The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-08-27
REFORM URGED IN LITIGATION Report Made to The
 Lawyers. FAvORS ONE GREAT COURT Bar Association Hears Suggestions
 for Improvement. Unnecessary Costs and Delays Of CIy- il Actions Are DepIored-Branch-
 es Of Courts Are Rec-
 commended.

Detroit, Aug, 26-A rumor which mempers or the American Bar Associa- sion, assembled in convention here will neither confirm nor deny is in circula- ton tonight to the effect that tomor- row Charles F. Libby of Portlad, Me, VIII De elected president of the as- sociation. Mir. Libbey, who is presf- dent of the Portland Railway Com pany, was prominent candidate for the office at the meeting held in 1907, when Secretary of War Dickinson was chosen president.
 No sessions of the association was held this afternDSn or tonight, the delegates attending the Detroit Phila- oeIphia baseball game and various recreations. All of the business left 10 De completed tomorrow Is the elec- ton or officers and the submission of report on Title to real estate"
 Al today's session of the convention or the American Bar Association the committee appointed two years ago to consider the matter of unnecessary costs and delays in litigation, submit ted a report in which it advocates a gradual but sweeping reform in judi cfal procedure.
 The committee reported satisfactory progress in bringing to the attention of Congress proposed laws to authorize the appointment of official 1 stenog- raphers fir United States courts and to fix their compensation: to limit the set Ittng aside of verdicts on error unless the error complained of shall appear 10 have resulted in a miscarriage of justice and to permit the use of au- thorized printed copies of records in appealing cases instead of written or typewritten manuscripts
 Further the committee outlined the general principles on which it consid- cred reorganization of State courts should eventually be effected
 "The whole judicial power of each State," says the report, "at least for civil causes. should be vested ing one great court, of which all tribunals should be branches, departments or divisions. The business as well as the judicial administration of this court should be thoroughly organized so as to prevent not merely waste of judi cIai power but all needless clerical work. duplication of papers and rec ords and the like, thus obviating eA- penses to litigants and cost to the public.
 "This court should have three chief branches-county courts. including municipal courts. a Superior Court of first instance and 8 single ultimate court of appeals. All judges should be judges of the whole court, assigned to some branch or locality, but eligible and liable to sit in any other branch when called upon to do so.
 Supervision of the business adminis- tration of the whole court should be committed to some high official of the court who would be responsible for failure to utilize the judicial power of the State effectively
 The committee suggests that . sim liar officer. who should be a judge. not a clerk, should act in each branch or division and that in like manner the clerical and stenographtc force should be under the supervision of a respon- sible officer with suitable subordinate supervision officials.
 The committeemen's signatures att tached to the report are those of Ev- erett P. Wheeler, Roscoe Pound. Charles F. Amidon, Joseph Henry Beale, Frank Irvine. Samuel c. East man, William E. Mikell. Henry D. Es-' tabrook. Edward T. Sanford, Charles E. Littlefeld, Charles S. Hamiin, Charles B. Elliott, George Turner. John D. Laavson and William l.. January.
 Other committee reports submitted today were on the subjects of "Title to Real Estate" and '.rhe Proposed Copyright Bill"
 The election Of officers is to be held tomorrow.