New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-19
FROM BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED FROM LAWYERS AND AMONG
THE COURTS.


,sentb annual meeting al Saratoga on Nednesd's' |,
THURSDAY and Friday Of this week some Oh 'ne
members OF the association. who usually a'te"u 40
meetings may be detained at Albany in the work OF
tho Constitutional Convention The Attendance VI
nnmbors will. however. probably be large. az sew
er,l n the subjects he discussed arc important !
and The meeting Of the section on legal education
VII add 10 the interest Of the meeting. fres'ue"'
C,oley's address will include a review OF iess-a-
ZION in the different states since the last meeting VI
the association The two papers which are TO DC
read and discussed at the Wednesday evening scs-
s,op will afford an opportunity for interesting |
spceches by various members. Hampton L. car
son will READ = paper on Great Dissenting ppm
ions" Many opinions written by minority Judges
have after the as o' ora c,rrect principles than
those of the prevailing opinions IN me sy saie ef some
Mr. carsons subject WIZ Amt o pi which have
carried great weight through the learn,nE an.
TEe 81 .u 'nS 'u q cSar eH paper II:
junction and Organized Labor IL timely an. t t
mcmbSrs s as To- whether some Of the Western Fed,
era judges have gone beyond ne sw yssr in labor
eases The annual address before the assoe,asioh
Will be deyered by Mo9r ne coSmittees Of the as
ISOLATION will be submitted at me @ i-rifor,n
s s sessS and on Federal code OF Crmln. Pro-
ceGure have especially important worh " p'
The section on Legal Education. allied to the asso-
Wednesday Thursday and Friday. There WI" pe
an exchange of ideas among some Of the best-known
legal educators Of the country Henry "aue i.ose,''
president OF the Northwestern University Oh i''"o,s'
/ will deliver the ch,irmans address. Ah'ohs '"e
other p,pcrs to be read those Of John F. Dhon'
| Of New-York on The True Professional ioeai
! Indigo Simeon r. Baldwin OF Yale College on Law
school Libraries and How to Use Them Jonn g "a
lawson Of ST LoTs on IJ ne p1ofsssors woodrow
| wilson Of Princeton college; John Hen' NE
more Of the Northwestern Wi:iam r.
| reen.r Of Columbia College. on various su SUD-
con w'n Of e ihe Committee of the Association
on LEGAL Education. There will be a conference o,
S 5hr and Fraa S All the
sessions win be he'd at Convention ,bc He Grand Union
Hotel Friday evening
The pr,posed judiciary article OF the Consttuton
| waa prepared by a committee Of the convention 80
f,lr, representative In It's character that there Is
good pro.poct OF the adoption OF the article ny tne
! Convention without great changes The aoohuoh Oh
all OF the Superior city Courts VIII Dc regretted y!
some LAWYERS who object 10 all radical changes Inc
| Court Of Comman Pleas is the oldest court IN the
state n Its history is rightly tracel to the old Dutch
| criminals first established In New-Ams;erdam Inc
| work OF both the Common Peas and the superior
Courts has been fairly satisfactory though the Ap-
pals,c branches OF the court arc perhaps uhnsees-
s2rv The sentimen; In favor Of concentrating the
Wark al 10. orcl prepared By the committee
d5n6tedy rejects the opinion Of the more th9ugnuu,,
c"ur,s Of Sessions with their useless side justices
VII be almost universally approved HHpsTss
MAKE tho money value at stake In case me siJuu
for Allowing or denying an appsn1 70 nv s in
single suit is Insignificant are often important ~
m ae namber Of Judge,
Appeals is compromise between me 1 be nresen
membership and OF Others who favored bench OF
thirteen judges The udcary arcIe as by the
mos, abe members OF the New-York bar ana tne
mtec in favor Of the proposed article are con-
yncing.
The addresses which have been delivered at the
,re.,irc. Of State BAR Associations within the asst
| few weeks have been OF great vaue Among 'hose
which have recently been printed is that by Leonard
A. Jones the we.-known Jaw writer OF boston.
on "I-niformity Of Legislation In the Senate
The address appears In full In The American la"
Review" after having been delivered at the meet
Ing ., ,he Virginia Association last month MT.
Jones ureel strongly uniformity Of legislation IN
regard to commercial and other subjects ana gave
a sketch of tho Efforts made to secure uniform egis,
' aa ,tres ~ nearly half the states Though NJ
Jones critlclses col.hca'Ion OF the aw as app sa
interstate or Natloua colhcaton by National Com
m!ssoners He beeves that the Ssa'e' D.w bo r
association has been formed IN Ian ana nrsasens
urs' me J.
OF the association. made an hstor,ca aou nTSn
which Is printed IN the current NUMBER o' i"e
American Lawyer
Miss Kate Kane. who is member OF the chicago
| bar has sent TO the trust companies OF chicago
lnoulres as 10 what action would be taken oy eacn
c,npanv II Il were the executor under WI oy
yhrh the ,es,ator directed that his body should be
Incuera,eI The young woman desired 20 "no"
whether n. company acting as an executor woud
ar,orce such provision regardless or the protest
of re.auves AMI friends against crematoin ~, me ~
ovd4n.y herself not friendly to the usual lorim 81
burial The answers receive! 70 Ihr lnqar{ Tus,
| Company answered that the company you'd wttnou.
! ou.stlon regard the protesiauons OF RAVES Vs
made Of ,he body OF the testaor. The Chicago
; Legal News" which prints some OF the e o",er
~ carry on; the legally expressed provisions OF Inc
w or resign his trust tes a.n,sa of So M.
hnIx in am egal and decent way. and The Cncaso
Sseys that 4 pfov.ons y F0 ns 1a!
nicb he Is sworn TO execute Simply because some
reatiye objects
oro method of insurlng quiet vacation has been
, .,nrted in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. and in
some other parts OF the country this summer. Inc
4 members OF the bar In one county sign an agree
,, 10 abstain from professional business for four
ar five " .eks and each lawyer thus leaves ms
mre with the assurance that some more m
dustrous member Of the bar II hot nkeE ~ ar
owav the business of anothers clients IN the va
! | cation perlod
..,o Abbott, dean of the University Law
: I cohoo, writes in The University Law REVIEW
= strong criticism OF the present condition OF Ne"
vort stntu,e law He reviews the attempts wh'ch
!, | have been made to secure UNIFORM syS'e" VI
g statutory law. such az was IN existence sN go.
= nna ,re,bod has been partly tried. then
= | oh,r1onad and another taken up, until AT preseh
the Revised Statutes, the Codes. the new gemera
iaws and the session laws must az De co'sS, ~
- ham a COMMUNICATIVE Idea of the laws Oh tns
statc Mir Ab5otts criticism Is touhneu Oh iao or
| which are known TO every iaWys. WI, subject
w. Loo IN The present law on any important supJ.o.
ts ommenIation that some one consis1e III
| Ii' - f,,llv and randly carried OUT snOuiu pt