APPEALS TO THE SUPREME COURT.
Mr. Scott's bill [S. 41] relating to appeals to the Supreme Court, was read the second time.
Mr. BRADLEY moved to indefinitely postpone the bill.
Mr. GREEN explained the object of the bill. The law now provides that no case shall be appealed to the, Supreme Court where the amount involved is less than ten dollars. This bill proposes to increase the amount to one hundred dollars. He did not altogether like the theory of it. If it could be amended so as to place the amount at twenty-five or thirty dollars, he might vote for it. The object is to diminish the work of the Supreme Judges, but he believed the principle was wrong, and that page: 243[View Page 243] this amendment would cut down the cases fully one-half.
Mr. BRADLEY thought it should not be so limited. A case might involve the title to land or questions of importance, but unless the amount involved should be one hundred dollars, an appeal could not be taken under this bill.
The motion to postpone was agreed to by yeas 21, nays 14.
