The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-04
ORANGE COUNTY JURIsTs.
Lawyers who Have Come from tho County
Celebrated for Cream and Buttermilk.


| Orange county. N. v. the most important Of
the dairy counties Of the State. is moro than
200 years old. having been organized on Nov.1.
1893. and having retained. with very little
| change since. its boundaries. one OF which Ia
formed by the State line OF New Jersey and the
other by the Hudson River. In an interview
published recently in THE Sun with the retired
New York lawyer. Luther II. Marsh. ne called
attention to tho fact that Hoffman, Duer
and Belts. three well-known Now York
lawyers were Orange county men, and
that 1t had contributed rather more than
its share to the number OF distinguished
| lawyers. Samuel Il. Belts was the first Dis
trct Attorney Of Orange county. Ogden Hoff-
man was the third. william Fullerton is a
native OF Orange county, and his brother.
Stephen W. Fullerton was County Judge OF
Orange many years ago. william j. Groo.
prominent In the politics Of the temperance
party in New York. was County Judge there.
OF the twelve Supreme Court Judges In the
Second district. including the counties OF Rich
mond Suffolk. Queens. Kings Westchestsr.
Rockland. Putnam. Duchess and Orange. two.
William d. Dickey and Michael Fl. HirschberR.
are Orange county men. and other Orange
county lawyers who are we'll known to the pub
lie are ex-Judge Enoch l.. Fancher. arbitrator
in the Chamber OF Commerce tribunal for
the adjustment OF commercial disputes
and Robert !: Dsyot who was born IL 1919.
formerly ,ass0ciated in partnership with
David Dudley Field, was member Of the Con-
stitutional Convention OF 1914 from New York
Commissioners appointed by Mayor Van Wyok
at the beginning OF his term Other Orange
county lawyers who gained distinction, at the
ence A. Seward and BENJAMIN +. DunninR.
Orange County Is in many respects one Of the
state. and it is one of those in which the wealth
of the inhabitants is quite generally diffused
The assessed value OF real estate In Orange
real estate is assessed at $4,000. 900 only
though Ulster is in area 30 per cent. larger
than Orange, and the total population Of
ment of persona estate Ulster appears
in the tax books for SO; 100000. while
ordnxH COUNTY 9ppsaTs soF nt and the me
the average than In Orange. These facts sup
ply some reason for the active PARTICIPATION Of
ness of the State. Tor wealthy community
such as Orange county is, with diversified in.
tercsts; gives opportunity for the exercise Of
Orange county to New York makes easy a
transfer OF residence
Judge Charles F. brown. who was the Demo
Supreme Court in the election Of 1894. was a
resident OF Orange county. and Municipal
elected to the bench Of that tribunal was the
unanimous choice OF all the parties in the dis
trct. being supported by Democrats and Re-
retains a home there. The total list Of Orange
county lawyers in active practice in New York
city is large and promises to be still larger
through the extension OF railroad interests In
Orange by companies havin their offices in
New York. Another county which has CON
lawyers in active practice here is Westchester
but. unlike Orange, Westchester has not fur
nished the State with many Judges. and has
been represented but rarely on the bench Of
the Court of Appeals,