The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1914-08-07
KOSCIUSK0 BAR
RESOLUTIONS
Praises Judge Ieat for Clearing Docket
at September Term of Court.
IICKtTT PRESlDES OVER MEETING


At meeting of the members of bar
ard citizens at the close of the Sep
tomber term of the Circuit Court of
Attala county, 1878, that was partici-
noted in by the officers of the court
and large and representative meet
;no of citizens and jurors of Attala
connty, and wishing to put some mem
orial on record touching the manner in
which the Circuit Court business has
heen transacted, Honorable C. A..
iuckett was called to the chair, Hon.
G. Smythe was requested to act as
secretary, and whereupon committee
was appointed and requested to draf,
resolutions expressive of the feelings
and sentiment touching the dispatch OF
business by the present able and eff
cent Circuit Judge, James A. Teat,
the following committee was appointed
Iudpe J. A. Davis, Hon. T. P. Guyton,
s, /. Dodd and Hon. o. A. Lucket was
added to the committee who reported
the following resolution:
Your committee appreciating the
sneedy dispatch of business at the pres
ant term of the court and as expressive
Of their respect and admiration for the
able manner in which he has disposed
of business, begs leave to report:
Judge Teat has been our circuit Judge
for one year. and he found the docket
in badly congested condition, and sc
heavy and large was the business that
required his attention, we looked with
more or less misgiving for any Judge te
clean UP the docket in the limited time
allowed US by the law.
We take great pleasure in saying tc
the public that We are now up with oul
business. though it took day and nigh,
sessions to accomplish the result.
Our able Circuit Judge has been faith
full and conscientious in the discharge
of every duty and meets the highest
requirements of an efficient Circuit
Judge. He is uniformly fair, cour
teous, polite, though firm and positive
in his ready and quick dispatch of bust
ness, and we believe he has won ths
approval of our entire people. Lit
gants may now know that when a sui
Is brought, their rights will be speedily
and fairly adjusted instead of being
unnecessarily delayed as we have some
times known.
In the short period of one year he
has given the administration of justice
a new impetus; he has firmly an(
quickly responded to every call of dut,
until now our docket is clear and ou
people rejoice to know that this is true
Resolved, That we endorse the &C
ton of the Governor, Earle Brewer, il
selecting the right man for the righ
place.
Resolved, further, that copy o
these resolutions be copied on the min
utes of our Circuit Court as perma
nent memorial of our appreciation o
our able Judge, and that copy c
these resolutions be furnished the cit,
papers for publication, and that cop
be also furnished the family of Judg
Teat as a mark of esteem by our peopl
and our appreciation of the fearles man
ner and the able way in which he ha
transacted the business of our Circui
Court and removed from the docket tn
accumulation of business that has bee
standing there so long.
On the reading of the resolution
speeches were made by various men
bers of the bar in attendance, by tn
officers of the court and by the citizen
and jurors, after which the resolution
were unanimously adopted.
S. l.. DODD.
J. A. DAVIS.
T. ?. GUTON.
o. A LUCKETT,
Committe,
70. A. LUCKETT,
Chairman.
j. G. SMYTHE.
Secretary.
State of Mississippi.
County of Attala.
|, l.. w. McCool, Clerk of the Gil
cult Court in and for said county an
state, do hereby certify that the abov
and foregoing is true and corret
copy of the Resolutions offered an
adopted by the bar and officers of II
Circuit Court of said county and stat
complimentary to Judge James A. Tea
as shown by Minute Book L. pas
1885, on September 9th. 1913.
Witness my hand and official sea
this the Goth day of July, 1914.
l.. w. MCCOOL. Clerk.