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This report contained a stinging dissent
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by one of the, in ray humble opinion, great judges of the
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Court of Appeals, Judge Neal Parke. He dissented from
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the major conclusions and recommendations of the Commis-
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sion and in particular concerning the reduction in
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number of the Court of Appeals.
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Gentlemen, I mention this to you for this
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reason. Looking at the membership of this Commission
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and their descendents are here tonight, some of them,
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it certainly was comprised of able, well intentioned
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lawyers. But the recommendations, like many things in
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life, have not seen the light of day. If you will read
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this report, you can find it in the 1943 edition of the
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transactions of the Maryland State Bar Association,
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48th Annual Meeting, if you will read that concerning
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the Orphans Court, I defy any fair minded man to come
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to any conclusion other than the abolition of the Orphans
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Courts of the State of Maryland was heartily recommended
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by this Commission composed of goodlawyers and gentlemen
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for a basic reason, and that is the condition of the
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county courts with which I wasn't concerned until I read
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