New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-06
FROM BENCH AND BAR.
r ALTERED FROM LAWYERS AND AMONG
THE COURTS.

oe o,d he delivered. but the office 70 which he
VIZ ~ cboren is regarded as 50 high an honor
ma' ,ai,, among lawyers that few members OF ms
especiai! would decline IL. At the convention OF
pro- ne question of negro suffrage was dt2a,e ~
great len gl occripv large part Of the time spent
suffraEe Nm some method of relieving the courts
from me n abolition Of the superior city courts
dsvsSSe advocated and strongly opposed ana othsr
ques,'5i ,sc1ssons New-YOrk City represented 10y
t the c6oats Ehu Root Edward laueronGh aa
tneiit rank among the cities OF the state
..,r. Of the last Legislature was performed
Inv snsinesslike a manner that the session laws
N ~, no published at an unusually early date'
sn0"' Io, statutes such those submitted by the
- in former years, were enacted Ohuer t'ie
aystcu, Of the official puV"caton Of the laws
NC" .S,ca1 form three hundred of the laws of the
u 'ssi,n have already been printed. Many I'M
last 81, measures await the Governors acton Du'
the end Of the 3niry days @ enc 6e e G
joutnie n viii be easy TO collect the Jaws MilSi
have approved a SHe have b9 been vo%mnous
form years but those of 1874 VIII occupy , rs
space thaSS imDortant changes In matters affecting
nlnDss1a in the courts has not been great ant lew
ngaiNsan en dn.ents to the Code are OF great I'M
portance - ,o.,,., ,,rco
Inc - =, cases but most of them did not involve
h '". legal questions. The opinions In most OF
nHf sos will probably not occupy many pages OF
"a" norts In the action of Gates against DE La
u w ,he lien Of an attorney upon the amount
'~,,sed as damages for properly 'aN'n io' cry
AVA" 49, sustained Some Of the negligence cases
Street ,n,ersst In the action of James +. Null
" against the Brooklyn City Railroad COM
verdict for the plaintiff was sustained
,nv,rav was a brakeman and was compeAeu 10
S.,ra on the step Of his car 'wniie ehueaVorhs "
svant an intoxicated passenger from s'ahu's o1S,
prsSsHTr III brakeman was brushed from the car Dy
sac. rain al a curve where the tracks haI DStn
laid too closely iosstneT srnyorR Central Railroad
sh anu IN yerdlcts against the company Were sus
inaS on the ground that there Wa si6v an
tame ovinc warning when a train was [ap'u! az
ppoaeang crossing near CITY n Ern re and md an
laura E. owens AGAINST J eUgnino ~ girI en-
0i insea at machine in Laundry; me foreman nant
od her TO keep the ,ebod Of doing SO by smooth
ana III, rosr with his hand while II was in mo
ton The girl tried the same anne baT nEers Stuck 10
Se roller and were injured 80 IHe my faVdr was
smputated verdict for SZSc my xcos
sustained The amount was ho' C'"S'"eiVu '~O''
,,orr the cases decided by the Court Of Appeals
was that of Gray against Green Whch Is onN on
svan,nle of the unfortunate combinations OF 1o0'
"a 10 noted in the indexes Of the reports gray anu
Green were partners. but could not agree some u.
,ho other colors fail to harmonic Green against
Th,,a u,as carried TO the Court Of Appeals ana
s ,aors later in the same tribunal were considered
The d,sDutes between Brown ana Nher'1 ~, ,-ti,a
the pn ccuj not harmonic il not remarkable,
and more than case q Black aeailis, ~ NJ -,
piocE - Occasionally met. Green against Green IS
more common little, White against w nn tg, - mps
sMnn;v noted There is no Blue or Red. but
n,tIs Matter OF Reddish is met with IN Ihe
STATE Reporter
ps,.t,onsb,p between the Judge and the prisoner
,s rarely cause for a trial, as the relationship
,s usually disclosed before the trial begins. Ihe
CIV, 81 Anneals has however recently passed upon
case in which trial had before the county
Judge and two justices Of the peace one OF the
Justices of the peace was nearly related To the de-
PENDANT but no notice was taken OF the fact 4ntll
the defendant was convicted. y motion was after-
ward made for new trial, on the GROUND OF Ile
DsI1t and new trial was granted The defendant
was afterward again called for trial but me Cd
lection was made that ne could not be tried a Sec
ond time. as he had once been in jeopardy. He was.
however tried again and convicted, and his convic-
ton has been affirmed.
1.-THE Chicago Legal News summarizes the work
which has been done TO reform the system OF land
transfers In this country. The Torrens system
which has been adopted In some of the British col
onses, has been strongly advocated in many parts
Of the country In Illinois, Massachusetts. Ohio.
California and Maryland commissioners have been
appointed to draft bills on the plan of the Torrens
system The Massachusetts commission. which re-
ported 10 the Legislature in February submitted an
elaborate bill. following the acts adopted by some
Of the Sansdaa Rb Which wis be- acted on at the
meeting OF the Legislature next winter, me Tor
rens system has met much favor In England where
the cost Of transferring real property Is much great
er than in this country. The title insurance com
panies now accomplish part OF tne WORK Whlch
the State might assume under some OF the proposed
systems.
The movement in favor OF an association Of the
Bar in England has made great progress conf
mittee appointed at the recent meeting Of the men,
bers Of the bar may devise some system which win
unite the barristers. The solicitors are already
united In associations. which do much TO maintain
the credit Of the profession in England There are
about 1900 practising barrsters in England. ana
about 5000 others who might practise, but VINO 90
not have any known offices. Most of them are prob
ably wealthy who have acquired legal edu-
cation without intending TO practise law as means
OF livelihood. The present movement Is the most
earnest Of any OF those which have been made TO
effect permanent organization among the members
q the English bar, and 1t will probably be success
Charles E. Monroe, writing in THE Central Law
Journal" suggests some amendments to the laws
OF the various States authorizing the arrest and
detention OF fugitives from justice before the Gov
ernor makes requiston for the prisoners. In some
Of the States there Is legislation the subject.
and In others the practice IS regulated by custom.
which has been sustained in some of the courts.
Arrests are frequently made on Geographic mes
sages and without any express direction from any
executive officer of the State and the prisoner -
aed 10 await requisition without any legal ground
ior his detention. A charge Of dsOrderly conduct
or other unlawful act is made to hold the prisoner
until a warrant arrive. a law in Wisconsin
provides for the issuance Of a warrant in such
cases. and the holding of accused person until
an opportunity for applying to the Governor Is
anorded. Mr. Monroe suggests that statutory en-
actments could be made in other States. and the
detention Of escaped prisoners be made more easy.
Many negligence cases OF interest have been de-
cided in the last month by the Pennsylvania Su-
preme Court 1t has been held that person walk
ing on the railroad tracks without any business
there could not recover for injury. the ground
mat the safety gates were not closed at high
way near the place whore he stood. The driver
OF street-car was not held negligent because he
"oked for an instant 10 the sidewalk 10 see
whether other persons desired 10 take passage.
'sra'sfor nearly $500. obtained by the parents of
enid injured by a horse-car, not sustained
ssSaJ~ II appeared that the mother allowed her
snhd or twenty months to go out in the street and
Syoh the car tracks In a recent negligence case in
-s New-York Supreme Court verdict of 5000
"a sns sustained by the General Term, although the