According to "Hoso Yawa" (a night talk about the legal circle) written by Nobushige HOZUMI, Kenjiro UME had a clear head and he drew up the draft of the code very quickly, and in addition, he was ready to listen to the other two members of the drafting committee, Nobushige HOZUMI and Masaakira TOMII, and accepted their criticisms with open mind, even willing to change his own idea.
穂積陳重の『法窓夜話』によると、梅謙次郎は、鋭敏な頭脳を持ち、法文の起草をするのが非常に迅速で、起草委員会では、他の委員である穂積陳重、富井政章の二人の批評を虚心に聞き容れ、自説を改めた。