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1 Mo. B. 1 (1879)

handle is hein.barjournals/misiriba0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THE MISSOURI B111. THE MISSOURI BAR enable the court to catch up with the caes now on the docket, and to prevent a like laccumul - tion of cases in the future. Personal.-Our original intention was to start Under advisement prior to Oct. 1876, :15 out with eight pages of reading matter, but we Docketed to Oct. term 1876. 880 have been somewiat dilatorv with our prepara- Original and advanced Oct. torin 1876. 2 New casesI to klpril termi 1877, 221 tions. and to secure a prompt beginning with Original and advanced April terni 1877. 21 the new vear, we have determined to sacrifice New cwle. to ()lt. term 1877. 218 pride and iuei Original and advanced set. tere t8., 49 prie sue haf see. ew cases to) A pril termn 1878. 212 Call of Docket in the Supreme Court-New Original :in( advanced April teril 1878. :9 Rule.-The calling of the docket in this Court e Totel cases of all kind,. 1898 will be resumed on Monday, February 3, 1879, 1 Deduct cases ol Oct. docket 1878, 988 commencing with case number 101. The dock- Showing ciIses disposed of. 910 et numbers 245 cases, leaving 145 cases vet to Number disposed ofeach year. 455 be called, several of which, however, have been umber by each judge per year. 91 disposed of in advance.total of ases should e adde Those interested should bear in mind that a rule of court exists by which it will be imbpossi- d wil beimposi-not accompany the transcripts. The totad nun - ble to get further time for complying with the h rules, except by affidavit showing cause. BUSINESS IN THE SUPREME COURT. ment and docketed to the October term, 1976, from the g-rand total. i.s 10-51, rnitkin- 525 ca'(e, We present below a tabulated statement de- each year. Omitting the undocketed eases, the signed to show as comprehensively as possible total is 983, or 492 each year. the condition of affairs in the Supreme Court These figures demonstrate that 500 cases as demonstrated by the practical work of two year may safely he taken as the number to be years, which ended with the commencement of provided for; and they also indicate that, un- the present term. It has been prepared from der favorable circumstances, the present judge carefully preserved memorandum, imade at in- will be able to disoose of fully that number.- tervals and frequently compared with the books Under quite unfavorable circumstances incll- kept by the clerk, without his privity, or the ding the breaking in of two new judges and the suggestion or knowledge of any member of the r efficient members, they court, and presents a showing as nearly correct have onl fallen short about 85 case a year il as any likely to be published. the newcases. 455 cases a year have been il- On the 17th day of October, 1876, the court posed of, making 91 cases to each judge. If 46 commenced its first session under the new con- days be allowedfor holding court, being tie ac- stitution, at Jefferson City. The first term un- tual time fixed by law for calling the -55 cases. der the constitution was appointed for April 18, 1876: but in consequence of the May term at tions at chambers. and only 60 dn s for vaca St. Joseph, which begun May 1, 1876, having tion, a fraction over one day and a half k only been preserved by the constitution, the duty of left each judge, in which to stdy a record, ex- holding it was imperative, and the April term amine the authorities, make a statent of the was necessarily permitted to lapse. The work case and write the opinion. This statement is under the new order of things really commen- alone ample to prove that no fault lies with the ed October 17, 1876; and the intervening peri- judges in the premises. They are doing all that od of two years, coming down to the beginning human brain and muscle eLi do to prevent the of the present term, furnishes a satisfactory b accumulation of cases on the docket. ' he real sis for the examination of the practical working trouble lies in the fact that the docket was 915 of the system, the ability of the judges to cope case, behind when the consolidation took place. with the docket, and the remedies adequate to The true remedy lies in the most practical and meet any necessity there may be for increasing the working force of the court. The sentiment the disposition of 1,000 cases, as early as poss- is quite general, based on substantial grounds, ible, without creating any new courts, co-ordi- too, that something practical should be done to nate or subordinate, I

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