New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-20
FROM BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED FROM LAWYERS. AND AMONG
TILE COURTS.


them much sympathy when they choose uiou''''
which they have heretofore ignored Most OF the disputes
in which "TheS Allen and Jim" Irving nave poeh
engaged In resulted in injury to the other parS "
the quarrel aud influences have usually peeh nc
c Go GSsT to that IN their old age these nd
that their younger AND more 1cs eGnent qaarcs
they seek the PROJECTION OF that law which they nave
all their lives disrcgarded and arraien ner ioosad
ants at n criminal bar While their CONDUCT IoohIu
al from their own Viewpoint seems rather eo%aIuS
than pniseworhy. they pay high tomPIate et, "
II they have not been successful thus far 10 may "a
partly due to the fact that Jurors consider Sss 70 J be
settled after the manner which has been falninar "
them for many years.
Now that vacation is nearly over lawyers are DC
ginning TO question whether 1t IS not longer than 10
need be. Life in the city is not SO far unbearaoe'
except in midsummer, Tint It IS necessary u ~
main ont OF town from the first Of July to the nIS1
Of October. The latter part OF september Is usudiS
comfortable and the early days of July are frequently
not excessively warm. A sensible suggestion IS
made In "Tbe New-York Law Journal" that the va
cation in the courts DO limited to the period rom n
t tGs ruu and th6t another vacation be- had
from the middle Of December 10 the mddle %
provai OF at least one Justice Of the supreme Court
and will probably meet much favor among a%ytifs,
The holiday season in the winter Is not % desiraOe
time for court trials because witnesses as well as
clients are frequently busly engaged The courts
Years and a recess with defined limits at that sea-
OF the year would enable lawyers To rest from
ice business. Another suggestion is that tho vaca,
ton in the summer should comprise the months OF
first Monday OF September. The third Monday Of
September would probably be more popular. one
argument OF "Thc Law Journal does not, however,
happen TO have much weight this year. The City
Court IL says, always opens ON the first Monday OF
month without much inconvenience. The general
and trial terms Of the City Court this year have been
a moSth i 0 judicial may not have
sustained any severe loss from the omission OF the
their salaries are supposed to be paid In consideration
of their holding court at the stated time.
English law has been freed Of one OF its eccentrl-
cities by the recent approval of the act providing that
a woman may recover damages for SANDER mpuins
unchasty to her, even If there are no special dam
ages" shown. The English judges have spoken
some strong words in criticism Of the Old law, or
rather omission in the law, by which slandcrous state
mcnts concerning a could be circulated with
immunity Each Of the three appellate judges In
PEELED 10 refuse damages to agGItevod young
woman, concerning whom neghb0r had made
tho breaking of her engagement with a reputable
young man.
Irving Brownies letters to his Journal have not
only been subjected TO the criticism Of his wicked
" substitute editor who lamented their fatal In
ability TO stick to prose, but "The Journal Of Jurls
them. It says, "The traveller Is q lawyer and his
Journal IS written for lawyers. Yet the admlnlstra-
| ton OF justice is never referred TO- He de-
| votes much space TO English women their want OF
taste In dress d9d tne SIC G1 1Gr tbaa tSo to
daughter takes fve-and abafs In gloves, and That
that lady could not find pair OF her size In London
| He laments the want of rocking chairs and iced
water lat what season In this climate c0uh any one
but fever patient have craving for iced-waterO;
he never tasted n decent piece Of roast beef in Lon
dom: the BARRIERS are 'baTb3rlc, chlr@o 100 MGCh
dropping their MS and so forth The Journal"
para phrasing the French saying thinks that this IS
| magnificent but Is not very appropriate in Law
| Journal
"The Journal Of Jurisprudence" Iamcnts the Diff
Guilty which it has arising out Of its oilure always to
carry out its good rule. 90 avoid the use OF local
| law terms. In the June number Of "The Journal"
some humorous were published on "The Fate
of the Postponed Tiar' Tho word "Fiar7 IS, "Thc
| Journal" says well understood in Scotland, but it
was too much for the law editors Of other countries
"Tle Law Quarterly Review the leading law maya
zine of Great Britain, edited by ono of the most dis
| tinguished law writer's Of the world, quoted the
yer.es under the t5e Of he Fate OF fhe f0 0SGPgn
| title might appear an Improvement on the original
one provided that one does not read the Verses I'm
New-Jerscy Law Journal" saw the verses recognized
their merit but not knowing anything about Fiaro
| and apparently not liking the English emendatOn OF
Fiat reproduced the unuer the tito, "Ine
Fate of the Postponed Trial" Here" says "The
Journal of Jurisprudenccn "we have an instance OF
| that enterprisnG and daring spirit which has made
ing minute details, aud fixing attention only on the
| truly important which enables the different and df
| fcTng States Of the Republic TO remain united
| body The word Far it may be remarked means
in Scottish law the person In whom the property OF
an estate Is vested subject TO lferenters estate
The confusion arising in the mind of an ordinary
law editor on seeing these Scottish law terms in print
| is not surprising Nothing In Scottish law is called
by the used in other country, and there is
little TO choose between reading scottish law case
! and one from the Indian law reports. case Jn''
recorded in Scottish law Journal for instance arises
| in a multipepOinding,' whatever that may be, III
| the sheriff Court of Argylshire. In the course Of
| the proceedings two "rldng claims" were lodged,
| and action taken thereon BY the court Atef
| action was raised" presumably "bogun'' on
| bill drawn by the pursuer," whom we should eau
| would be known to a defendant. inc &c,
| cison turned on the doctrine Of recQnYenuon4
which may be very familiar In scotland, but Is nOI
| often spoken Of Ia decisions in TINS country. INC
following sentence would certainly not DC very pan pan
to an American reader OF the scottish decision: Ie
defenders final objection, that the present dcli0h
not raised pending the @ cae od G
Under the defenders claim. one is stu undetermned
ARE not ascertalned and final interlocuor has stll
10 be pronounced In the action Of the multipepoind
PECULIAR as most Of the titles would seem to belong
serred TO- the trial was originally before "sheris
s s6crGS or higher SP nGso The decisions q the
Lord TusticeClerkS and Lord JusticcGeneral" are
| referred to. The Lord Justice Clerk instead Of
being clerk at ALL Is a high judicial officer
The Lord Justice-Gcneral Of Scotland, John Ingls,
| has recently died ut the age Of eghty-onc years
He continued on the bench until just before his
DEATH and his age does not seem TO have interfcTed
| with his judicial duties. lie acted as judge for
thirty-three years, and during that long term was
seldom absent from the bench for a single day in
| term time. The obituary columns Of The English
Law Journal" constantly tells the same story OF the
great age TO winch English lawyers seem entitled as
part OF their professional reward. John Pritchard,
who recently died, attained the age OF ninety four
years. William Cnck. Of Maiden, died 10 his eighty
| sixth year. and William Edward Smith. wellknown
solicitor Of Ashby died at the age Of seventy five
Ali Of these deaths recorded within few days
! OF each other aud almost every issue of The law
| journals gives Information to the death OF some
| old member OF the bar VINO must have led the very
comfortable and untruubled life which seems 10 be-
| long English IaNgXer