The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1914-09-22

1876, when he left the Republican
party under the leadership OF Ttlden,
Curtis, Greeley, Julian and other prom
inent men, who had become dissatis-
fled with Republican policies.
Judge Fox, who has worked by Mr.:
Studys side first in Centerville and
later in Richmond for forty-eight
years. said today that while he and
Mr.. Study have always been rivals to
some extent he respected him as one
Of the most able lawyers In eastern
Indiana.
"He was a student and knew his
books as we'll as any lawyer I ever
met" Judge Fox said. "He had rare
comprehension OF points in a case that
is had by only the most successful
attorneys. He had a wide vocabulary
and could express himself we'll ON any
point. He has been associated In
every big case l have heard in the
past twenty years and was identified
with the most prominent ones before
that time"
In Famous Cases.
Mr. Study was one of the attorneys
in the famous Morrison will case
twenty years ago in which Thomas
Study. Judge Fox. Henry U. johnson
and John F. Robbins engaged a jury
for three months, the longest trial
held in Indiana. The amount involved
was 100000 and Mr.. Study received a
fee of $4,000 for his services at the
close of the trial. He and Judge Fox
were the attorneys for the water
works company at the granting of the
franchise twenty-five years ago when
council revoked the charter and caus-
ed a spectacular court fight in which
the attorneys were Benjamin Har-
rison,, Abraham Hendricks, Mr.. Study
and Judge Fox.
He was regarded in court as one Of
the most feared attorneys in the state
because of his unyielding nature. He
seldom compromised case or point
and refused to accept informal pro-
cedure Of any nature, always insisting
on the use of the most formal legal
methods at every instance.
The attorneys of the county who
have been associated with Mr.. Study
for years relate stories of the frequent
brilliant coups by which Mr.. Study
won almost impossible cases.
Shows Brilliant Wit.
Although at most times, he attended
strictly to his legal business or his
political connections, he frequently
exercised a keen wit and in court
cases humiliating less brilliant attor-
neys.
Mr.. Study occupied the same office
for thirty-eight years. When he open
ed practice in Richmond he took an
office in the building at Sixth and
Main streets which he has occupied
since then.
Mr.. Study frequently aided law stu
dents and young lawyers and many of
the young men who left his office after
studying under him, settled in other
parts of the country as the best at
torneys. Mr.. Study refused advertis-
ing of any nature and refused to dis
cuss acts of kindness he performed.
Call Bar Meeting.
The Wayne county bar has been
| notified that a meeting will take place
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock in the
! circuit court room when resolutions on
Mr.. Study's death will be passed.
The funeral will take place at 1C
o'clock Thursday morning from his
| residence at Thirteenth and North A
streets.
His survivors are his widow
| Therese, his daughter, Therese -
| Porter of Evanston, a suburb of Chi
cago, Richard Study of this city. He
also leaves A. L. Study of this city
! ana Ut. j. N. STUDY OF Cambridge City
his brothers, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Cranor of Warren, Indiana, Mrs Nancy
A. Locke, Mrs. Mary l. Fairy of India
napolis, and Mrs. Martha M. Miller OF
! Berkeley. California, his sisters.
| Friends may call Wednesday from
2 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon or from
Z to 9 o'clock in the evening.
| Attend the johnson and Hiatt sale
! 1H miles northwest Dublin, Friday
| September o. 1o21