Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-02-22

honorable mention The judges will
be Mrs. Clara A. Dunbar, Mrs. J. H.
Butler and J. H. Schively.
\ member of the Legislature who
is not lawyer said to representa-
five of the STANDARD: The demand
for more Superior Judges is foolish
ness. Some plan ought to be de-
viscd to do away with technical and
uuibblng motions. which occupy so
much of the time of courts. that are
made for purposes of delay and to
prevent hearings on the merits OF
legal controversies. If this cOndi-
ton was met. there are plenty of
Judges to do the work. The Situa-
ton is such that when a party brings
Il meritoriouS action which should be
tried and disposed of in couple of
months at fartheSt, it is liable to be
delayed for years through dilatory
tactics. The situation is becoming
so obnoxious that men who have Just
complaints hesitate about suing. be-
cause they never know when they
will be able to reap the fruits Of
their efforts. y
Frank Pierce, of Seattle, author of
Pierce's Washington Code, has been
in the city during the week. Frank
says he intends to put upon the
market, some time in the near future
a digest of the Washington Supreme
Court reports, which will include the
Territorial and State reports up to
18th volume. Arthur Remington
digest has not yet made it's appear
ance, though promised more than
six months ago. 1t is said the pub
fishers, the Bancroft Whitney Co.,
have been too busy to complete the
contract for the publication of this
work on time. Some of Mr.. Reming-
tons friends think Mr.. Pierce is
waiting to see what Arthur's work
will be like, before he makes the ven
ture. The Pacific Reporter digests,
including Washington decisions, have
heretofore hurt the sale of State
courts digests, embraced in the Re-
porter system.
Gerald B. Moore, youngest son of
our pioneer settler, p. D. Moore,
died at the family residence on
Twelfth street, Monday morning.
He had been suffering several years
from that great destroyer, the White
Plague, consumption, said to have
been contracted from Ia grippe dur
ing exposure while in the field as
surveyor. Mr.. Moore was native
of this city and born in the early Cos.
He is survived by his father, two
brothers A. S. and l.. f. and two
sisters Mrs Edna Eddings and Miss
Jeanette Moore. The funeral was
held Wednesday afternoon from the
family home on west Twelfth street,
under the auspices of Olympia Aerie
No. Il, Fraternal Order of Eagles,
of which deceased was a member.
Hon. J. H. Schively delivered an inn
preSSive tribute to the momory of
the departed. Interment was made
in Masonic cemetery.
The case of Sullivan rs. Billings, an
action claiming damages for alleged
oAohUois SuiiC up iol HChi Ing III tIlc
Superior Court, Monday, on plain
tiff's motion to strike out interroga-
tories of defendant demanding she
(plaintiff) give the names of the par
ties in whose hearing the slanderous
language was uttered. The plaintiff
by her attorney, claimed she was not
obliged to give the names of wit
neSSeS in advance of the trial; that
the precedent thus established would
be dangerous one, as the adverse
party might be enabled to take
advantage of the situation, by an eff
fort to get the witnesses to contra
dict themselves, or spirit some of
them away, to the detriment of plain
tiff's case. The Court, after hearing
arguments, denied the motion, and
stated that the statute requiring
interrogatories to be answered should
be held peculiarly applicable to such
cases, and require that the names
of the witnesses be furnished by the
plaintiff.