The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-29
Too Many Reversals on Technicalities. BAR ASSOCIATION IN
 THIRTETH MEETING Senator Pettus Receives Cordial Greeting from Brother
 Barristers. session of Yesterday Was One of Lis- tening While That of Today at Jaclson's Lake VIII Re of
 Action and Amusement.

That at some time in the not very distant future there. must take place a change in the Judicial system now in vogue in this State and country. where by there are so many reversals of Judgment and granting of new trials oh technical errors without regard to the merits of the case. was the upper most thought in the papers read yes terday and considered by the Alabama State Bar Association in its thirtieth annual session held in the Senate chamber In the Capitol
 Two important papers were read on this subject to the members of the AS sociation, the writers of which were most forceful Tn their opinions that a remedy for this evil must be speedily found.
 IL was pointed out by both writers that the reyersals of cases run over 40 per cent in the United States as against 5 i-2 per cent in England, and both say sit Is evident thar our method of trial and review is out or date. One of the writers quoting the words of Everett P. Wheeler or the New York bar says: 'The court at the pres opt seldom feels warranted in giving a decision upon the merits. but a1tirms if ir finds no reversible errors and re- verses if it finds reversible errors. The courts have differed from time to time as to what constitutes a reversible er- TOT, but in general the tendency mas been to cunstrue an adherence to strict legal rules as the right of each party and to reverse if there has been any infraction of these rules. This makes the trial of the case game i'll which the man wins who plays it most skill fully. without regard to the merits of the controversy"
 Yesterdays session was one of lis- .xF xN- srHEtF n Ia one of action, and several nsatters which were brought to the attention Of the members of the Association yester- day will doubtless md expression In resolutions adopted today.
 Much that was considered, however, will pass into history only as showing that the minds of those who represent the bar of Alabama are keenly alive to the necessities Of better iaMs, and the correction of many evils that now exist, but the members of the Assoet- ation realize that the time Is not ripe for present action.
 when the session was called to or- der yesterday morning there was rep resentative body present to listen to the annual address as made by Hon. FredeEtck lG. Brnmberg, of Mobile As terest Judge John Anderson created the first marked impression by insist ing that the State ought to provide a reformatory for the negro boy. Then came the papers tnS pEC5~ ent methods of pleading. all of which was carefully listened 10.
 Senator PettHs COmplimented.
 One pleasant.levent of the morning session was when President Bromberg called upon Senator E. w. Pettus to take the chair Instantly there was an outburst of applause and as the vener- able Senator took his seat the outburst was prolonged Tn his usual dignified manner he bowed to his audience and imm ediately proceeded with the busi- ness of the session. There was another session of handclapping when he again turned the meeting over to President Bromberg.
 Todays sessions will be conducted at Jaekson's Lake, the train leaving the Union Depot at S:55 a. m. Tickets will be procured by the members from Secretary Alex Troy, who will be early at the depot.
 After the business section and the election of officers, there will follow the annual barbecue, an affair of note throughout the entire South.
 Members of the Association were loud in their praise of the manner in which Secretary Troy had mapped out the program and for his conscientious work during the year that has passed.
 Ser Well Represented.
 When the session convened yester- day morning nearly every part of the State was represented by the lawyers present No time was lost in getting down to business and as soon as the president, Frederick G. Bromberg, of Mobile, had called the meeting to or