Gate City Gas-Light Co. v. Farley

Simmons, Chief Justice.

1. It is well known to the members of the bar in this State that this court is overburdened with work. From *797the first day of the October term, 1894, to the day on which our judgment in this case was rendered, nearly four hundred cases of that term were heard and disposed of, and we have not yet begun the hearing of cases on the civil docket of the March term, 1895. The constitution requires us to dispose of every case at the first or second term after the writ of error is brought. In order to give each case due consideration, we need the assistance of the bar, not only…