Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-03-31


Justice in which costs were collected.
the costs in full taxed in the cases and
that no payments have been made by
them thus far in costs In any of tho
cases brought in snid court wherein
nothing had been collected from the
defendants, that there has been no
accounting or settlement under said
contract between said Parsons Il Burch
and the said J. r. Campbell.
I'VE further find that said contract
was In full force and effect aud was
so considered by tho parties thereto up
and until about the time this com
mittee was appointed; that about said
time or Immediately after the state.
ments made at meeting of this asso-
citation by a. J. Rowley, ESQ.,. when the
said Parsons Il Burch went to 3,e
office of Squire Campbell and procur-
ed from him his duplicate of sad writ
ten contract, and took the same to
their office, and there destroyed it.
Your committee further finds, upon
the statement of Parsons * Burch that
the other duplicate of said contract
In the possession of said Parsons &
Burch. was destroyed by them several
months previous TO this time. the ex-
act time your committc Is unable to
ascertain from the evidence.
I'VE further find that W.. Il. Snyder,
Esq. had contract with substantial
ly the same provisions as the one above
recited. with said Justice of the
Peace, which contract was in full force
and effect for the period of three
months, and that about 90 cases were
brought and settled upon the basis of
said contract.
Your committee further hnds that
e. ]. Hard, Justice of the Peace,
within and for Akron township, had
an agreement with the Grocers' AS
sociation of this city. wherein it was
stipulated that in any case brought
by any grocer. a member of said AS
sociation, before said Justice. in which
no costs We're collected from the de.
PENDANTS, the plaintiff should not be
required to pay any costs: which con
tract was in force for the period of
about six months: and that while said
Justice is not at the present time en-
gagged in the active discharge of the
duties of said office, nevertheless, he
has not relinquished the same.
"As to the other charges made
against attorneys. we have not yet
entered upon the hearing of the same,
and. therefore, are not ready to re-
port on said charges.
"YOur committee disapprove the
making of contracts of the nature here
| in described. for the reason that the
same encourages litigation and tends
to abridge the rights of defendants,
and tends to interfere with the i'm
partial administration Of justice, and
your committee recommend that the
Association take such action as in the
future will discourage and prevent
such contracts or agreements.
!. "F H. WATERS,
| rs. G.. ROGERS
u. A. BRADLEY"
After the adopting the report, the
Bar Association took the following
action:
'1n adopting the report of the COM
mittee the Association announces that
| it cannot look with favor upon the
conduct of the accused parties, but on
the contrary. wc wish to announce its
emphatic condemnation of the conduct
so found by the committee: There
fore.
"Rc it resolved. That the Associa-
ton hereby emphatcally disapproves
of such conduct and hereby announces
it's censure thereof. But, under the
circumstances. we think this to be :.
sufficient penalty, for the offensc COM
mitted.
'Resolved. Also. that the report of
the committee be given to the public
press and that said committee he in
structed to continue its investigation
of the matters submitted to It,"
CLAIMS SPITE WORK.
"Persoual spite and malice are be-
hind this move,' said Mr.. Parsons,
after the Bar Association meeting.
Zone of the attorneys most active in
tlr l'Dllluev uldlteT HAS betH ihS'l u
mental in bringing the charges to the
attention of the Bar Association.
am assured that this same attorney
will he the subject of an investigation
that will soon he commenced. Our
agreement with the Justice was per-
feCtly legitimate, although It may have
been unwise, and probably not polite.
We never tried to keep tue ma.tel
secret. Indeed, we have talked with
several attorneys regarding it. Wo
hope TO give the public copy OF the
contract and If we can find the origi-
nal stenographic notes we will do SO.
Two members of the committee told
me that the censure had been too Sc
we're. We both deem it very unfort'i-
nate that we have been drawn into
this matter"
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