Litchfield enquirer., 1847-04-08

lCIoms Gi,>stiSEtd with Il O ;i sCiivi'y o: i,xeulics, ke res erod is. IU'irg 'Le 'i"' of his incuml enty, bu, a small portion ot which was occupied hy ihe duties ol lLe ,nce. he prepared and published two works pnon his native subject, the law Ahe or,hese vas volumn Of reports o' ;.dicial decisions cf cur courts, an" ol 0'' ccrr,s. and of di>scr'icns upon Her'c"S 'rs"' ,,,,. ,i cur law. entitled Reports anT us
 :, Vkcse were lke first !udicIai de- examinations, ard ihe first issa. essays e'- credited CT ru:l!sksd in 'Le s'a'e' ar" ,,,r.h ,je authenticity of lhe former an" ,u,A,ri,y oc tie latter depend upon 'HS az curacy of Judge C.'s observa'icH ana t''0' ,er,,o,, and the correctness ot hlS re">o' . ing, i, has eyer teen considered an a"'"o'2 ,:ro work. and GeScisions and 09c'f'"'S ,he,e rcror,ed CT laid down. have al '''S esv su efec, li,ile less than conc'"'''e'- ,3ix o,ke- wolk was Principles ot 1oveFA-
 ,u which was subsequently enlarged
 -, .uera.d, and which will Ee noticed hereafter.
 Ee was again chosen Chief Justice Of the rrrreme Court iu l7S6, at the sane time was appointed one of committee to revise orr sia,u,e laws The duties of com r,;,,ee were mostly discharged by Una se C' alone. ,he result of which was the 'a~S o l7,7 which IS often spoken oi by our s''eS' ,awsc,s, as .teiug the best comp'la"o" we .o. n,xs.ssed. and which was said by those eon,o,,ea, to judge, to be the hest code oi ,.n.,hs, roula be found in the CongresSlon' nl Library at Washington
 Tn l7S7 ne was elected O' S. Ee"a''F' and served the state in ,ha'caPae''y onr''s ,be six succeeding yco:s. In his pol'.'e' "e ,.,s firmly attached to the Frinc'pIe o' Washington, Hamilton, and the e''e' A"' ~ and was desirCnS of having ihe se"e'' .,cor,rnr,ep, unuameled in the exeFc'se ol ,le powers given to il ty 'he cons'''u''o"' ,nd be,icy cd ,hase powers nc, 10 De 50 l'''''- ,s.s,o te of 10 eGicacy whatever. A' ,,.;o-, ,o the change of politics which maoe E,r Itcsrson president, that Judge CN'p'
 w,s no, re elcc;ca. He returned rom >vasb;u@ n to a full practice in the county and state, ard abcut this lime he fe"0'e' .,s residence from Rutland 10 the town ol lie frst settlement, and lived in J 'ntno""'
 .,;, his death, In 1913 he was one oi the Conncn of Cersors, lody peculiar 10 Vermont, chosen sep,ennially, whose oo'y !, is n inauire whether the constitution mas ,een preserved inviola,e durtg '"e '"s' scp,cnniary, and also 10 propose soch a'Hs"o- ner,s 10 it as they shall deem necessary md important. In October of this year. and also of the succeeding one, lol4' he was osaip chorcn Chief Justice Of the supreme Court. Af,er leaving the bench in iol'' "' continued in practice hu, few years
 OfJulge Chipman's character ana a''a'n ,ren,s as a lawyer il is unnecessary to speak; lis reputation ,hroughcu, tke state as rractilioncr, his elevation so ef'tn 10 ''s h;,hcst judicial station, and ,he character of his legal works all unite in repressn'''s him ss at ,he head of lis r'cfeSs'on' ana well justify the eu!ogium recently neS'oMso s.so
 hin, |, .hr IIcseEI Cn'el ]us'lce' VII" in an opinion of the Supreme Court recent ,v pronounced ty him in an important cast, s,eaks of Judge C. as "lhe di''nsu'Sne" and able judgc, and lawyer, and s'aleSma"' ,v,o has done SO much to give stability, ana farmland substance to cur laws, ana c'V'' q ,d noli,ical institutions, and who in tha' xav gave higher character to cur s'a'e than any ether man whatever.
 Tn 1915 Judge Chipman was chose" pro- tssor of Law in Midllehury College 10 .,rp,v the vacanay occasioned by 'he res's. nation of his brother, the Hon. DaA'e' Chf,n.n. This trust he continued 10 ho'o r, he time of his death. though the pfo'eS' sersh;p vas during several Of the last years os his life merely nominal one. Al me ;r.ornora,ion of this institution, in lsoO ne ,r,s n,aced at head of the board of its 'rus' ices, and so continued until his decease. He Tad previously, in l7S7, been ho"o'e' win the degree of LID, by Dartmouth Co'' leec. ,., .,x ,,,n
 ,..lre C's acquaintance win other oran' cl,. knowledge was but lille less e1'e"> s.yc ..an his legal auainmen's' lie "aS in:i .a,ely acquainted with the classics o' his .2.hcr tongue, and scarcely less so w'.n ,;:.s, of ,he Latin and Greek. oi itAe Wno'e caa;lc,er of the last two languages "o o"' had ! better knowledge and so great was "'' fon,oess for them, that he had made '"en' nearly as familiar as his own. lie oo ,.iocd a compe,cn. knowledge of the lie brew after his 40.h yea',f and during 1ne las, years of his life, he read from the VI" in the original. He vas aeep'y conversani with all the learning oi past lime and as intimately acquainted ~''n
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