The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1919-10-09
LOOKING BACKWARD
CTwenty Third InstailmentD
Complied by Judge y. Il. Davis

TIN. act 81 tine legislature making
the paper money Of the Bank "i '-i'
Commonwealth legal tender was az
Judged Co. De- unconstitutional ~ ''it
.ir,-1if -.urr Of clark County. Al APP
PEEL was taken Co thc Court "i Apl"n
and fhe INDICTMENT was affirmed II
forts to remove ih- Judges 81 the
Court of Auuo.l~ were made h-t"Te
1871. hnt failed from lack Of the Two
thirds majority This controversy
.uoun FOO history az the old 'ouIi
Party and fhe New Court Party. me
2 ...i~iafHr,. cuuId not remove the jung
as OF fht. pld court hut could rrui'F
fheir -rlari,.~ o. ouc dollar a year
They attempted Co repeal the a'l tS
which fh. Court 81 Appeals hhd hs''ii
organized and Geo pass Hu ACT "tIiiiiN'i
% New Court such 20 hin was pa~Se'.
rs % large mu iurify No time was i"','
la organizing New Court. The cierh
OF fhc New Court forccuhly took p"-'1--
sion of fh. records The old 'ouri IN
fh,. meantime. denied tine constitutions
ifv 81 the. act. and continued 20 III ~
the Court Of Appeals and decided such
rn~eS as were brought before them
They were recognized as tho true court
by many lawyers and Circuit Court
Judges If the state. y number 81 cases
however were taken to the new court
and some az the Judges obcyed It's
mandates and refused Co recognize the
old court The decision Of the new
Court 81 Appeals are printed IN one
volutnue 81 tho Kentucky Reports hut
have never been referred To- iu any de
ci~ion Of the Court 81 Appeals since
This new court went ont Of existence IN
lS2J
There were four Judges Of This New
court of Appeals appointed 10y the
Governor. one az whom Rein Davide"
was afterwards judge Of the Circuit
Court OF Hickman County. u appears
from the records that he was for q
short time ia l~2,.. "a resident Of Mos
cow. Ky Judge Rein Davidee was
au able. profound advocate and juri~i
ia his day He was born in Baltimore
County. MARYLAND in t77o He recciv-
81 the. best education that could be- AZ
fardrd los the schools and colleges Of
This country. and then studied in Eu-
rope. He served as n mid-~hipman in
the United States Navy. After coming
% Kentucky. Judge Uuvidge first To-
Gated in RusScllville. IN Logan County.
hut soon after Christian County was
organized from a part of Logan Coun-
~. Judge Davidge located In Hopkins
Vile and was the first Commonwealth
Attorney Of the district. getting the APP
poinfmeut &C the first term Of the Cir-
cult Court in Christian County, March
>. lSn3
Ills reputation az q lawyer was 80
tahlishcd when he accepted the appoint
meut as one 81 tine Judge II the Court
81 Appeals ~ the New Court Party
ia IS.J In 1875 this new Court OF
Appeals was overthrowu by an act OF
the Legislature and its acts were de-
clarcd void. In 1881. the fourteenth
judicial district was formed which In
rlusrd Hickman County. and Rein Da-
vidge was appointed judge. He lived
Tor a while in Livingston County. from |
there ne moved % Princeton. Ky. af- |
ferwardS he moved back 10 Hopkins
willie where hr spent the RENAL Under ~
his life. dying about the year OF 1857. |
being uincfy-seven years old al the
time
About 1910 Hickman County became, |
"A part 81 the sixteenth district and |
Wiley 4. Fowler was appointed judge. /
lie was "A Judge Of the district In 1s45. |
when Fulton County was formed and |
was the first judge 10 hold Circuit /
Court in Fulton County.