The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-21
NOTES or LEGAL EVENTS

auprrms Court reporter OF this State, has prepsrou
a summary OF IN. business disposed OF by tho
App.llats Division OF the Supreme Court In inc
four several departments from Jan. I. 1900, to
Jan. 1. Ivoo In tho nrst department New YORK
county. l. 20 decision. were rendered. In the second
urooklyn,. WA. I'm the third Albany, @oi, and IN
III, fourth tRoche,tsrL. S24, The figures NJ TO tho
number Of opiniopa written are a. follows: In tho
Arst department 100, being an average OF less than
ioi 10 each Of the seven Judges. In the second De
partmsnt s7,. an average Of ia 10 each OF tho
nvo JUICES; In the third department 1872
an average Of nearly 81, and In tho fonr'h
department sol. All average OF . little over w
r""L-,.. -. 80, an. o,,,,ons we're simply
-,.,., - h.n.n.,r,.n hy Tho court. without, bear.
A.. ~ -. -. I,a,. There were 7s
o,in,nn. ., mi. elias. I'm the second depart.
mon, =, 4, IN. third and II in the fourth.
n, ,ho.. o,,n,on. rho,. .n,hor,hip ia sIpre,sly dis
c,o..a I,a,. a.or,. 7 In,r.h,m wrote tho largest
nunh.r, 4, ,soo n. .,.nd. NJ the head OF the list
r,h 30, Mart come. Judve barrett with ii2. The
o,Iv o,,.r. Who coma nm n the 100 mark are
pr..L,,n, J,.,,c. aooar,ch ~ Brooklyn, who 10
c,.al,aa 9TH N, ana J,ays Hatch OF tho same
AppelIats DIv,.ion who fall. only Ave behind him.
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Tho House Of representative has caused to BE-
printed I'm full the opinions OF the Supreme Court CT
Hawaii In rsv,rd 70 ths opsratiop of the Con-
.titution OF tho United States In Hawaiian
territory during what the court calls the
present transition period, In one case IL Ia
held that the Government Of the islands may con
tinue to collect the customs duties prescribed by
the laws OF tho former Republic Of Hawaii. not
withdrawing the declaration in the Federal Con
~stitu,ion that ALI duties, imposts and excuses shall
lie uniform throughout the Cnitei states" and that
vessels bound to or from one State shall not be
III. A.. ala. i.- ..v ant,a. A apnther
The decision 10 based upon an express provision
in tho annexation resolution that. until legis.
lation shall be enacted extending tho United
| relations between the islands and the United States
and other countries shall remain unchanged. In q
second case. tho Hawaiian supreme Court has de-
cided that persons may DO convicted OF felony In the
island, by the agreement OF nine out Of twelve
Jurors, and In a third case. that 9 verdict in scivil
action was valid. although two of the twelve jurors
dissented. According to Mr. Harold N. sewall, our
former Minister, who 10 now Special Agent OF the
United States at Honolulu. these decisions have
been the subject OF much criticism, especially by
mombers OF the bar.
supreme uui'i .ou''ot %
upneii .ne OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eo'"ie' u.
law ~hicn eslaonshcs III 'h"' ''"uos w "
nv 'oE's''aooh VI u''o' W '"H"' u oo''' VI ''
statute ~ % proNl"e U ueciee . resis.a'io"
winch snail olhu 'he ianu anu puie' ii wife 'n're'o
anu De conclusive against All persons "ne'ner
named IN the proceedings or not Nouce OF sppi''
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Tho Court AZ Appeals in MARYLAND has reeently
been called upon TO determine whether A promise
10 marry. which by IL. terms was not TO be pe..
formed until inter the lapse OF three years. WAS
valid and enforceable. IL not in writing In almost
every State OF the Union there is a law known az
the statute Of Frauds, which, among other things,
provides TINT every agreement which. by It's terms.
f. no. 10 be performed within one year from
the time when it ia made. shall be void
uni a. evidenced by some writing signed nv IN.
party 10 b, charped thereby. In 1852. Judge Wallace
Of the Circuit Court OF the United States in this city
decided that the New York Statute OF Fraud.
applied TO . contract TO marry. and rendered /,
within q year. He followed decisions Of similar pur.
port in New Hampshire. Kansas and Maine The
anne question. however. was decided the other way
in 1885 by the General Term Of the supreme Cour,
at Buffalo. with an able bench Judges Barker,