Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-12-04 | Page 19 | Suggest Sweeping Changes in Civil Laws of Utah

SUGGEST SWEEPING CHANGES IN CIVil lAWS OF UTAH weeping Sweeping Df changes in court rt methods metho s and court pro in this state are areto areto areto to be Lc suggested to the legislature in bills ms to be he submitted by tho sho State Bar association at ut the coming legislative session to facilitate decisions in civil and aud criminal to cut away the themes theme's mass mes of 01 technicalities that now clog the tho act action on of the tho courts and delay conclusion conchi- conchi sion of cases at trial A special committee of the bar association association as comprising Herbert R R. Mac Mac- radian president of the tho association Carl A. A A. A Bali Badger ter E. E C. C Ashton W. W D D. Riter and Bismarck Snyder Sn has been at work on this subject for lor months and has completed a report which will wi will 1 be submitted to the legislature with bills that will mil bo drawn for tho the purpose of effecting a sweeping reform in court methods and court procedure in this state This bis committee conducted an investigation investigation gation Ration which disclosed the fact that of the cases decided by tho the supreme courts of the various states of the he United States 67 61 per percent cent cent ware era taken to those bi higher her courts on technicalities and were decided on technicalities Tho The proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed changes in Utah will kayo havo moreo more to o do with civil chil practice than with rith tho the criminal courts