The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-08
MEMORY OF JUDGE HORTON
Shawnee County Bar Association
Adopts Resolutions.

The Shawnee County Bar association
met this morning in the district court
room and received the resolutions pre-
scented by the committee, and resolved
that they be spread upon the records
of the Shawnee district court and copies
be sent to the supreme court and the
United States district court. Short
talks were made by Judge s. H. Allen.
Judge D. M Valentine. David Overmyer
and T. w. Harrison. The resolutions
We're as follows:
The bar of Shawnee county is again
called upon to mourn the loss Of one OF
its members. Not only has a prominent
member of this bar been removed, but
in the death of Albert H Horton the
state at large has sustained the loss of
one whose life and work have diStin-
guished him as q citizen. lawyer ano
judge for over forty years. Nature most
generously bestowed on him mind of
rare clearness. force and capacity for
study and mental labor and great
strength of character. At an early age
he was placed in public positions of
responsibility and honor. Whether called
upon to act as city attorney of Atchi-
son, as judge of the Second judicial dis
trict, as United States district attorney
for the district of Kansas, or as chief
Justice of the supreme court of our
state, he so conducted himself in each
position as to honor the Office and
merit the approval of the people.
As chief Justice of the supreme court
of Kansas he contributed much of value
TO the legal literature OF the country.
and for over eighteen years served his
state with untiring industry and great
ability. Many important questions in
constitutional law and numerous cases
involving property rights, which have
established rules of property for Kan
sas. were settled by the court during
his term of service. and received the
benefit of his clear, forceful and logical
mind. He was in no sense q technical
lawyer or Judge, but looked rather to
the broad principles Of law and equity,
which are the safer guides to right
| Judgment.
| To the bar, his life is a worthy ex-
ample of the influence that rectitude OF
| conduct devotion to duty and high ap-
| probation of the dignity and RESPONSE
| bll1ty of the lawyers Office, have on q
| successful career in the legal profession.
To the judges on the bench, he has left
a commendable example of clearness
and conciseness in judicial opinions as
| well as of faithful, able and impartial
performance of the duties of one who
| occupies place of such eminence and
| Importance in the determination and
| protection of personal and public rights.
| Judge Horton was of kindly nature.
| always interested in the welfare of his
brethren of the bar, and especially con-
! siderate in his treatment of the younger
members of the profession. His mind
/ remained unclOuded and his interest in
| his profession continued till the last;
and when he felt that the end of his
| days on earth was surely approaching,
| attachment to home and to Kansas, the
| state of his choice, caused him to hasten
| back to die, surrounded by his family,
| amid the scenes of his useful life
We, the members of the bar of Shaw
nee county. tender to his widow and
family our sincere and heartfelt SYM
| pathy in their bereavement, fully re-
| a1izing that the vacancy he has left can
never be filled in this life.
S. H. ALLEN
| D. w. VALENTINE,
T. F. CARVER,
w. H. ROSSINGTON,
A. M. HARVEY,
Committee