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tion, controlling it or its property in an unlawful manner. If they were not members, they would be mere trespassers, and an action at law would lie, or the police could be called in to protect the house against invasion; there would be nothing in the case to give us chancery jurisdiction. When there is a plain and adequate remedy at law, and the plaintiff's right has not been established at law, a bill for an injunction does not lie to prevent a simple trespass.' All which seems obvious and conclusive. The court have found the facts, and the dissentient justice applies the law to them in a manner which, in our poor judgment, leaves nothing to be said, except that the bill must be dismissed.

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The court (p. 107) had read the first draft of the dissenting opinion before concluding its own opinion; but, while it devotes some twenty-five pages to various historical and theological matters, it does not allude to the brief and pointed sentence which one would think made an end of the case. It may be that it was not contained in the first draft; but it would be very odd that such a point should have occurred to one judge, and not have been brought to the notice of his brethren, unless we conclude that in the ardent pursuit of grand questions, a small though decisive one has escaped attention.

At any

Perhaps theological polemics are too fascinating to the human mind to permit its working well and soundly while under their influence. rate, the court (Mr. Justice Sargent) on the one hand, and Mr. Justice Doe on the other, revel at very great length in law, history, and theology, so that the case will be a very mine of learning to the student and the practising lawyer. But the opinions, each of course very able, and the latter particularly pungent and witty, are too nearly balanced in point of weight to permit the case to become one of controlling authority.

The result was, that an injunction was granted forbidding the defendants to permit any doctrines to be preached in the church "subversive of the fundamental principles of Christianity as generally received and holden by the denomination of Christians known as Unitarians."

The decision rests mainly on the ground that the name of the society and its practice since its formation in 1827 indicated that its property was held in trust for the promotion of the said fundamental principles.

But certain provisions of the constitution and statutes of New Hampshire are carefully considered in both the opinions.

Mr. Abbot resigned his pastoral charge before the decision was given. He was perfectly frank in all his conduct, and his course commanded and received the respectful regard of the court. Mr. Justice Doe maintained that, though Mr. Abbot himself denied that he was a Unitarian or a Christian, yet, upon the authority of such men as the extremely conservative Dr. Peabody and of the whole Unitarian denomination, he was in fact both. His remarks upon this and several other points will be found extremely diverting. The case occupies two hundred and sixty-six pages of the volume.

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UNITED STATES.

THE SUPREME Court. - This court came in at the beginning of the annual session to encounter a heavier docket than ever. Some six hundred cases stand on the list for argument, about seventy more than were on the calendar last year. The business of the court is nearly two years in arrears, and there seems little hope of ever reducing the constantly increasing accumulation, unless some radical reform is made in our system. The steady growth of our population, the creation of new states, the ever-varying experiments of constitution-makers and legislators, the more intimate business association between the citizens of different states, and the mass of litigation which of necessity has grown out of the general disturbance of established relations caused by the war, have increased enormously the business of the federal courts, and it is obvious that this increase must continue. If the court cannot keep up with its work now, it never will be able to. This is a very serious evil, which the legal profession is apt not sufficiently to appreciate. Delay of justice is in many cases equivalent to denial. A suitor who is told that he cannot obtain his undoubted rights in less than three or four years can hardly be convinced that justice is done him. The larger the amount involved, the more important that he should have what is due him instantly, the greater the possibility of delay; and when to delay is added the chance of error, leading to a reversal of a favorable decision, he may well feel that to litigate is to spend his substance for the benefit of a remote posterity, and prefer to take half what is due him rather than lose the whole.

A system which insures a delay of two or three years is a reproach, and its reform is imperative. The trouble is not in the court. The cases are heard as fast as they can be considered, and decided with no unnecessary delay. Indeed, in view of the large number of cases where the court is divided, we are inclined to say that hardly enough time is given to consultation, and that further time would be well spent in the effort to reconcile conflicting opinions. At the same time we recognize the fact that, with the constantly increasing docket, protracted consultations are impossible. Nor can we say that the annual sessions of the court should be longer. The difficulty is in the system, and certain remedies at once suggest themselves. The right of appeal should be much restricted; and the decision of the Circuit Court should be final, except in cases involving constitutional questions, cases where the court is divided in opinion, or considers the question of such importance as to certify that it should be carried to the Supreme Court, or cases where the amount involved is very large. We are not inclined to agree with those who think that in all cases the costs of appeal should be increased. If appeal is allowed at all, it is that justice may be done, and therefore it should not be fettered by burdensome

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