The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-02
SOME LEADERS IN FLORIDA
WHO Will M ~ rHT APPROACH
ING LEGisLtTtRE.


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f.efl affairs have been maraA.l lu
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lv MEMBER OF the BAR and f- Nt
condition ~ Florida supreme Court
The court 81 now anout lalr yeafs te-
hind with SIS civil work There are n'N
on The court icra.t avaaltF De .a.un 81.
civil cases The court IS working on eiti.
cases suom .aei az ~ January term y.
justices IS constantly go session save
during q short recess each summer
Tho way iu which the supreme court
got 80 far behind IS thus explained Under
ere cd constitution 20 isas tho lltiires
were appointed ty the Governor Tor IKE
terms one az the Republican aProintee
WAS Justice Van Valkeut.rS For seFera.
gesrs Gur.re ttr middle So. Doe was t.ft
feeble ara unable 90 carry bis ragt 81
the courts WORK 80 this same p'r.o1
H.iaston was Increasing enormously
TIE Hrst fusfi-es ~ the 'n-w eaart' 1a
the court g. ~ pres n organized uud
tae constitution OF Issa De- sou4.t.uIes $3.50 b.
ga were rot elected unit. thc i4A ~ l'.N
They found the docket ir q sadly back
ward share and the number % ne~ cases
fn rfa-lUu more rapidly each year Iac}
a. all In their power to prevent further
congestion bit we're not entirely success
ful one cause % their failure was tho
horrible condition IL which records from
the trial courts were sent up.
since 1897 printed or typewriter records
have h.ao required AFTER two or three
well ana Mitchell resigned. the latter o.
become Governor. These changes in tho
fnembersa.p OF the court and others
which followed. are assigned by some as
another reason why the court did not
make greater headwav. each new justice
havine 10 4dopt himself to the dlscourag-
ing conditions found The principal rca-
son. however. was The fact that the num-
her Of new cases continued 10 increase
largely each wear until the great freeze
Of ies checked litigation by paraly5.nE
business r. Florida for lime
For several wears past however. tho
CONT mas bean discussing OF a. many old
r,u cases as reU civil c,ese came In.
and b Is even making some slight pro-
s-rs..s fop.,r4s catching no IL Is admitted
81, a.. 49, that the prera,t Supreme
cow, C-bI.f Justice rtvtrr ana Justices
Afsbr, ana carter one
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