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Show CHANGES IN PROCEDURE Court Rules Centuries Old Are Revised to Expedite Time. Washington, Nov 1. Itevojutlonary changes and proceduro In equity cases in fedoral courts throughout the United Unit-ed States ara effected in revised rules i promulgated today by the supreme sourt ot the United States, Tho ob ject is to reduce tho cost of litigation litiga-tion and to eliminate delays. The new rules wore announced by Chief Justice White from the bench. One of tho tasks undertaken by him when he was appointed chief Justice was to reform procedure in the courts. He first revised tho rules of tho supreme su-preme court itself. For soventepj. months the chief justice jus-tice and Justices Lurton and Vande-vantor Vande-vantor have been working on the equity equi-ty rules as a sub-committeo of the court. The present rules canio down from tho courts of England with only one or two revisions since tho boginning of the republic. The last revision was made about 50 years ago. The chtof justice thanked the lord chancellor qf England far suggestions in the revision. Chief Justice White, in explaining the rules from the bench, grouped I the reforms under four or five hcadc One was Jn regard to the exercise of power by the federal courts in equitable equi-table matter Another was described as being defined de-fined primarily to relieve all unnecessary unnec-essary steps In modes of pleading and to bring the parties quickly to the issue. is-sue. Another was described as being a restriction In the modes of Uiklng testimony, particuarly in patent and copyright cases "Thtf wholo Intent has been," says the chief justice, 'to bring the taking of testimony down to a more simplified simpli-fied and Inexpensive mothod." Another reform was said by the chief Justice to bo Illustrated by the statement that the new rules ns u general thing provide for tilal by the court instead of a reference of the suit to a referee to take testimony and report back to the court. The chief justice said the new rules would make it possible for the appellate court not to reverse suits because of points not technical The Injunction rule incorporates fn-to fn-to practice several demands of labor loaders which they sought to have recognized by the so-called Clayton anti-injcncllon bill The new rule fellows in a general way the rules of the fedoral court in the Ninth circuit, which comprises the Pacific coast states. |
