New-York tribune., 1895-07-21
FROM BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED AMONG LAWYERS AND N
THE COURTS.

popular with lawyers VINO practiseu i" MS COURT
| He was always courteous. even in cases that would
| ,rv a, ordinary ,emper He was usually successful
| IN winning approval of his decisions when they were
/ submitted in the higher Appellate Courts. his as
sociates the City Court Bench nad nisn respect
for their colleague. and his selection as Cnief Judge
of the Court was approved by the par as ne nad
long experience in the duties OF his position. His
death was undoubtedly hastened as was that Of
Judge MARITIME last March, by labor In close court
Gtnn dGT either tn OF these Judges had regarded hS
warning symptoms OF h.-health ana nau aestraineo
from IRON The City Court notably
nnwhpiesome UNIV and the need of better ventilation haa
ofen Been rSe Srsea City S Court SHINE need
the transaction Of Its It's business Us su.d anu Outside o
aTtw Hall where suitable court accommodations
can be provided
Tho admission to the bar OF four women AZ tne
recent examinations causes New-forK 70 rans
among the foremost Of the states IN the hunoer Of
nractising lawyers Of the weaker sex. Many OF the
s,ates do not admit to the bar, ana In some
30 .he others only two or three women have become
,owvers Chicago has been in the lead Tor many
years among the large cities IN the HUMMER ana
high reputation of the women practising al 'ne oas.
Severa. Massachusetts, women a.so oota'neu cary
admission 10 practice. The few -fork women
iawwers have Seldom appeared in the courts but ~
the Western States they frequently act as p,eaos:S
the ssT nhe does not appear
though the examinations by The new & eoee Yue ARE are
ZANE been rraduated al the schools in this
usaa find eSsy to pass ways :Hs uar msnand
nigh standard Of qualifications At the examlna, MAMMA
tons given under se grea,sr 9e difference in the coun.
ry districts and students in law Offices who s,a hay:
not studied In Jaw schools frequently nnu IL oiMcu.t
- answer a sufficient NUMBER OF questions
A now honor to a woman. who was the first OF
her sex 70 carry a contest before the courts IN
favor of the right of women to become members OF
fo.u dctyc W 10
tho Chicago public schools was dedicated under
,ho name of Myra Bradwell School Mrs Bradweu
wos for twenty-fve years the Editor OF The CHI
caao Legal News" and asked for admission TO the
bar long before the right to practise had oeen gen.
eray granted TO women Maeh hrorb nef the illinois
co,,rts and 70 the Supreme Court or tne ,nite9
o,,ing women to apply for admission to the
rnSitM bsr bui Mrs Bradwe dli take advantage Of
,Sa paa' nrivege. Her daughter became member OF
the Myra Bradwe school Judge bradwe s.a VINO VINO
or 9ny Years the editor made address and
agreed to give siC0 year toward the iound'.s =.
by tbHe Thomas brennan Joseph W Errant and Ben.
jamin j. Rosenthal members OF the boafo VI Hua-
cation.
"1-he New-York Law Journal" discussing another
nhase Of the woman question" In the courts calls
a,,ontion 70 the recent important decision OF the
Court OF Appeals In the case OF Edgecomb against
Ruckhout Mrs. Edgecomb for many years perore
her marriage had been in the service OF EcKloro
Webb an invalid. who had agreed IL she remahea
IN attendance upon him until his death to make
certain provisions for her in his will Wnen she an
pounced her intention to marry Mr.. Edgecomo, Mr.
wahb discharged her. although she offered 10 re-
main in attendance upon him. The court OF Ap'
peals reversing the opinion OF the General Ierm'
holds that marriage does not dsqualify woman
from carving out such agreement as had been
made in this case and that as long as sne did per.
form her the other party 70 the contrary
had no right to The as Term @ founded
It's decision that marriage was su'lc'en. NJ se,ana s
rnent that marriage Is not only contract. nut an
institution, and that IT not on.y creates rights ana
The Court OF Appeals approves that sta.emr' St ss
holds that SO long as the husband no ,s oncnatsnn
under the contract made before o 5 nf snen
ground for breaking the agresment
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE New-York Law Journal
have taken up the demand for some me,aod OF
purifying the lega, profession OF unworthy MEM
bers The New-York City Bar Association, whea
should perform this among other duties. has a.
most entirely failed to fulfil the expectations OF the
profession in this regard. II occasionally wakes 10
vigor when some garins instance OF mseonaue'
on the part of Judge Of one OF the higner eou''s
is disclosed IL does not, associations OF lawyers
do in England ard in some OF the states OF tho
Union. take special care 10 receive ana prVsssu u,s
complaints OF misconduct against lawyers. o@nenu @
are tefraudsi.
sentation and the honor OF the prolsssion ~ e
stanty brought into reproach through the m'os, h,
dongs OF INSCRIPTIONS members OF the par oos
the association which might properly take charge
of the proceedings against the unworthy san .a~ssso
does s., nothing 10 sl 81 the % bar Few individuals viii
take the trouble or incur the expense nseessss
ssoc,a,on or society OF lawyers should have charge
of matter The New-York Ci,y ar assoc,a'os Sargs
seems 10 be the proper organization 10 take charse
taken in purifying the legal profession may ~ hay: az:
fr.tts sNfn fhf
Association In taking action
Tho comments on the work OF Hiram r. SicKie~
reporter OF the Court OF Appeals. VINO died recently
after twenty-three years service are university
favorable Many reporters seem over-ahS'ous .e''
their work should not be duly recognized. ana they
prepare long head notes and Indexes WHICH III up
a considerable part OF the volumes OF t"e eo"s
Mr.. Slckles modest, and yet remarhaoy eur
cent. The head notes and indexes 10 u'e -'e"
York Court OF Appeals opinions are recoshIeu a.
models. They contrast favorably with the a''ius'
and Inaccurate statements which precede the ~,
dcal opinions in some Of the reports OF ns for
many wears before he became court reporter, r ous
il is IN the latter field that his principal n
Volumes of reports-a remarkably large numpers ~
be supervised by single person eohiee'eo "
any one court
Ex-Judge John f. Dillon performs most grace
~. act in writing TO law Journal hlshs oo'1'
pilmentary review or Judge Se! i'o" -. 80
sons work on private Corporations. Judge D''
IL, ia himself the main authority on corporate Ia"
anong legal writer's and II any such thihs a.
rivalry or jealousy could find a place IN MS MINI
the attempt Of another writer to cover exhaus"vev
,h. d,scuss,on OF principles OF corporate law
though in regard to a different class OF corporauons
might have called for such feeling TN'u.s
n,,io, bowevcr has only words of praise for Ss az
voimmes which Judge Thompson mas az he ts.
brought out Although SIX volumes rn are nsges ~ y ex.
/ fnin
ImdGe Dillon says that the work Is not 700 TO hisS
for the highest usefulness ne pnn,,ence pays he was
ahe on the day when the volumes reacnee % lion
accomplish through their aid an .yarai days 10
~hch Otherwise would have taken seVerad uayS icon
finish The twelve years which Judge h wasted I'm
has spent upon this rease w. ~ high as that which
Judge Dillon predicts for H.