The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-04
eyed away from their Offices Ill day on

dragged away from their Offices I'll day on
. petty Gaze.
bat the prevention Of the spirit
u the law did not stop here.
From an agreement between at
tsrney AID justice fhat No fees
should be paid I'm advance, 1t was
but . step to an agreemeDt that
NO fees should be paid unless the
salt was successfuI.
And then-weli. then t1e chances OF tudg-
ment gong against the plaintiff were .
tribe unequal There are traditions 10 the
effect that plaintiffs under those circuua-
stances have lost suits. but they lack ver.-
dcatIon
At first this COLLISION Of attorney and
court was frowned upon by mensbsrs Ct
the bar, and uncompimentary epl,hets ap-
pied to the lawyers VINO resorted to It. But
hard words do not kill, and the practice
has thriven like an Ill weed; lawyers found
that they must either adopt Ii or go out Of
business In justice courts, and for that rea-
son there are dozens Of otherwise repu-
table young lawyers who give IL silent
sanction. Young lawyers is used adyis-
edly, for members Of TIE bar OF long ex-
perisnce rarely practice In justice courts
except tnrcuga their CLERKS.
The result Of the practice has
been that Justice of the Peace
Frank u. InEersoII, who II paid
. salary of $4,000 . year 20 at
tend 10 the civil business I'm se-
aitIe precinct, has barely enough
work to keep him from ennui,
,yhile Ave Justices I'm the pre-.
cincts adjacent TO the city are, IT
- said, worked to death trying
gases which should properly
come before Justice Ingersoil
AAA Justice Austin, his colleague.
The outside justices are appar-
emily making big money. The
county II making nothing from
Justlce IngersoIl or Justice Aus
tin In fees from civil business.
With the city constables the case Is the
same. They are paid good salaries to serve
process In civil easss, and their fees go to
the county, but they rarely see a clyil pro-
cess and the county rarely secs fees from
them In the meantime the constabIes
from the outside precincts are on the go
from dawn till dark performing the GER
vices which the two city constabies are
paid for performing.
Hut the most astounding fea-
ture Of the whole story that the
lawyers tell II that. while out
side justices are supposed to try
their cases I'm their own pre-
cIncts. q matter of fact they
now hold court, some Of them
daily, I'm the heart of the city
and are outside Justices only In
name. BY a queer legal Action
they are Supposed to hold court
In the country, but In reality
there are seven Justice courts
within pistol shot of Pioneer
place.
This practice OF trying cases In the city
- rev and has only obtained with the
outsiie justices during the last year or 50.
Snstice Harry Carson Is probably the
oaisAide Justice having the mos, business in
6eAtne- He was elected justice of the peace
Tor Duwam.sh precinct. two miles south
OF tho city. but holds court. as a rule at
room as1 New York block. wher. his con-
stable. Alex Atkinson. also has an office
Justfce w. =. McCarley also has A
good business. He has always had a law
Office in Seattle. although he resides at
Columbia, and since his election as justice
OF the peace OF Columbia precinct he has