The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-13
BENCH AND BAR.

Next Wednesday the trial Of the import
ant mining suit of the Old Jordan vs. the
Niagara will be resumed before Judge An
derson, and Prof, Keep, the last witness
for the plaintiff, will be examined. The
defense has number of witnesses, includ-
ing some noted experts, and il will be some
time before the trial is concluded.
Judge Loofbourow is on his way home,
and is expected to arrive here this evening
He will complete his report with regard to
from the church should be devoted, before
the end of the month.
Since the adjournment of the supreme
court quite a number of appeals have been
filed with Clerk Bache. The January ses-
sion of the supreme court will be an i'm
portant one.
An attorney who was engaged in trying
criminal case before commissioner Pratt
last week made a motion to vacate the
judgment on the ground that he had law
partner, claiming this to be In conflict with
the law. Whatever there may be in this,
the commissioner decided to avoid the pos
sibility Of any future complications and in
consequence the partnership heretofore ex-
listing between himself and Arthur Z.
Pratt has been dissolved.
The commissioners, with one exception,
have had very quiet time during the past
week. The exception was Commissioner
Pratt, who has been engaged in hearing
the Parsons case during the day and fumi-
eating his office at night. Tue examina-
ton will be resumed to morrow morning at
10 o'clock, when the defense will probably
close. The argumentsi will be made on
Tuesday in that event, and will doubtless
occupy the entire day. All connected with
it. as well as the public, will be glad when
it Is over.
The urgent need for additional judges
for this territory will be demonstrated to
the F'ifty-second Congress, and it is hoped
that the relief pray ed for will not be long
delayed.
A large number of attorneys and COM
missioners will move into the Dooly build.
ing when the courts are located there.
Examiner James Stutsman has not vet
been able to examine the records of the
",
cation of Marshal Parsons claiming mis- at
tention.
On Tuesday last the delegates to the an
nual meeting of the National Bar
association were banquetted at Wash
ington. A number of distin-
guished gentlemen were present.
among them being Attorney General Mil
Ter, Justices Harlan, Gray, Brewer, Batch
nd nd T,F.
a number of Senators and government
officials. Senator Henderson, of Nebraska.
10 responding to the toast 1.-THE PRESIDENT
paid glowing compliments to President
Harrison and Ex-President Cleve and. and
eulogized the memory of Abraham Lin
coin. Associate Justice Gray responded to
1.-The Bench" Senator Gray to 1.-The Con-
gress," and Mr.. Carter, of New York, to
THE Bar" During the evening a letter
was read from President Harrison, regret
ing his inability to be present and saying
he would be pleased to See delegates at the
White house. Letters of regret were slso
read from Chief Justice Fuller, Justice
Bradley, Senator Edmunds. Speaker Crisp
and others. The convention adjourned on
Friday.
The bar association of this CITY exists
only in name. There is absolutely no In.
t6IcSt tdhSu Ii ~, anu ~ Gus u sorry Qgur6
when compared with like associations of
other large cities. This is remarkable in
view of the great number of ATTORNEYS in
the city and the many directions in which
strong association could make it's influence
felt and its general benefit to the profess
sion. Just now, when the revision of the
city charter is under consideration and
with the legislature about to convene. a
bar association would be able to make Itself
useful. The revision of the charter. nv
the way, is under the consideration of a
joint committee from the city council and
the chamber of commerce.