The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-08-03
TO RELIEVE THE
SUPREME COURT
Ia VYERS MEET TO DEVISE WAYS
AND MEANS TO ACCOM-
PLISH 1T.
Several Good Suggestions Were Made
and a Bill Will Be Recon-
mended to the Next
Legislature.

The committee of prominent Geor-
gia lawyers appointed at the recent
meeting of the Georgia Bar associa-
ton at Warm Springs for the purpose
of deyising means for relieving the
burden OF tho supreme court Of the
state. held meeting at the capitol
yesterday, and as a result of an inter
esting discussion decided upon one
measure which the legislature will be
asked to pass at its coming session.
The bill decluea upon by the com
mittee provides that no right of ap
peal OF the supreme court shall lie
in cases Were amounts involved is
under $500, except in certain classes
of cases which are enumerated. Ex-
ception Of course is made Of criminal
cases. habeas corpus, divorce, equity
ana other cases of a like character:
and it is calculated that such an
amendment to the constitution would
the supreme court of nearly
of the BUSINESS it now has
Pr and pass upon.
he members of the commit
present vita the exception
Hok Smith who is away for
wmmer. The otner members of
committee are as follows: Burton
hith, Of Atlanta president OF the
: Georgia Bar Association. is exoficio
chairman, and Orvine A. Park. of Ma
con. secretary Other members Of the
committee present were: Washing
ton Dessau. chairman from the state
mt large, and J. Hansil Morrill,. of
Tnomasville, from the state a. large:
Samuel B. Arams. first congressional
district; Arthur Gray Powell, second
district; r. A. hawkins. taird dis
tries; Thomas J. Chappeh. fourth dis
triet; Marcus w Beck. sixth district:
A. l. Bartlett, seventh district J. B.
Park Jr., eighth district; w. A. Char
tefs, ninth u.strId. w. X. Miller.
teth dtriet. and John W. Bennett.
eleventh district.
Several plans looking to the re
lief Of the supreme court were dis
cussed by the lawyers. ana among
other Ilings a court Of appeals was
talked of. An effort was made at tho
last session of the legislature to se-
cure an amendment to the constitu
ton providing for a court of appeals,
but it failed
The only difnite action taken was
the endorsement of an amendment TO
article 6, section 2, paragraph 3, of
the constitution, which is section
1896 of the code Tne amendment
proposed was roughly drawn yester
day. as follows:
mo writ Of error snal lie to the
supreme court in any civil case unless
the amount involved exceeds the sum
Or value Of $500 principal, except i'll
shall appear from the bill of excep-
tions that it is divorce case, case
respecting the titles to land, or an
equity case; or case involving t.
tie to public office, or in a habeas
corpus case or contempt case; or
the case is one in. which an act of the
general assembly is sought to be set
aside as being contrary to the con
stitution of the state of Georgia or of
tne JInted States, and the decision
upon this question IS made necessary;
or the case is one in which any JUS
tice Of the supreme court OF the state
Of Georgia, upon an complication Of
tne record, will certify that in his
opinion a writ Of error should issue"
It was decided that this outline
should De prepared in the form Of a
bill by the time of the neM meeting
of committee which Will be held
August IL.
are several other plans for
f of the court, and it is likely
Two other bills will be prepared
Sentation to the next legisla-