New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-20
FROM BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED FROM LAWYERS AND AMONG
THE COUNTS.

trial q, n,ivat tu,y causes Three parts Of the court
will be open for two weeks, beginning Oh '"n"ai.
0 OF next year, to dispose OF these CASES. Jus
Lacombe will call the calendar of cases. anu '''''
will DO assigned to one OF the parts ior ui"i' 'V"
OF the cases on the calendar are old, ana theie mas
apparently teen no desire heretofore to push them
for trial They have however, encountered the cai'
endar The order issued last week by the Iudgee pro-
vides that issues than two years o"' anu VIM.
have Appeared three successive o"iei'' -
be tried DC struck from the calendar O'nei g.
which are not ready for trial Will be nafhed ." io
the term The Judges hope by holding three oIvohs
Of the court with single calendar, business may o
quickly dispatched that the raaosonaSe hope that
the cases will be tried without long dela, or mem,
Wallace ae9%S s an" NJ Ahpmnh will S hold these courts
for the trial Of private Jury causes Inc ndicste that
i6s t ohsr ' ea IoHf except at the %s. men
toned and a similar session In APrti, Cove and
Judge Wheeler Will hear appraisers aRPesS nd viii
uary, and Judges Wheeler, COKE ana io"NN
preside Mt jury ana equity '"ms'
The report that Justice Field, OF the United states
supreme Court might resign recalls the act tna' 'ei
are at least judges Of that Court VINO might at a'
time retire on pensions Any vacancy made before
Mr. Cleveland became President, woud hahc u''
number OF appointments By President Harrison 10 'he
Court bench considerably greater than those
bv anv President for many years. President arthur
had two appointments. those OF Jusuces I'm, Y
Rla President Cleveland appointed Nhlsi 'o
tlce Fuller and Justice Lamar, and other Pr'z'es
except Lincoln. rarely appointed morr ura 'I has al
ready named Justices Brown, Brewer and shiraS. IN
the number Of appointments TO the tncu,, p "r,'
and he has also filed several vacancies on the Det
Court bench The impress Of his single term VI onoe
will long be felt in the Federal Judiciary
The movement In NewYork to secure greater UNI
formity in the examinations for admission to the Bar
has led to suggestions of similar reform IN New
Jersey where the method of examination Is even more
irregular and Is much antiquated than In this
State There are examinations for both the attorney
and counsellor licenses. "The New-Jersey Law jour
nalp finds that there f. great difference In the scope
OF the examinations held from time 10 ume i"e'e
&c considerable fee charged to applicants for either
Of the licenses issued In this STATE there -
only one examination, admitting to all degrees. NO
fee Is charged and no distinction Is made between
nm attorney and counsellor. There Is now In New
York preliminary examination on general SUBJECTS
either nv the Regents or under some other authority
before the applicant can be admitted In Pehhs!r
vanla there Is preliminary examination TO test gen
eral Intelligence before the applicant can begin TO serve
preliminary clerkshlp in an Office The methods VI
examination In Ncw-Yorh City are generally regarded
as sufficient to keep ont of the profession tho'e WHO
are Ignorant or are Incapable OF acquiring knOwledse
OF the law but in other departments Of the stare
admission is very easy the acton py ,hg he mcthos
o. examination will not only increase the standard
among lawyers in this state, but will have an m
important effect in giving moral support 1pot,s 20
s ,%"r in p''e% TRich reform in the require
ms where the State Bar Association has discussed
the necessity for greater strctness. The present
Of age to gain admission the bar upon examina-
ton and approval by the supreme Court Without any
requirements TO n term Of study or OF clerhshlp IN
an office. Ohio has recently adopted system OF
uniform examinaon and IN Minnesota strct 'a bss
have been passed. The American Bar Association mas
recommended the system Of a permanent commission
appointed BY he highest court in each state.
The methods OF securing titles TO real estate III
this city Rave undergone considerable change WITHIN
the last few wears and rcalesntc lawyers have had
to adapt themselves to the new system. Inc es-
tablshment OF title guarantee companies was one of
the first steps in the new direction and many busy
lawyers who have a general practice now sehd 'her
clients except IN cases where the real estate - Vi
considerable value to those companies to secure insured
titles to the property. Those lawyers who make Il
speciality Of real estate frequently have their tues
secured BY Insurance poc.,s after themselves dong
he work Of searching. Another step In advance
townrd securing safety OF Investment was tHe Co
adjustment OF a company or OF companies 70 gu''i'''e
the payment Of mort cages. while other companies Sc
cured the correctness Of the tile IL Is now p lahhega
10 organize companies which shall issue n'sO'lauv
bonds founded leans on real estate, ana tns pap
mcnt ~ which at maturity shall De secured D! u V
porntlon issuing them. by h,s extension al tie Gu.
loo sc.cm real estate I'm the hands OF private owners
will Ice security for Investment In the same WAY tI' IL
property of railroads now :. and II Is not lnpro.lDc
~ inch hands NAV become I'm the future we'll
known form OF investment Tor thos" M' uere S~Iss
"rc known I'm England md France. with all these
changing methods tho lot OF the lawyer i "o .suaS
easy AS IT was some years ago. In the old times
searching formed an important part OF the business
Of general practitioner ana aver NAV daV. in
busy day in searching ute se ana b Hu e Of
Tho new methods the work Is becoming more speoE'.
lied and LAWYERS VINO 40 hG SnSncss frequently
gnd titlc searching almost too unremunerave 10 De
worth the time expended.
ono Of the latest sues Of the Johns Hopkins I'M
versity studies. entitled "Quakcrs In PennSyNahi""
by Albert G. Applcgarth, gives an Interesting SNe'ch
q, tho legislation Of the colony while the FRIENDS were
the controlling spirit In political affairs some Oh
no nets nossed by the General Assembly were peculiar
vo widow or wIdower allowed TO marry or MAKE
contracs to marry under one year after the death
=, tho Wife or husband. The enactments against
swearing were frequent. law OF 1853 PROVIDED that
every person convicted Of "Rallying OF scouting o''
stand one Whole Hour in the Most Public Pmoe where
Such Offence Was Committed. with Uagg IN 'he'r
Month or pay Five shilling" law OF Ioo2 pro
,,aod that the DAYS OF the week and months OF the
roor shall be called AS In Scripture, and not by
iioo,hon names las are vugarly used) as the lrst'
..copd and third days Of the week. one great
trouble which the Quakers had was as 10 the grant
ing OF supplies for military purposes Ihey were
conscleniousy opposed to war. Inc cEign ,s
II is said 10 grant money ror we Sine ,,sad
ON one occasion sum OF money was Voed 10 pe ussu
Far The relief Of the distressed Indians, Dul ~ "as
understood that the Governor OF New,lorh, 10 WIZ,
thn money was sent used 1t In purchasing We"Pj'n'
with which TO fight the Indians lhere Wer' ais u.s.
,,icultlcs over the attempt 10 found an es,aOnsnehh
church and the pressure O secure legislation With
,he Ouakcrs could conscl"ntiolsy pas was one
Of the main elements In leading the memnrrs oi IN re-
Idos society To refrain from further control OF pun
lie affairs at least far as the General Astn1y was
concerned. The century Of Quaker domination IN
mime affairs I'm PENNSYLVANIA i one OF the most
peculiar but on the whole highly credi'npie 'h"p'er
In the legal history OF the States
recent opinion by United States District Judge
Morrow Of California. published In "The Federal ke-
porter" In the case OF "a lot of whaleDone, con-
tains graphic description Of shpwrecR Ill .he
Arctic seas Two steam whaling vessels, the Will
lam Lewis and the Bevldere, Preparing after a
nncn.sl scnsnn 10 leave the whaling grOnIls, when