People's party paper. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1891-1898, 1894-09-21
In 1894.

the time OF Its creation, and those exist
ing now:
In 1876. In 1894.
Number OF coun- Number of coun-
ties and superior ties and superior
courts, 93. courts, 1877
Increase, Al per cent
Number of city Number of city
courts, none. courts. II.
Total courts from Total courts from
which cases went di- which cases go di-
rect to the supreme rect to the supreme
court, SO. court, 1884,
Increase, 66 per cent
Number Of judi Number of judi
clal circuits, II. cial circuits, 49,
Increase, ITO per
cent.
Population, eXclu- Population, esti.
cling slaves (who mated, 100000 lin
could not litigate) 1890 it was 1887 000)
439.559 Georgia citizens
Georgia citizens who could litigate.
who could litigate- ALI both white and
only whites-..... black
Increase in popu-
latlon sources of lit
igation, 1856 per cent.
Figures showing the assessed value OF
property III 1915 are not at hand, but
the following comparison between 1856
and 1894 will aid IL showing how much
larger are the property sources of itiga-
ton now than then:
IN 1856. In 1898.
Property returned Property returned
for taxation, eXclu for taxation, exclu-
ding slaves, S21l ,538- ding slaves, $452, 64l.
S22. 907.
Increase, 81 per cent
Tho increase in wealth and popula-
tion, i'll connection with the well known
increase in variety of industrial pursuits,
means an increased variety in litigation
and consequent increase of the num-
Der Of difficult and practically new legal
questions. Take railroad litigation-tho
kind Of cases whose record is nearly al
ways long and difficult of digestion.
Railroad mileage III 1916 is not known,
but was very small; but
In 1873. In 1894.
Railroad corpora Railroad corpora,
tons i'll georgia, 5. tons in Georgia,
about 50.
Increase, 900 per
cent.
Number of miles Number OF miles
of railroad in Geor of railroad in Geor-
gia, So. gia, 5,225.
Increase, 754 per
cent.
A comparison of the LIST and Goth
Volumes OF Georgia Reports will show
q great increase in amount and variety
OF work to be done by the same number
Of Judges; for instance,
First Ga. Ninctieth Ca.
Number of cases, 93. Number of cases LAT
Increase, So per cent
Criminal cases, 8. Criminal cases, 49,
Increase, 3l2 per
cent
Damage suits, 0. Damage suits, ST.
Increase, 1,l33 per
cent
So, while the 90th Georgia has IS per
cent. more cases, yet the kind OF cases,
criminal and damage, which require
most time and labor i'll reading and di-
costing records, has increased by vast
~ greater per cent.
The following shows the number OF
cases decided i'll the last seven years by
the supreme courts of the states known
as the southeastern states-a group Sc
lected because Of their similarity to
Georgia in social and commercial con-
ditions and in kinds Of litigation:
West Virginia. no. Georgia, $3.50.
Virginia, OBS. Which is about
South Carolina, /. SAG 240 per cent moro
North Carolina, g, 100 than the average Of
Average by each the other four
court in these four states.
states, l,322.
But the vastly greater amount OF
work thus imposed upon each Georgia
judge is shown from the fact that West
Virginia Supreme Court comprises four
judges; Virginia, five Judges North
Carolina, five Judges. Therefore, tho
average number of cases decided by
each Supreme Court Judge in these
States, omitting fractions, issas follows: