New-York tribune., 1902-06-18
NEW-YORK LA WYERS BARRED
NEW-JERSEY SUPREME COURT RULES
THEM OUT FOR ALLEGED Dis
CRIMINATION HERE.

Trenton. y. J.. June II (SpeciaD.-Under rule
promulgated by the Supreme Court to-day.
New-York lawyers will not be allowed 70 praa-
tIce before the courts Of NeT-Jersey, because
the lawyers of this State are not permitted to
nrac,fce in that city. Announcement OF the new
rule was made by Chief Justice Gurnmere at the
orening Of the June term OF the Court os Errors
and Appeals and occasioned no little surprise
among the hundred or more lawyers present
7, making the announcement, he said that the
attention of the court had been called TO the
fact that while lawyers from NeW-fork ire
cuantIv appeared before the higher courts OF
New-Jersey, there was no reciprocity IN the case
of New-Jersey lawyers having business BEFORE
the courts in New-York
I'm view of this fact continued the Cnlet
Justice the Supreme Court OF this state sent
a communication TO the Supreme Court OF New
York asking that the Interpretation OF i1s ruleS
he construed so as to conform TO the practlce OF
+ta hicbar- courts Of New-Jersey. To this COM
rnunication no answer. further tnan d IolHiai
,,,rov-Iedsement Of its receipt. has been re-
oafvad and the Supreme Court with the con-
c,rrence OF the Chancellor. has therefore decided
+ba+ while the present rule obtains IN greater
D-av,-york LAWYERS from that city will not oe
narnoItted 10 appear before the Court OF Errols
and Anpeals, the Supreme Court, the Court OF
Chancery or the Prerogative Court
The New-Jersey Supreme Court Is naae 'ii7
sole Judge of the qualifications OF lawyers
tisfng in the State One OF the rules o1 '10
court reads as follows:
No attorney of this court. not actually resla-
ing in this state shall appear or act as aIt9II
of record in any case in any OF the courts o. '''
State.
Another rule. however. provides that;
ANY counsellor at law. from any other OF 'a+
United States of good standing there, may .
the discretion of the court, De atI;I'teu, - in
haec vice, to speak IN any cause IL l'iI9
which he may be employed .hsir
Under the latter rule the higher courts ~ tA i;-
discretion have permitted lawyers OF sIatt, SSavT
from other States. and particularly ron, a.,
York and Pennsylvania. 10 practIce NJ wi, bar
frequently leading members OF the New folA or-
have argued cases here particularly "HeIe ".o+ss
pOration interests, wills involving tatSe In
or divorce proceedings have been tLle @ 49, ~
the last year or two especially, the 80
har has been represented here frequently. AOte ',
bly in the Rogers and Blair will cases; LtS 80 -,
involving the purchase OF the GuSs5,L--e.,- -,i,st
per plants and the pending A1lSatloIi SS-birh
the United States Steel Corporation ~ NIls LSas
W. D. Guthrie. of New-Tork. has maze 'ii7
arguments.
Justice Pitney in speaking Of the ne" Fu'7 "
night said that the court regarded its aetlon a.
only fair TO New-Jersey lawyers. The rue 49,
not be applicable to lawyers from other p'4-.S
in New-York State than New-York CITY, oeca"'o
If was only there that New-Jersey lawyers "eiO
dfscrin1iuated against The difficulty. ne saiu
seemed TO be that there no distlncuon II
Nev-York between ATTORNEYS and counselU.ts !.
He thought however, that some InoCI-i =. -.
could be made by the New-1ork courts ~ ,,gi
clude New-Jersey counsellors in the lst OF e.is rs
bles and also intImated that the court s Isi- jts
il had been treated disCourtsousiy resatuii9 "
communication to the New-foTk courts