New-York tribune., 1910-11-14
DILL TO QUIT THE BENCH
Jersey Judge to Resume Law
Practice, 1t Is Reported.
A CORPORATION AUTHORITY
Author of Many Books on That
subiect-Brought Prick and
Carnegie Together.

1,os. Orange \. J.. Nov 13 (SpeciaD-A
we'll authenticated rumor has been circu-
lated here that Judge James Brooks Dill,
of the Court of Errors and Appeals. is
.hor+ to present his formal resignation to
Governor Fort. This will make the second
vscanc, among the lay judges of that
tribunal within a short time. The first was
caused by the death ten days ago of Judge
George r Gray. in Newark.
The reason for Judge Dill's desire for re-
+iren,ent IS said 10 he his wish to again
enter private law practice He has only
been on the bench since July, 1905. and his
term would expire in July of next year.
II Is said that Judge Dills resignation
will be placed In Governor Forts hands
Tomorrow. The Governor has said that he
has already received a communication
from the Judge, in which the latter stated
that he felt II incumbent upon him TO re-
sign and gives his reasons. Governor Fort
declined to state them. as they were per-
sonal and the letter was not document
that could be placed on the state records
The Governor said he had answered the
letter in the same strain, but beyond say
ing that he had expressed regret AT Judge
Dills contemplated step, ne would not tell
what he wrote in the letter
Judge James 2. Dill was born in Spencer-
port, Monroe County. n. Y, on July o.
1854. the son Of a Congregational minister
He entered Oberlin College in 1911. and
after spending a year there entered the
freshman class Of ale University In
1878 Mr.. Dill took up the practice of law
after being graduated from the New York
University Law School He made spe-
cialty of corporation law. in which he later
made his great reputation.
Mr.. Dill soon assumed such a position In
legal circles that his services were eagerly
sought after by great corporations 1t
has been said that Mr.. Dill was the creator
Of more than seven hundred corporations
and from his vast experience in this line
he came to be known as the father of
trusts"
During the great steel fight in 1900. when
Andrew Carnegie and Henry Frick were
engaged in a Titanic warfare of millions,
it was Mr.. Dill who brought the two men
and the two corporations which they rep
resented together. The matter was one
requiring extreme detcacy and immense
legal knowledge and grasp of infinite de
tail, yet Dill accomplished the feat His
retainer in this case Is said TO have
amounted to sl,On0O, but this Mr. Dill
denied.
In 1890. when only thirty-six years old. Mr..
Dill was summoned TO the office Of Gov
ernoT Albeit of New Jersey, who wished to
know how the revenue of the state could
be Increased. The young lawyer suggested
that the laws be so broadened as TO make
It advantageous for corporations to incor-
porate there. His advice was followed.
Two years later, at Mr.. Diil'S further
suggestion, the state adopted the corpora
tion registration law, which gave New Jer-
sey companies the same protection guaran-
teed under the English system.
Although Mr.. Dill made a large income
from his private practice. yet in July, 1905,
he accepted an appointment 10 the New Jer-
ernor Stokes, with salary of only 5000.
On his last day of private practice Mr.. Dill
declined a fee of s25 250oo-equal to more than
eight years salary the bench.
In his brief leisure moments Mr.. Dill
found time to write many treatises on the
law one of his books, Dill on Corpora
tions," being a standard textbook.
Mr.. Dill has a home in Brick Church,
East Orange, a summer home in Hunting
ton Long Island, and a camp in the Adj
rondacks. He Is a member of more than
a score of clubs and societies. and is a great
lover of the horse. One of his two daugh-
ters. Miss Emma Dill, won the scholarship
in the New York University Law School in
1906, graduating at the head of her class