The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
TO AID THE SUPREME COURT.
HON. POPE BARROW's BILL TO co
BEFORE THE LEGISLATURE.

of Appeals TO Hear Motions for New
Trial and Injunction Matters-Es-
timated That 1t Would Reduce the
LabOrs of the Supreme Court Judg-
es by One HaIf-It Was Most Favor
ably Considered at the Meeting OF
the Georgia Bar Association in At
Innta.
The Georgia Bar Association which has
been in session this week in Atlanta, has
been discussing with very favorable COM
ment a measure drawn by a Savannahian,
the object of which is to relieve the heavy
strain on the state supreme court with
out putting any additional expenses on the
state.
The author of the present bill is Hon.
Pope Barrow, and though it is very SINH
lar to the bill presented before the last
Legislature, of which Mr.. Charles n. West
was the author, some material changes
have been made. and it may be that the
measure will be given more favorable con-
sideration before the coming session of the
general assembly.
A measure of such scope as this is, of
course, very important one. 1t has been
a question for a long time as to what is
the best method of relieving the strain up
on the supreme court. and in this bin.
which provides for three district courts
of appeals, the lawyers think they have
at last hit upon a plan which will safely,
satisfactorily and economically answer all
purposes.
A copy of the bill was sent to the ses-
sion of the Georgia Bar Association in
Atlanta, and has received most favorable
consideration in the discussion. The as
ISOLATION will undoubtedly recommend
some such legislation as this The bill
outlines the proposed districts as follows.
1.-THE first district shall be composed or
the counties comprising the Eastern, the
Brunswick, the Southern, the Albany, the
Middle, the Pataula and the Southwestern
circuits.
THE second district shall be composed
of the counties comprising the Augusta,
the Northern, the Ocmulgee, the Oconee,
the Macon, the Cattahoochee and the
Flint circuits.
The third district shall be composed OF
the counties comprising the Western, the
Northeastern, the Blue Ridge, the Stone
Mountain, the Atlanta, the Cherokee the
Rome. the Tallapoosa and the Coweta
circuits.
The next section creates a district court
of appeals in each one of these districts.
which shall consist of three judges taken
from the superior and the clfy courts,
and makes the district court q court of
record. The next section provides for
holding one term of the district court each
I year in certain cities located4in the dis
tricts. 1t is provided that this governor
shall call a convention of hefiudges of
the superior and city courts after the pas
sage OF the act for the purpose of formu-
latlng rules OF practice. The sixth section
defines the jurisdiction of these proposed
district courts as follows:
Be 1t further enacted by the au-
thority aforesaid, that the said district
court OF appeals established by this act
| shall have and exercise appellate jurisdic-
| ton, to review by appeal all final decis-
| ions IN the superior courts and in the city
| courts within their respective districts:
| Granting or refusing a new trial; grant
| ing or refusing an application for an in
| junction or a receiver, dissolving or refus-
| ing to dissolve an injunction, or discharg-
| ing or refusing to discharge a receiver;
| in all cases of certiorari
Following sections define how appeals
| shall be made and the difference between
| the jurisdiction of the supreme court and
of the proposed district courts, and states
IN what cases appeals may be taken from
| the district court of appeals to the SUI
preme court. The judges in each district
| are to select their own clerk, and the sher-
| III of the county in which the court is in
| session at any time is made the ex-officio
| sheriff of the district court.
| The judges who compose these courts,
| it is proposed, shall be allowed their ex-
| penses and s. day while they are in at
! tendance on the district courts. Arrange
ments are made in such a manner that the
| costs on the suits appealed will be enough
| or more than enough to pay all the eX-
| penses of the court, so that it will put no
| extra expense whatever on the state
By giving these district courts jurisdic-
| ton over the appeals on motions for new
trial, and in injunction matters, it is es-
| timated that at least one-haf of the la
| bors of the supreme court will be taken
| away, and its work facilitated by lust
/ that much Georgias legislators will no
| doubt see very soon that such a measure
| as this is a necessity, and find that they
| will have to put it through 1t may be that
| it will be done at this session.