New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-16

rem, Mr.. O'Br1en was appointed counsel u the SoS
poration lie wa. after short term In thai Office
chosen to the bench OF the supreme Court. Probable
the most important and delicate judicial work wMcd
Judge O'B!ien has performed was that in connectiol
with the election cases OF 1891. AT time when
Judge Kennedy. OF the supreme Court at Syracuse
lad issued some orders favorable TO the Republicans
Governor Hill designated Judge O'Bricn. who was then
on his way to the West. to sit a an additional
justice in the Fifth District. lie arrived at syracuse
I'm time OF great political excite mcnt. Crowds SUR
rounded the motel nj which the Judge STAYED ana
followed him to the Courthouse. There were fcars
that the judge would act IN opposition TO eae1
othor and that orders say, ana Mn's 9i 0p'sns
ever at once consulted with Judsa Kennedy ana ar.
ranged for harmonious pr9t'eilns no nora aacS
orders issued. The Judges consulted Deiorc eaon
| siep wa, taken and Il mutual understanding was
reached. All excitement was aay,t ana before
Judge OBren left Syracuse the Republican mwy, ,
! Lad given a DINER III hi, honor. and the Dcmocrauee
lawyer, had, in turn. feasted their opponents , a
bv the Court Of Arpcals since he Las been nlrni-
Ter of the General Term he has written cons'usr" ,
proportion Of the opinions. many Of them on I'M I'm,
ror;an matters Of II igatlon. lie wrote the General
Term opinions in the regent criminal eass' nnromms
against Dorenus rs TO dover rights. and many others
Of especial value. Judge o'Brien mas n nus - W.
ractvc home life and personal qualities when MAKO
him popular.
The Cont OF Appals lat week sustained the con-
vcticn Of three murdcrers, all Of the cases oeihs
marked by brutality the part OF the convicted ih."'
Among the civil cases decided were three marine IN
/ suranCe WI1cn thc ''ictil l'lW "Pi'''""
were revel sed. The Contn, ntal Insurance company
hogan suits against three other companies VINO had
covered the Continental p)icc, rein 'nrahce, 10 ING
extent Of Onchalf the amount OF each ana c'e,s odnr
The c. neral Term decided that the va u" refrrd %as
value Of the carsocs ana not the 'u.s vra Of
the General Term judgment VII &c od ,,raod CASES
marine undcrwritcrs Tire egy nnd fnr Phe pian
80 IN" Livingston cases had been allowed 10 prove
] A., ~
in the ncchborIoo1 OF the premises In QUESTION S iS
The erection OF he oeV", r a. ner Term sustained
The admission OF this testimony, but the court VI
Appeals rcvcrses the judgments.
william IL. Winters, the courteous ana iearnN
| librarian of the Ncw-York Law Institute. has pro-
pared for the Memorial History OF the City OF New
York; "A short history Of the library OF the Newton"
Law Institute This association which has become SIM
ply the sustaining body for great library was iors"
in Isl, by some OF the leading lawyers OF the CITY.
! including ogden Holman. Thomas Aidi' Edh'c'' russ
! Maxwell. James ". Gerard ana others .ian'''io1
James Kent was chosen PRESIDENT and smlti ih''np'
SON at one time Il Justice of the tinted suites ~"
IRENE Court. was among the officers IL ""'
-cino,ly intended to be somewhat, OF the chara''er
NJ IN, p.cseut Bar Associion but the social features
ouickly became subordinate. and lis principal "orN
Ia, been the formation OF ne eF' % Faer,i Court
now stored In the upper Do)rs OF vi" h,,oS i.
house. Ihc number of hooas row on ,he s' or ali
over 1000 and they lnliue ond lars. number
Of the foreign legal works. There is Irstcaai,y q
prv. contain many rare books ana Documents
OF interest the antiquarian as wen as ~ u -. ,hs
! incudng the laws of the Ancient Greek states, ue
entire body Of the Roman law ancient ohren onot ~.
and bpoAs Of which there Is scarcely dupp ave ~ "
b. iand m 1ns cf M winters and Of super
ntenGcn; LodoNick has incrca,ei NOR iapS rthin
number Of volumes and in the Use OF th D@oHs r iims
the i've ten year, ,han ma, a, iHs ANY UsHF br lII
| and is a most valuable aid TO lawyers AiNi's o"'e'
IN the lower part OF TIE Guy.
The United states Courts in this district nave
been almost entirely redeemed from tile state Ok
chronic delay vhc! for 80 many years marK'i mos"
trihurols The three Circuit Court Judges haVc
hoen ecc,pied for the last week two in dispo'ins
II the iury case, between private parties. There
wev. only lOi cases on tho calendar, three courts
were kept In session. and the cases 80 rapidly as
D sed OF that practically the entire calendar mas pee"
tlspos d If and every ltgant who was ready TO p'o
oo,d has rad an oplUftuniy Tor me tfIh 81 NJ aus.
I'M, equity calendar includes ony twenty -nil' 'ns
and be disposed Of IN iMo Te coh on SS his ac
G, ,slon To the bench cleared OF the ar'Hrs nav,
greatly accumulated ana ,n@ e adio SUqr. for or
the year. litigan in The lnird states tDut -. =,
now more s slrG !, % ibn %cs manin their industry
Tier VIII be no accrmDlati of arrears in these I'M
po,tant tribunals.
vh, Harlem Law Library held its annual meeting
In, wees and tn report, of officer, showed that there
had Icrn some increase in attendance and In the m
te est di,p.aycd Mny Harlem lawyers. however,
M, probably mt aware OF the useful collection or
boob, Which hn, been made at the rooms in one-
/ hnndri! and twenty -fnh-st. \ good Working IL
h~,r, containing the most comm ny used reports
and many lrgh per cdical>, has been gathered ana
LAYERS Mo have TIE had HALT of taking their work
h me- and who de he t. consult law books at night.
/ viii lind it convenient often to have access to tho
Volumes cent lin In The IN Try surrogate kulsom
eare an entertaining ad lrcss Interpreted with GOO
advcr to the members of tie library nj their annu1
meeting.
tn, Illness Of several 81 the Judge has called at
tcntion anew to the conditi n Of some f The rooms
/ in ;h, County Courthouse. Judges Lawrn nee. 1riiax
! and Cudcr,cevc have been absent for a part OF
! the present term account Of sickness. some or
| the supreme Court are Efficiently large ana
fairly well ventilated but other rooms Of this court
ana most Of the occupied by TIE superior ana
Common Pleas Court small. ana some OF Them
are scarcely Ne9tma at an, aIy arr 1 the
ceilings In scmc ease, are low ana Judges whose aues
rtc, Of the bad air and the 81 seness OF the COURT
! room when the new Municipal building Is com.
| Melted there will be additional room for me courts
/ In The Courthouse and IL may be- possible to re-
orange the rooms 50 that the Judges VIII not suhee
| a. they haze done. Meanwhile ii w0ult seem MS II
some more adequate system Of ventilation coult ne
adopted. rs - remove some OF the causes OF CON-
rlaint.
The first number o. the advance sheets Of the COM
binc Official series OF the New-Ycrk State Reports
ana Session Law, was issued last week. The pamphlet
contains II part Of the 18th volume OF the Court OK
Appeal, Reports the first part OF the 0ith volume
of Huns Reports Il portion Of the second volume OF
the I'd Miscellaneous Reports, and nifty chapters OF
rho session Laws az 1893. The Court Of Appeals
dcci-iuns are brought down 10 the adjournment two
or three weeks ago for the Easc: recess. some OF
The opInon, In the mi-eeLineoIs reports da, Us rs
far bIc, AZ the December Term. bat those In huns
Rerorts are Tor the January AM February terms.
| m, pamphlets are printed in the clear large type
used In the official rcpors and the publication OF tho
session Laws In the SINE volume with the current
judicial opinions l. great convenience 10 the legal
profession. The only question Is whether 1t VIII be
possible 10 print In The proposed number Of volumes
and I'm the large typ" adopted. full report Of all
the cases decided In The courts Of record and TO pre-,
OF the publishers be carried at the low price
proposed the series will satisfy the needs of the
fession In regard quick, full and accurate reporting.