The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-12-27
STATE SUPREME ooURr.
Change OF Rules for the Benefit OF tho
Bar and OF the Public.

Change OF Rules for the Benefit OF tho
Bar and OF the Public.
Pursuant to the order and call of the
President, the Justices of the Supreme
Court and the Judges of the Circuit
Courts met on Tuesday in the Office of
the, Justices of the Supreme Court.
Present Chief Justice McIver and
Associate Justices Pope and Gary, and
Judges Bonnet, Aldrich, Buchanan,
Watts, Gary, Townsend and Earle.
On motion Of Judge Aldrich, the Chief
Justice was elected president and q.
r. Brooks clerk. On intimation Of
the president, committee of the Bar
from Charleston, Abbeville and Green
Vile was invited to appear before the
Convention to present their views with
reference to proposed amendments to
Rule 12.
Mr.. j. w. Barnwell, chairman of
the committee. was heard in behalf of
said committee. Mr.. T. Moultrie Nor
decai, Mr.. William N. Graydon and
Mr.. A. Markley Lee were also heard.
The committee then retired.
On motion Rule IL was amended as
follows: All original pleadings and
other proceedings shall be written on
legal cap paper or printed in accor-
dance with the requirements of Rule
of the Supreme Court. Typewriting
will be permitted only when black in
dellible ink is used with ordinary
spacing upon linen paper weighing not
less than four pounds to five hundred
single cap sheets, eight by thirteen
inches in size, and each page of type
writing shall he numb and initiated
by the attorney or officer or persons
signing such paper. It shaft be the
duty of the clerk of the Court to see
that papers are numbered and initiated
as herein prescribed before filing.
Papers in handwriting or in type
writing must have a blank margin of
an inch and q half on the left. If more
than two pages of typewriting or hand
writing be used they shall be fastened
at the top 80 as to read continuously.
Paper in handwriting or in typewrit-
ing shall be folded from the bottom in
four equal folds and endorsed with the
styles of the Court, the venue, the
names of the parties, the nature of the
paper, and the name of the attorney
or officer.
On motion, Rule 1S was amended by
striking out the words in the second to
the last line, "must be in, and insert
in lieu thereof the following, "may be
made orally, but the grounds upon
which said motion is made must be re-
duced to writing by the counsel SUBJ
mitting the same or taken down by
the stenographer under the direction
of the Court, stating wherein the plead
ing objected to is insufficient"
| Rule Is was further amended by
adding the following paragraph:
"Motion for non-suit must be ret
duced to writing by the moving coun-
sci or by the stenogragher, under the
direction of the Court, stating the
grounds of the motion.
Rule ~, as now amended, permits
the use of typewriting in original plead
ings- and CtbAr pronaAainss, under
certain wise and wholesome restric-
tions, which will secure the use of good
paper and ink that will not fade. 1t
Will also be seen that the provision
formally embodied in the rule that
papers should be written son each side
OF the paper" has been stricken out, q
change that will be welcomed by the
members of the Bar.