The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-02
COURT REORGANIZED

resigned and Hon. Henry w. Collier
 was elected to succeed him.
 COURT REORGANIZED 1 In 1882 the court was entirely reor- ganlzed and made a separate court, to consist Of three judges with terms of
 office for six years. Judges Lipscomb, Saffold and Taylor were elected, Judge Lipscomb again receiving the appoint ment as chief justice. In 1884 Judge Taylor resigned and was succeeded by Hon. Harry l. Thornton. In the latter part of the same year Judge Lipscombl resigned and was. succeeded by Hon. Henry Hitchcock. Judge Saffold being promoted to the post of chief justice. In 1856 Hon. A. +. Hopkins succeeded Judge Thornton. and in the same year Judge Saffold resigned, being succeeded by Hon. Henry W. Collier. Judge Hitch cock becoming chief justice. In 1887 | tJudge Hitchcock resigned and was suc- ceeded by Hon. Henry Goldthwaite Juoge Hopkins being advanced to the. chief justiceshp. In June of the same year Chief Justice Hopkins resigned, Being succeeded by Hon. J. J. Ormond, Judge Collier becoming chief justice. In 1S43 Judge Goldthwaite resigned and was succeeded by Hon. c. c. Clay Judge Goldthwaite had resigned to be- come his party's candidate for Con- stS's9 Ai JIG 4hopllt blStTlCl. -AIl6I d contest of memorable vigor and dash, he suffered defeat and then became a candidate for his old seat on the bench lie defeated Judge Clay before the general assembly. He died of yellow fever in 1S47. and was succeeded by
 Hon. Edward s. Dargan. Judge Or
 mond declined a reelection and was succeeded by Hon. William P. Chiffon. In 1S49 Judge Dargan succeeded Judge Collier as chief justice. Hon. Silas Parsons taking the place of asso- ciate vacated by Dargan. Parsons was succeeded in 1851 by Hoe. Daniel Cole man, who was. in his turn. succeeded by Hon. George GolIthwaite In the same year, 1851. the number of judges. was Increased to five. Hon. David P. Ligon and John D. Phelan being the additional members.
 Ip 1852 Chief Justice Dargan re- signed and was succeeded in that of flee by Judge Clifton Hon. Lyman Gibbons being appointed associate jus tice. In 1853 the membership of the court was reduced by law to three. and Hon. Samuel F. Rice became the third member. In January 1S56 JuGge Goldthwaite succeeded Judge Chiffon
 as chief justice, and Hon. A. J. Walker | fecame an associate justice. Judge Goldthwaite resigned almost immedi-. ateiy and was succeeded by Hon.
 George W. Stone. Judge Rice became chief justice. Judge Rice. resignng in
 January. 1859. was succeeded by A. J. Walker. Hon. R. w. Walker receiving the appointment thus vacated The war wrought no change to
 speak of in the judicial fabric dur ing the existence of actual hOstiIf- ties. In 1863 Judge R. w. Walker resigned and was succeeded by Hon. John D. PheIan. The lesisla-
 ture that convened at the close of the war elected. as members of the supreme court. Hons. X. !. Walker, William Byrd and Thomas J. Judge.
 ELECTION BY PEOPLE By the reconstruction" constitution
 of 1868. the election of judges was committed to the people, and on an election held Hons. E. w. Peck, Thcmas M. Peters and B. F. Safold were returned as judges of the supreme court. In 1873 Judge Peck resigned, Judge Peters became chief justice, and
 Hons Thomas J. Judge and Amos R.
 Manning associate Justices.
 In March, 1S76 Judge Adams died
 and was succeeded ny Hon. George
 W. Stone. In 1880 Judge Manning died
 and was succeeded by Hon. Henderson
 M. Sommerville In October 25, 1884, Judge Brickell resigned. Judge Stone
 becoming chief justice. and Hon. David Clopton was appointed associate. In
 1889 the number of judges was in-
 creased to four. and Hon. Thomas N.
 Mcclellan. then serving as attorney
 general, was appointed to the new
 place. Tn July. 1890, Judge Somerville
 resigned to accept a post under the
 general government and Hon. Thomas
 W. Coleman was appointed to succeed
 him.
 Tn O r1
 judges was once more raised to five
 and Richard W. Walker was appointed
 70 the new judgeship. Judge Clopton died in 1892. and Judee W. s. Thoring- ton was appointed to succeed him. At the August election, 1892. the follow ing judges were electad: Chief Justice, George W. Stone: associate Justices. Thomas W. Coleman. Thomas N Me Clellan. J. B. Head and Jonathan IIaralson.
 Tn 1898 Thomas N Mcclellan was elected chief justice and Jonathan Har- alson. John R. Tyson H. A. Sharpe and James R Dowdell were elected sso- ciates. The legislature of 1903 in- creased the number of justices from five to seven. to go into effect after the
 general election of 1904. In the cleo
 tion of 1904 Thomas N. Mcclellan was
 elected chief justice and Jonathan liar
 alson. John R. Tyson. James R. Dow
 dell R. T. Simpson. John c. Ander-
 son and N. D. Denson were elected as- sociates.
 ARRANGEMENT OF TERMS
 In order to comply with the constitu-
 tion as to the arrangement of the
 terms. and upon casting lots Anderson
 and Denson got six-ytar terms Harai-
 son and Simpson four years and Ty-
 son and Dowdell two years. Thomas
 N. Mcclellan died in 1906 and & D.
 Weakley was appointed to succeed him
 until the next general election at
 which John R. Tyson was elected chiet
 Justice and James R. Dowdell and
 Thomas C. Mcclellan were elected as-
 sociates. Tn 1908 R T. Simpson and
 J. !. Mayfield were elected
 In 1909 John R. Tyson resigned and James R. Dowdell was appointed to succeed him. A. D. Sayre of Monteom-