The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1898-02-10
TGANTT NOW CHIEF JUSTICE
Promoted ts the Highest judicial Post
Within the Gift Of the People Of
Missouri Something Of His

Jefferson City, Ao, FEB Z-Ihe
State Supreme court in banc met
this morning, and Judge ". 81.
Williams, appointed to succeed Bar
clay, made his first appearance on the
bench. Judge James b. CAN'T an
nounced formerly the retirement of
Chief Justice Barclay and his cleo
ton as Chief Justice. Court in banc
then adjourned until February Is.
Division No. l also met to-day.
Judge g. 3. McFarIane announced
the retirement of Judge Barclay and
his own selection as presiding judge
of the division. No. then adjourn
ed until February %
The new Chief Justice is So years
of age and 10 vigorous health. He
is a native of Putnam county,
Georgia, and served throughout the
late Civil war in the Confederate
army in Stonewall Jackson's corps.
he was wounded four times, twice
at Gettysburg, once at the Wilder
ness, and was perman emily disabled
at Cedar Greek, in the Valley of
Virginia, October 10, 1864 After
the war he studied law under Col
onel L. n. White OF Macon, Georg
ia, and attended two sessions OF the
University of Virginia, and gradual
ed with the degree of Bachelor OF
Laws in July, 1868. He came to
Missouri ia the fall of 1868 and was
admitted TO the bar in st. Louis by
Judge Rombauer.
In 1869 he removed to Clinton,
Mo. He had large and lucrative
practice in that circuit, and in 1876,
Colonel John F. Phillips having
been elected to Congress, Judge
CAN'T was invited by Colonel
George g. Vest to take a place in
his firm at Sedalia. In 1878 he re-
turned to Clinton, and in 1880 was
elected Circuit judge of that circuit.
He served his term of six years with
great satisfaction to the bar and
people, but declined re-slection.
He was nominated at st. Joseph in
1890 by the Democratic State con-
vention for a position on the Su-
hanrh and a1aakal kxv
majority of 35,47s over both the Re-
publicans and Union Labor candi
dates. Judge CAN'T was elected
presiding judge Of division No. 2
upon the organization OF that div;-
sion in January. 1891, and has since
continually presided over it. He
makes a tiue presiding officer, is uni
formly courteous to his brethren
and the bar, and has splendid re.
cord as a laborious Judge, as his
opinions attest. He ranks among
the ablest members of the court. |
He has been intrusted with the duty |
OF writing the views of the court in |
many important cases. Recently his
opinion in Mathews VS., the st. Louis
and San Francisco Railway COM
pany in which be sustained the con-
ssitutionality OF the Missouri stat
ute making railroads liable for fires
they set out without regard to neg
ligence, was approved and affirmed
by the Supreme court of the United
States in the most complimentary
terms, that court adopted his Ian
guage to large degree. His dissent
ing opinion in the disbarment pro
ceedings against Mullins elected the
highest commend ation both from
the bar and from the legal period
icals
His professional brethren and friends
throughout the State will be glad
to know Of his advancement to the
highest judicial position in the State,
and predict that he will bear it's
henors mo destly and fulfllits duties
with credit to the State.
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