The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29
ASSIGNMENT OF JUSTICES.
JUSTICE MACLEAN NOT TO SIT IN
SPECIAL TERM TINS YEAR.

wa ~ - AN
SPECIAL TERM ms PEAR.
Reasons OF the Appellate Division Not
Kn~own-Other ChnnGe- In the supreme
Court Scheme for 1897" The Laws
Delavs" Lessened by che New System.
The Judges of the Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court made yesterday their assign
monts OF the Judges for the different branches of
the supreme Court In this department for the
year 1897. The assignments will be published
in the Lac Journal tomorrow. There has been
quite a little concern among tho judges OF the
different parts to know what was in store for
them for the coming year. rs the arrangements
OF the past year were considered experimental.
The Appellate Division has the supreme pow
or OF deciding whore each Judge shall go, and
somo parts of the court differ mat rally from
other parts in glory and in the character of the
work required. Tho best berths are considered
TO DO Special Term. Parts /. and IL. In those
parts the Judges have diversified work in hear
ing motions, and prefer IL to the monotony of
hearing cases on trial either at the other Spe-
cinl Terms or at Trial Terms. Then 1t is in
these parts that tho largo patronage of
appointing referees, receivers, and COM
missioners occurs. Before the consolidation of
tho courts each Judge had some of this motion
business in turn, and there were runors that by
the coming assignmonts it would not be kept in
such n limited circle rs II has been in 1896. All
tne speo'al Terms are consiuered oetter oertns
than tho Trial Terms, as equity cascs como up
In those parts which are understood to require
. higher quality of judicial learning than tho
law cases tried before juries. Then, of course.
there 10 the advantage OF diversity of work. as
all the Special Term Judges have turns at Parts
]. and III.
The only marked change in tho scheme of as
Arguments for 1897 Is that most of the parts for
each month have been divided up 30 that .
T-4.a tn.t-.. .s .lst.,u snr,ypHnut . ,,antb
.,,. n,,v - ,vo.rs ~ n month Tbi. "a not
only a change over the arrangement of last year
I'M, IL ia n cbanVe over The course Of sitting here
perhaps since the origin of courts of record here.
1t is considered an improvement because of the
nans' .t. po..anas CIV ~ 49, s;an, $500
month it's, no"eNet' !. ~ sno etsns Speo'"
Terms that the mont, tn !. r nalyga up in this way,
80. az, n ,rII month +, o,rh n,rt
"A to the personnel Of the judges there is at
least one important change. Justice MacLean.
who, elected to the bench last year. was imme-
diately put among the Special Term judges.
has been taken from that bench and has been
assigned TO dinerent trial Term parts lhisis
.oossa upon as a setoaeR ior Justice Mae a
."u
suggestion that MS recent appointment OF
Elementary proceedines had something to do
with the matter is generally secuted. lie was
the nrst Judge TO reeognize women lawyers In
TINS way, ana ne mas oeen the last so Tar.
10 make up TOT the loss OF Justice Maci,ean
from the special Term oench several judges
forms IN these parts. IheS, however. don get
much OF the special Terms. Parts l ana =. Two
0f these Judges. Russell ana Stover. who had a
little OF II last year IN vacation time. again get
terms in these parts, and another one OF them.
Justice Mclaughlin. has two weeks OF 1t In Sep
that would have fallen to, Justice MacLean VIII
go to the regular special Term judges OF this
depar ment, justices lrunx. Lawrence. Beach.
Beekman. Pryor. Smyth. and Andrews. The
rest OF the work that Justice MacLean would
have done II he had been left q Special Term
douo by other department Judges assigned here.
including Justices Slower, Mclaughlin, and
Russell. and Justices Walter Lloyd Smith and
Davy.
Out-of-town Judges are also called into play
In the Trial Term parts. and We will have the
new Judges, Fursman, Werner. and Barnard.
sitting In those parts. As the Judges from
departments get extra pay while sitting here. IL
IN n good thing for them. At the same time It
indicates that we have not enough Judges in
this department Justice Gieeerich. from the
monotony of Trial Terms, TO which he was
assigned exclusively under the old list. gets the
relief OF holding. In March. the Criminal Term.
TO which he has not. been assigned before. JUS
tlce Freedman Il left at some disadvantage. as
ne has 10 hold Part = for preferred causes-not
In 1895 he was relieved IN this part by Justice
DAILY. The Appellate Term remains the same:
with Justices DAILY. McAdam. and Bischo6
sitting,
Wonderful work In cutting down the great
accumulation of cases has been done since the
beginntng OF the year. and 1t could hardly have
been expected that any great change would be