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284, is one of the shortest opinions on record. "Dolus circuiter non purgatur.'' He constantly drew upon his vast store of case law for illustration and argument, to the unfailing interest of the profession, if not with uniform success with reference to the

technical learning was inferior to his own, he had no respect for technicalities, which lie never hesitated to brush aside when they interfered with an obvious principle. It was this combination of mastery of detail and clear sense which led to his employment in

MR. JUSTICE KEATING.

issue; but he never relied on mere authority where a principle could be discovered. An occasional tendency toward academical refinements, apparently inseparable from most scholastic minds, may be observed in his work, but it is almost invariably confined to the details of his exposition. His substantial conclusion is always marked by sound common sense. Un like so manv of his associates, whose

the preparation of the Common Law Pro cedure Acts. No one less familiar with the useless subtleties and effete technicalities of the legal system of that time, or less endowed with breadth of mind to free himself from their trammels, could have effected so com pletely and satisfactorily the revolution brought about by these acts. Though somewhat reserved in disposition, among his intimates he seems to have been a