The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-06
e. w. LAWRENCE HEADS
VERMONT BAR ASSN.
Annual Meeting Of Association Closed
with Banquet at Montpelier
Last Night

with Banquet at Montpelier
Last Night
Montpelier Jan. G.. Edwin ". Law
renee OF Rutland was elected presi.
dent Of the Vermont Bar association
I Wednesday afternoon judge Erwin
N. Harvey OF Montpe Ter was elected
first yice-presdeHt, Frank T.. Barber
! OF BrattleborO second gice-presiient
land Frank G. Archibald Of Manches.
/ tor trird vice 9fesideht George 81.
Hogan OF ST. Aibans was fe-clecrcd
secretary and Librarian and Trcd r..
/ Gleason Of M0ntpe ier was reelected
treasurer William W Reirdon OF Bar
ton was elected a member Ol he
board OF managers for three ears
The 4ith annual meeting closed
Wednesday night with bauqle. at
the Pavilion, which was attended by
about 100 members OF the Vermont
bar The CHIEF speakers We're Cover.
nor James Hartness of Vermont,
Henry f. Ilurlburt, president OF the
Boston bar; JOIN a. Sullivan, X. c.,
representing the bar OF Montreal and
Julius A. Wilcox. superior judge AZ.
ter the induction og Edwin W. Iag.
renee OF Rutland as president the fin
81 Adjournment took place
At the afternoon session, franii
Plumley presented a memorial sketch
OF the late Chief superior Judge Zed
S. Stanton, which was given added in
terest by Mr.. Plumleys close ac.
duaintance with the late Judge stan.
ton.
The report o; Marvere C. Weber
chairman Of the committee on uni.
form state laws, brought from mem.
hers present expressions OF opinion
opposed 10 the passage of certain uni.
form state laws. President JChu ~
Redmond stated that no one was find
ing fault with the present state legis
lation on partnership and other legal
subjects. which were hammered out
on the anvil by former Vermont JUS
tees. In the opinion no now law
could operate better than the present
one, and he opposed the passage of
uniform laws simply because other
states were passing such laws.
Theodore +. Hopkins. chairman OF
the committee ON legal history and bi
ography reported 10 members Of the
association dead They were Henry
Clay lde OF ST. Jobusbury Seneca
IIaSelton OF Burlington Otis y Kel.
ton OF 81. Aibans, Sheldon X Boright
of Rlchford, Hiram r. Dee OF ST. Al.
bans George +. Lawrence OF Rutland
Charles AFRO prouty OF Newport
Frank Z. Alfred OF Fairfax, I4ovelaud
Munson OF Manchester aud Zcd $.
stanton OF RoXbury.
part ol the report of tho lcgisla.
tive COMMITTEES recommending the
preparation and publication OF now
digest OF Vermont court decisions was
adopted The report stated that 10 vol
umes Of Vermont reports had been
published since the issue Of the last
digest. Another part OF the report re-
gardinC a change IN the law on the
waving OF a will by a husband or
wife was not adopted The report was
given by Fred Z. Gleason OF Montpel.
Ter In the absence OF ] Ward Carver
OF Barre.
Halo r. Darling gave an enlighteu.
Ing address on "Dcclaratory Judg
ments," tracing the history of this
form of Judgment from Roman times
down through the middle ages and
through the continental and English
courts to this country He defined TIE
declaratory judgment rs one which de
cares the rights of persons or the
opinions OF the court without ordering
that anything be done. he cmphasi2'
ed the New York statute providinS
for type Of Judgment which is eSer-
ciSed in that state by the supreme
court, and quoted the statute, which
is only about . words IN length
A resolution was olrcrod at the
morning session by Attoroy General
Archibald to the effect TINT the asso'
citation should recommend that oct!on
hc taken either by amendment 10 eE'
isjst'ng rulcs or by amendment 70 cN'
istiug rules or by the adoption Of nAU
luos. relative to procuring transcripts
and to procedure which will tend TO
decrease the expenses incident 20 the
trial Of causes IN the supreme court
This resolution was recousidered IN
the afternoon session on motion OF
Edwin W. Lawrence, and was lett
with the committee on jurisprudence
aud law reform ON motion of w. H.
c. Suckncy