New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-17
BENCH AND BAR.
GATHERED AMONG LAWYERS AND IN THE
COURTS

GATHERED AMONG LAW EkS AMI IN IL"
COURTS.
Some branches Of the courts are holding probably
their last terms The General Term OF the supreh'e
Court will probably not sit next month. as Inc
Judges will be occupied in preparing their opinions
I'm the cases already argued before them. and de-
sire 10 dispose OF all appeals before the General
Term goes on; OF existence and the new appellate
division begins its labors. The General Term OF
some OF the courts may also not hoId SESSIONS
except to render decisions as the Superior and COM
mon Pleas courts also go out Of existence In all
Of the courts less work will probably he done next
month than IS usual in the last month of the year.
on account OF the changes to be made in the court
rooms and the preparations for the closing OF the
business Of the old courts and the opening OF new
tribunals.
Tho unsatisfactory condition Of the divorce laws
IL attracting renewed attention. The Supreme
Court OF South Carolina has recently decided as
the New-York courts long ago held that divorce
by wife who left her husband and went TO another
State and there obtained decree Of divorce with
ont personal service and a ground not recognized
az cause for divorce by the State in which the
husband lived was not binding in the State In which
the husband lived. Western law journal points
out a result which has been alluded to frequently
in other legal periodicals. The woman VINO brought
an action is legally divorced in one State, While she
has living husband in another State If she
should marry as she legally may In the State In
which the divorce was granted and then went 10
another State and procured divorce similar 10
the first she would then have two living HUSBANDS
TO whom she was legally united. according 10 the
laws Of different States, while in the third state
she was a single woman and might lawfully marry
ooain "The New-York Law Journal and other in
huential legal periodicals call for the modification
of the decisions under which such state OF facts
can exist The recognition Of divorces obtained
under the loose laws of some of the western
States and Territories is bad enough but 1t may he
questioned whether IT is worse than the confusion
which results from the failure TO admit their valid
ity in other parts of the United States
The adoption of the Torrens Iand-Title law by
the people of Cook County Illinois, marks an I'M
portant advance in the history of land-tie registry
in this country. The Illinois Legislature passed
bill allowing each county to vote as to the ADOPTION
of the system and the people Of Chicago have now
decided that it shall be In force there meeting
of the Real Estate Board has been held at which a
committee was appointed to confer with the Regis
ter as TO methods of putting the law into effect.
A great responsibility rests upon the registering
officers and much of the success of the law VIII de-
pend upon the ability OF those who search titles FOR
the Register. If upon trial the law proves 10 be a
useful one in Chicago It will probably be made com
pulsory and will be widely adopted in other parts
of the United States The system has not yet been
tried in city so large as Chicago. and some lapse
of time will be TO see whether 1t is suited
for so large a community, where transfers of prop
ery constantly made
..The Green Bag" for November contains in
teresting sketch OF Thomas Chandler Halliburton.
of Nova Scotia who was sometimes called Sam
Slick" after the name Of the principal character in
a series of sketches which he wrote for "Ihe Nova
Scotian." He lawyer. judge, member or
the Provincial Legislature and later OF the House
OF Commons Of England. He was High Justice OF
Pleas IN
twelve years and afterward, for fifteen years.
Judge of the Supreme Court. lie went TO England
10 live in 1856 and from 1889 to his death, In 1862
was a member Of the British Parliament. Examples
Of Mr.. Halburton's eloquence are given in the
sketch. but ne will be known principally as the
chief Canadian author. The history Of the Supreme
Court of Maine is continued in THE Green Bag"
In the letter from London which forms part OF
the November magazine the writer says that there
is no doubt among English authorities that the
bank cannot be held responsible for the loss of Mrs
Langtrys jewels, which were carried away on
forged order A recent writer in the Law Notes.
OF London makes the same statement though in
this country there might be some question about
the matter. The poetcal contributions to The
Green Bag" are a supposed speech OF Cassius, by
BENJAMIN f. Burnham. and sonnet on Henry
Clay by Wilbur Larremore. the talented Editor OF
The New-York Law Journal
The matter contained on the editorial page OF
"The New-York Law Journal" has recently
sisted almost altogether OF original discussions OF
legal questions suggested by newly reported cases
The editorial articles. as a rule, attract more in
terest than the summaries of reported cases.
and many OF Mr.. Larremores editorials have been
widely quoted in law journals and magazines in
other parts of the country. The weight Of the task
which falls upon the editor in preparing editorial
matter for subscribers critical lawyers may be
better appreciated when 1t is remembered that on
each subject discussed some one OF the readers OF
,alff haN
investigation ia his own practice. and SO be pre-
pared TO de TSs be EDITORIAL srcies are So wd"
read and warmly commended shows wide range of
study and versatility OF thought the part of the
author.
An Indiana man was recently committed TO ian
because he appeared in court wearing a Masonic
pin and made Masonic signs 10 the Judge the
brothcr Who was a iitgant in the court. The judge
who is Mason. FIRST directed NE man not to inter
court officer arrest the offender Judge Seymour
american Law Review Which had APPEARED before
the Indiana incident had occurred, says that while
nv members OF the Lar OF such a uniform char.
acter that he believed them to be the signs
T The Editor Ho of 6e chicago Law Hews' Who Is
high in me councils Of Masonry believes that the
brother 70 prison II he a1,temBied to influence the
distress.
The law providing for the erection OF armories
for the Ohio National Guard has been declared
unconstitutional by the Stark Circuit Court 4
previous armory law had also been declared uncon-
stituional The new Law provided that the Commits
sioners OF the county in which all a majority
of the officers and enlisted men OF any regiment
company or battery lived, should provide for each
organization a suitable arnory, for the purposes
OF drill and for the keeping OF arms and other
military property furnished by the Stale. The
Commissioners OF Stark County objected the
building OF armories. Oh the ground thar the
sanizaton OF the militia and the providing OF suit
able armores we're matters OF state control, and
that and expenses under the act should be
borne by the State at large, and not by any par
ticuar locality. The Circuit Court held that this
objection the Law was sound one Laws similar
in character TO that OF Ohio have been passed IN
other States. and the burden OF providing for
armories has generally been borne by the elites or
counties. Judge Jenner In delivering the opinion
OF the court In the armory case, went somewhat
out OF his way TO declare that the law allowing