New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-11-26
NAY SHORTEN
LEGAL NOTICES
nstice Greenbaum'S De
eision Permits of Use
of Blue Pencil
ADVERTISING BILLS
MAY BE REDUCED
No Law Requiring Long
Announcements Can
Be Found

decision relating to the shortened
-. for advertising legal sales was
100 down recently by Justice Green
-, Of the Supreme Court This mat
-. presented 90 the supreme Court
y. \, consideration through the case
- wrch. VS.. Alderman. In addition
!, this particular case, there were a
..,her OF other similar ones merged,
=. hat the decision affects them ALI
p. orir.n Of the movement for shsrt-
..;,e the forms Of advertisements Of
n. IN foreclosure actions was taken
:. Tor consideration by the committee
n law and legislation of the AoNlsolN
Cor0e.l Of Real Estate Interests az the
,,,'-gos..or OF T.. D. Phillips & Co.
A. investigation OF the law was made
II 81 fer as thc members OF the com
tic could find there was no statute
=, court rule requiring the long form
~ s5yertiscmert which has heretofore
s,.n EMPLOYED The committee there
-,.r turned IT'S attention 20 deNlsihE
ssother form which would be PLAIN ana
.~ors easily understandable, and u
-ossiblc. reduce the number OF words
7, the accepted form, emitting such
rsrts thereof as were unnecessary.
Tsereupon. what is known as the snort
iorn OF sale was prepared by the com
-it,ee and recommended Iof use IN lhc
heIief that 10 would serve TWO purposes
one 20 make the advertisement more
,ssilv understandable by laymen' ana
ibe other. save expense 10y dispensing
vth unnecessary words.
fn.tire Creenbaum IN his decision
,srs. "Wv attention has been called
,etbo fact that the cost OF publishing
-.,,ccs of such sales is very substan-
al even 81 the minimum advertising
-. ~ 10 cents per line flNcd by "A
.orber o. the well known metropolis tan
is,lies have also ascertalned that
tbs adycrtis rC rates in many dailies
zoo from % Go 30 cents per line. II
i cpite evident that . burdensome
,vnerse is thrown upon the Interested
,,rties BIZ recurring the publication
~ lengthy descriptions. An instance
N LEGAL notice Of sale conHsung
NJ 100 agate lines which appeared seven
lines In one Of the leading evening
,sners Of this city az cost o. ~ cents
rsr line. making an aggregate Of l02.4s'
Ass been submitted 20 me. Had the
,pbiiestiou been directed IN one or
10 rev,spapers which charge from 20
u 81 cents per line, the cost OF the
ssre advert isement would have been
from 5000 70 s447. Ny attention has
kssn called 20 the opinion recently
riyen by one Of my associates, holding
hss the descrintion contained IN the
fnsl Judgment should be published ~ g
-,.;.s ~ sale hereunder.
Neither the provisions Of the Cooe
q Civil Procedure nor the rules OF TINS
court REQUIRE the publication OF the de-
s,ription Of the real property as con
tsine5 n the Judgment. II is only nee
eSssry 70 describe the property with
common certainty. Indeed. a diagram
alone. showing the points q the com
mass the dimensions or the property.
rs street and street number and JUS
distance from the nearest intersectng
street as required by the rules OF the
court would sufficiently describe the
property and be more readily under
s,oo0 ~ the general public than the
so.esned long form description. l
have taken the trouble 20 communicate
with a number Of leading firms IN TINS
city who are actively engaged IN real
estate law. and the opinion seems 70
be universal that in practice there ls no
useful purpose served in publishing me
long form notice. 10 is a matter OF
common knowledge that the Ordinary
purchaser al foreclosure sales Is not
ikelv 10 comprehend the forms oil oe,,
seription usually found IN deeds ana
mortgages, and that q concise nollee ~
mueb more likely 10 be understood by
The average men interested IN the sales
o. real property.