New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-01

largest representation, sixty-four OF the %t mem
bers of the hrst-year class being graduates Q, ina
In the same class. The endeavor to raise the Har-
yard school to a higher standard than most oth7r
law schools in its requirements for admsss.o! an /
in its course of study has rot yet had the eheS' 90
dseouragng attendants out me eHP b en- system
is popular among those seeking admission to me
bv Edmund Bennett John c. Gray and George ".
Pepper The editorial department, as usual snow
jority of law school Journals.
full report OF the opinion of the Supreme Court
of the District Of Columbia recently delivered n
the Potomac Flats case IL printed In The Wash'ns
ton Law Reporter" The decision Is one ot the
longest given in any litigation, covering over thirty
pages and consisting Of about 4o0O words, Four
large maps OF the land about the potomac RIVER III
the District OF Columbia are appended More tnan
brought by the United States to establish ts rights
the land and water Included WITHIN me ,lis
yers ENGAGED in the case aW Wo men John
John K Gowan Caderon Taass Iames Seden
and Enoch Totten The principal claimants were
CHIEF Justice John Marshall, the persons who
claimed under the patent ISSUED by me 1nl,ee
ard ohio Canal Company. which laid claim TO Ger
riparian rights and the Owners o. some sn Us 'n
OF the defendants. and the right OF me
States the land was fully sustained Inc o%nsss
monts OF the river held to be entitled 10 IN
demnty for any injury TO their interests ~ tIlo
came necessary In giving the decision 70 review the
rights of the original charters granted by the khg
taken to the Supreme Court Of the united states
Leonard Taynan writing in The New-Jersey Law
Journal" points out several defects In the present
system OF recording conveyances. some OF which
are not peculiar 10 New-Jersey and some OK WHICH
are remeded by the block system. There Is no
statute OF limitations in NewJersey as TO the time
within which a will may be proved, ana tne APP
narent title Of the heirs may sometimes De deIeateu
BY the finding Of will after person mas asr sake dsS
title the belief that The deceased OF saec.ns
mortCages by attorney without record OF the an-
thorlty OF the attorney to act is conaemneu
Of difculty and error The adoption OK some such
system that in force in the Australian So0hie s
State affords the only safety against some y, Ia, ~
imperfcctions which render ttle-searcning ohe Vi
the difficult branches or the iesai p'oiesSo'
The ancient ceremony Of the reception OF the LORD
Mayor OF London who takes the oath before the
Lord chef Justice and other judges, took place re-
Gently The ceremony has taken place regularly
for the last 500 years. but this IL the hrst known
has been elected as Lord Mayor Chief Justice Rus
sell made the address 70 the new Mayor IN WIN
he called attention to the fact tnat tnete IL ~,
de'ays in England. The principal delay rs that pc
tween the beginning OF an action and tne ,iihe ..
rs entry for trial II has happened recently dh
which had begun only week before anu IN o un
three or four weeks IN the .r,a sn %.
me-cial cases the court has oeen success "a
and the settlement OF commercial litigation mas
been facilitated. The contrast between tne dut tha
English high courts and the long de.ays a,teho!ls
lirgation in the courts OF this State. aItnough tte
hfrs are that tar the English system
longer be condemned as cumbrous anu ii'o'o''