Salt Lake Herald | 1891-03-08 | Page 4 | One Good Law

ONE GOOD LAW The late Congress was guilty of a goodman good-man things which were highly censurable but it also did some good Among the few commendable laws which will stand to the credit of the Fiftyfirst Congress is that for the relief of the supreme court of the nation For ten years past there has been demand by both the lawyers and the people peo-ple for a law which would hasten the adjudication ad-judication questions in the court of last resort The delay there has been such as to amount in many cases to a denial of justice Numerous litigants could not afford af-ford to wait years for their rights hence have submitted to these rather than go into the supreme court We have known such instances and it is presumed that they arise ip every community One hesitates long before taking a controversy into court knowing that years must pass before a hearing can be given Notwithstanding the immense amount of work performed by the supreme court that tribunal has steadily fallen behind the calendar which today contains a list of 1100 or 1200 casesmore than can be cleared off in three years r The text of the bill TV hlch was approved by the President last week has not been received but its essential features may be stated I provides for 1 court of appeals in each of tho nine judicial circuits into which tho countryis divided this court to be made up of two of the federal judges of the district and one to be appointed by th President These courts will have power to give final decision in a certain class of cases estimated at about 5 per cent of the suits which are now carried to the supreme court Thus the number of appeals to Washington will be so materially lessened that it is thought that after the supreme cpurt once catches up it will be able t keep even with the business As the new law goes into effect at once litigants who have gone to the supreme court may hope to get decisions in their cases some time before the close of the century cen-tury