Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-11-06
THE PRAcrIoE OF THE CODE.

which went into effect August LIST,
1897.
THE PRACTICE OF THE CODE.
For fifty years, in pea and quiet, the
common law dwelled here,
Aud with her potent pleadings then, no
one da ed interfere.
Until last March. what's called "progress,"
disturbed this solemn mode
As "obselete,' and rave instead The
Practice of the Code.
concise,
Removing courts from Hades to q
legal Paradise.
A simple statement OF the facts, devoid
of legal ode,
And free from ancient fiction IL The
Practice of the Code. sa &
This cogent argument was used to bring
about the change,
But ere long many legal minds will fnd IL
rather strange
When dilatory stratagems have placed .
safe abode
with this convenient System Of Thu
Practice of the Code
To illustrate: Your debtor does refuse
yonr claim to pay.
It's justly due but crafty tries to
hinder aud delay,
A lawyer Is employed and paid-in |
former style and mode
he moves the wheels of justice through
Athe power OF the Code. fsk8
The summons nss2es ana Is ~served-dsfend-
ant does thsNae'
He seeks some sarnsd-sRsrrister to meet
your legal strike,
He also tries that novel plan, with equal
pace hs strobe,
And moves to qussh the service by The
Practice. of the Code. a
The motion though, as frivolous, is
quickly overruled.
When with some scant demurrer next,
the files are v%estibulsd,
And several more, with vain effect,
defendant did explode;
And all this is permissive by the Prac-
tice Of the Code.
At last an answer comes, but IL intended
for delay,
Reroneous in law and fact, so a. the trial
to stay,
The plaintiffs lawyer, who before had
often smit, is smote
On both cheeks, by the usage Of the Prac-
tlce of the Code.
More motions and amendments few,
BY both in turn sbout:
Whilst some were sanctioned by the
court, the Others strisksn oue.
The term is closed; tina case postponed;
the plaintiff did displode,
His lawyer calmly states ut was The
Practice OF, the Code"
Another term OF court arrives, the plain. :
tiff has his day,
The jury's verdict is announced, "Dsfend :
ant has to pay"
But his attorney quickly moves, ''the
charge yoir honor wrote
Has error, and a new trial gives tho i'm
port of the Code"
Arrest in judgment next he tried;
appeal, but all in vaiu;
The Judgment OF the lower court the
upper did sustain;
And III took yeare, it's sad, indeed,
this tardv, lingering mode.
It's called '.the law' and sanctioned
by The Practice Of the Code.
Defendant, who was solvent at the time
the suit was brought,
Il now poor, and his b md q man,, are, as he
is, held at naught;
The plain If, who 70 oft for years from
court to law ers rode.
Has lost his hard-earned money by the
horrors OF the Code.
Not overdrawn, this picture is, and no
one can gains,y
That where this system does exist, it's
sem most every day
How one can nag and ~irrltate, and
often discommode,
By those prolific pleadlngs of The Prac-
tice u the Cpde.
The pleadings Of the common law were
settled in the past,
The highest of judicature stood by them
arm and fast,
Whilst daily legal magazines report some
nsvel mode
And meaning Of decision Of The Practice
of the Code.
We part from thee, oh common law
thou precious valued gem.
With ssTidd" and s'Chitty" chanting
you a solemn requiem,
Aud faithful .Stepnens" standing by,
prophetically doth bode,
That some day yet Eye will regret The
Practice OF the Code"
And one word more to all that are so
tersely codifed,
A time will come when statements must be
true and verified;
An earthly term is shen adjourned; You
hear sweet angels ode, s
OF no avail is then to you, The practices Of