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 A Noted Law Firm. Parker, Leon Abbott and Green. Pro hibited by the State constitution from serving a second successive term, he was then selected by his successor to fill a vacancy in the vice-chancellorship. His incumbency of this was interrupted by his decease in 1895, after several years of dis tinguished and popular service. He made a model jurist in that office. It was even a delight of the bar whenever the chancellor's discretion remitted an equity case for hear ing before Bob Green, as he was affection ately called by all lawyers at their messtables. It was a common phrase to hear in the court house at either Trenton or Jersey City, as an answer to the question what's going on upstairs, to hear, " Oh, the two Stocktons are at law with each other." The name of the attorney-general was Stockton which was the middle name of Vice-Chanccllor Green. This meeting of Bar Stock ton and Bench Stockton was always in legal purview highly interesting. He of the bar — as fine an orator as were Frelinghuyscn, Bradley, the two Parkers and Keasby in their day — was animated, emotional, and in fiery earnestness presented a curious con trast to him of the bench, whose statuesque

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calmness and punctilious attention were never disturbed by eloquent speech, al though his enkindling eyes might manifest a gratified interest. In Vice-Chancellor Green, Advocate Green had been wholly merged. The even judicial character of his nature had now found full scope. The policy for politics of the old advocate had vanished, and the ethics of the jurist and the equity of the controversy came into ex clusive play. Partner Vanderpoel was never allowed, as Partner Cuming was, the pleas ant duty of practicing before his old partner as vice-chancellor. Worn out by zealous devotion to his profession — indeed its very slave — Vanderpoel sought temporary rest and health abroad only to die in Paris of apoplexy, suddenly. Green survived him a few years when he also succumbed to hard work and to his inherited disorder of gout. Both left sons who were then already at the bar. The junior Vanderpoel was made part ner by Cuming in a new firm of Vanderpoel, Cuming and Goodwin, and by them their predecessor elders are remembered with never-ending affection. And to this memo rial I am sure all their legal compeers will say Amen!