Van Ness, State ex rel. P. & L. R. R. Co. v. R. Co. v. W Walter, Doggett v. Wilson and Wilson v. Broward, Winter, Price et al. v. 355 587 66 317 4 IN MEMORIAM. ACTION OF THE BAR OF TALLAHASSEE ON THE DEATH OF M. D. PAPY. At a meeting of the members of the bar and officers of the court, held in the Supreme Court-room, at the Capitol, in the city of Tallahassee, on Wednesday, 14th day of July, A. D. 1875, for the purpose of paying a tribute of respect to the memory of MARIANO D. PAPY, late a distinguished member of the bar, on motion of R. B. Hilton, Esq., Mr. Justice Westcott, of the Supreme Court, was elected chairman, and J. T. Barnard, Esq., secretary. On taking the chair, Justice Westcott said: My Friends and Gentlemen of the Bar: Death has again invaded the narrow circle of our professional brotherhood. But a few days since, amidst the anguish of his family, the sorrow of his friends, and the regret of the entire community, we bore the remains of the Honorable Mariano D. Papy to the tomb. Throughout this community-in which he lived, in which he was best known, in which he was loved and respected-you have seen abundant manifestation of a deep, a general and a heartfelt sorrow. All seem to realize the fact that his death is a public misfortune. We, as members of the profession which he, while living, honored, are here to-day to render a willing tribute to his memory, and to declare to his family, to his friends, to the judicial tribunals of his native State, and to the members of our profession, the position which he occupied among us as a jurist and a man. On motion of A. L. Woodward, Esq., a commmittee of three was appointed, consisting of A. L. Woodward, R. B. Hilton and George P. Raney, Esqs., to prepare suitable resolutions in memory of the deceased. Mr. Raney, in the absence of Judge Woodward, who was kept from being present by sickness, presented the resolutions of the bar, as follows: Mariano D. Papy, our lamented brother, having departed this life on Thursday last, after less than an hour's sickness, the members of the bar and other officers of the court have assembled to testify their profound regret at the melancholy and sudden event, and their high respect for his memory. He was a native of the city of St. Augustine, and in his boyhood came to Tallahassee, where he studied law, and was in 1844, before attaining his majority, admitted, under a special act of the Territorial Council, to practice. Upon the organization of the Supreme Court, he was appointed its clerk, and this position he continued to hold till the year 1850, with the highest satisfaction to the court and the bar. In 1852, Leon county, impressed with the rare promise he gave, elected him to the Legislature, and that body chose him, at the age of twenty-eight years, to fill the high post of Attorney-General of the State. The duties of this distinguished place he performed with great credit to himself and eminent satisfaction to his State. While Attorney-General he represented the State in the case in the Supreme Court of the United States involving the boundary between Georgia and Florida, and during the entire pendency of this controversy was of most valuable service to his State. Though during his life he held positions of public trust, and displayed in them rare abilities and energy, yet it was in the private walks of professional and social life, in managing and protecting the manifold private interests entrusted to his professional or personal care, in doing his duty towards his neighbors, that he was particularly distinguished. His primary intellectual attributes were quickness of perception and readiness of apprehension, with a capacious memory that faithfully retained whatever it received, and held it ever ready for available application. His powers of execution are seldom equalled. His resources were extensive and fertile, and by a great cultiva |