing the opening OF the court, the
judges entered and took seats on the
bench. The chief justice stated to the
members of the bar present that the
court had no original jurisdiction to admit
members of the bar, but would admit as
members of its bar all members of the
bar of the supreme court of the United
States, of the United States circuit
courts and of the supreme courts
of the several states and territories.
The chief justice also announced that
the rule requiring deposits for costs OF
service of process would be abrogated, and
that the court was ready and willing to
hear and receive suggestions as to the
further rules for the governing OF the
practice before the court.
Upon the suggestion of L. S. Attorney
Matt. G. Reynolds the following were all
mitted to practice before the land court
Messrs T. b. Catron, E. A. Fiske, John
II. Knaehel, e. l.. Bartlett, f. W. Clancy
w. 7. Thornton, W. NJ. Berger, Larkif
G. Read, Benz. NJ. Read, p. l.. Van del
Veer. Max. Frost, S. B. Newcomb, j. H
Crist, NJ. Saazar, G. II. Gildersleeve, W
| B. Sloan, r. +. Twtcheil, w. S. Williams
Geo. Hill Howard, Karl A. Snyder
Francis Downs, Geo. W. Knaebel. These
were enrolled by the clerk.
Hon. 7. B. Catron and Hon. E. A
Fisko made some suggestions as to rules
to be adopted, and Mr. Catron announced
that the Bar association would meet fo
that purpose at p. m.
The court then adjourned till 10 a. m
tomorrow.
PERSONNEL OF THE COURT.
Joseph r. Reed, chief justice of the
private land court was born in AshlanC
county, Ohio, March y, 1885. At thu
age of % years he removed to Iowa
studied law, and was admitted to the ba
in 1861. After some years he settled a
Council Bluffs, and in 1872 was appoint
ed Judge OF the district court, which ottiC,
he filled until January |, 1884. At TIT
general election in 1888 he was elected
Judge of the supreme court, and tillet
the Office five years, being chief justice
the last two months of the term. Elewa
a member of the state senate in 1868
He also served in the 5lst congress iron
the 9th district of Iowa, and was defeated
for reelection. He did not seek thu
position on the land court, and had NJ
intention in advance of the appointment
that he was being considered FOL The
office. His present home is al Counci
| Bluffs.
Wilbur f. Stone was born in Connec
| ticut in 1888, but coming west with hls
parents was educated at the Ashbury
university and at the university OF In
diana, after hich he entered journalism
and began the practice of the law. Going
| to Colorado in 1860, lie was, upon the or
ganizatiOn of the territory, elected to the
legislature, serving three years in that
capacity. He was for four years assistant
United States attorney for Colorado, was
a member of the convention which framed
the state constitution and was afterward
state attorney for the Sd Judicial district
Ia 1877 both parties united in electing
him to the supreme bench of Colorado
IT.. l,+o ho j1IDa oF thG
criminal court Of Arapahoe county. He
is a fine French, German and Spanish
scholar, and his long connection with LAND
grant litigation in southern Colorado espe
cially fits him for his new duties. Judge
Stone is a resident of Denver.
Henry c. Sluss is Il native Of Illinois
and AS wears of age. He enlisted as 8
private soldier in an Illinois regiment
upon the outbreak OF the civil war, anG
upon the close of hostillties studied law
and was admitted to practice. In 1870 he
located at Wichita, Kas., where, with the
exception of two years service on the
bench, he has practiced law up to the
time of his appointment as a member Of
the land court. He has served as prose
cutting attorney, and was for six years 8
member of the state senate. His appoint
ment to his present position was wholly
, uns olcited. Judge Sluss is still located
at Wichita.
W. w. Murray is native of Georgia,
where he was born in 1888. In 1860 he
became citizen of Tennessee. He
studied medicine and was graduated from
Rush Medical college, Chicago, and from
the University of Tennessee at Nashville.
, In 1862 he entered the union army, was
captured and escaped from prison at
Macon by tunneling, Subsequently he
served with the 9TH Tennessee
volunteer cavalry. Beginning the prac-
tice of law in 1868, he was at
the same time elected a member of
the Tennessee legislature, and in 1872
was the Republican candidate for con-
grees in the eighth district, becoming in
the following year United States attorney
for the western district OF Tennessee,
which position he held for eight years.
In 1884 he became state railroad commits
sioner, and the following year was one of
the Republican nominees for the supreme
bench. In 1857 he received the vote of
the Republicans in the legislature for
United States senator. Judge Murray's
home is at Huntington, Tenn.
Thomas G. Fuller was born in Fayette
vile, N. c., and Is So years of age. He
was educated at the university of North
Carolina, and studied law with the
late Richmond M. Person, who was
ior many years chief justice of the
supreme court of North Carolina. He
commenced the practice of law at Fayette-
vile in 1856, and practiced till the COM
mencement of the war. He was in the
military and civil service of the confed
eracy during the whole war, and at its
close resumed the practice of the
law at Fayetteville and continued
tbara uptiI tho cprinu Of 1870 He than