Viewing County & City Bar & Bench Category (47) found:"The Bar of Bemidji." (1909)."The Bar of Bemidji" was a four page section of a "Souvenir Edition" of the Bemidji Daily Pioneer published on March 27, 1909. It consisted of a page of photographs of seven lawyers followed by three pages of short profiles of eight lawyers and one firm. Those profiled were P. J. Russell, John L. B... Magdalene R. Sparrow: "Legal History and Law Enforcement in Big Stone County." (1981)Big Stone County was established by the legislature on February 20, 1862. In 1981, Magdalene R. Sparrow published a history of the county. She included a short chapter on lawyers who had practiced in the county, several of whom practiced more than a half-century. She also related several anecdotes ... Thomas Hughes: "The Bench and Bar of Blue Earth County" (1909).Thomas Hughes, a prominent Mankato lawyer, published a history of Blue Earth County in 1909. Unlike most county histories at this time, which were arranged by topics, he chronicled events year-by-year, giving an appearance of lasting significance to election results, storms, fires and similar pheno... "Bench and Bar of Brown County." (1916)The introduction to this chapter on the legal history of Brown County contains the following observation:
Fred W. Johnson: "County of Brown---District Court History." (1935)In late 1935, the "Brown County Journal," a weekly newspaper, published a series of five articles on the history of the county court system written by Fred W. Johnson, a community leader and a founder of the county historical society. ... Lycurgus R. Moyer: "Courts and Lawyers of Chippewa County." (1916)Lycurgus R. Moyer, the author of this article, served as probate judge in Chippewa County for two decades. It is based on his review of court records as well as his personal recollections. He begins with a paragraph about himself, then describes early court sessions, before concluding with several ... "Bench and Bar of Clay County." (1918)Clay County was established by the legislature on March 8, 1862. The county bar had eight members in 1883 and nineteen in 1917. Many lawyers who practiced in the county during these decades had active business interests in addition to their law practice. The lives of several judges profiled in th... "Bench and Bar of Cottonwood County." (1916)This history of the legal community of Cottonwood County consists of two pages of biographical sketches of seven men who practiced law or served on the bench. It begins with the curious statement (not typical of the many hagiographic county "bench and bar" histories written in preWorld War One) that... "The Bench and Bar of Dakota County" (1881).Excerpts from a "History of Dakota County and the City of Hastings" by Rev. Edward D. Neill and J. Fletcher Williams published in 1881 are posted here. They include a section on the territorial judges, biographical sketches of eight lawyers and judges, and an account of the murder of a soldier by ... Francis M. Crosby: "Bench and Bar of Dakota County." (1910)Anecdotes about early court cases, accounts of early court sessions and profiles of the judges who served in Dakota County from territorial days to 1910 are included in this article, which appeared first in a two volume history of Dakota and Goodhue Counties. The longest profile is that of District ... Dodge County Bench and Bar. (1884)A history of Dodge County, published in 1884, did not cover much ground because it had been established only twenty-nine years earlier. Nevertheless, during this brief period, the county's legal establishment underwent a great upheaval, becoming a casualty of the construction of the Winona & St. Pet... Constant Larson, "Bench and Bar of Douglas County" (1916).Biographical sketches of the lawyers who practiced and judges who served in Douglas County, Minnesota, during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries appeared in the first volume of a two volume history of Douglas and Grant Counties published in 1916. It was written by Constant Larson (1870-1... J. A. Kiester: "The Bench and Bar of Faribault County" (1896-1904).Jacob Armel Kiester arrived in Faribault County in 1857, and began a lifetime of public service. He was county surveyor, register of deeds, county attorney, court commissioner, state representative, state senator, and, for over twenty years, probate judge.
"Bench and Bar of Fillmore County." (1912)This legal history of Fillmore County begins in the spring of 1853, when the first grand jury was drawn in Winona. Like other county histories, it relates anecdotes about early trials and contains short profiles of early lawyers and judges. It names the twenty-two "leading members" of the county b... Henry A. Morgan: "Bench and Bar of Freeborn County." (1911)Henry A. Morgan made multiple contributions to a history of Freeborn County published in 1911. First, he wrote a chapter on the "Bench and Bar," which contains short biographical sketches of fifty-eight lawyers and judges who lived, practiced and served in the county beginning in the 1870s and cont... "Bench and Bar of Grant County." (1916)Grant County was established on March 6, 1868, by the legislature. The first lawyer arrived in the early 1870s; more arrived in the 1880s; but like many other lawyers in rural areas in this state in this period, they practiced only briefly in the county before moving elsewhere.
"Justice Court in Houston County" (1882)A history of Houston County published in 1882 repeated several anecdotes about cases tried or attempted to be tried in justice court in the 1850s. ... "Courts and Lawyers of Houston County, Minnesota" (1919).The number of lawyers in a community is a reflection of its size and prosperity.
Early Justice Court in Jackson County (1910).Proceedings in Justice Court in Jackson County in the 1860s are retold in this article. They appeared first in a history of the county published in 1910. ... "Bench and Bar of Lac qui Parle County." (1916)Lac qui Parle County was established by the legislature on March 6, 1871. This article covers over fifty years of the bench and bar of the county in four pages. Four judges served the county from 1875 to 1916. In 1916 there were ten members of the county bar, one of whom was the clerk of court, ano... Peter H. Konzen: "Bench and Bar of Kittson County." (1909)This is a highly personalized history of the bench and bar of Kittson County written by Peter Henry Konzen, a prominent attorney. After devoting two pages to early terms of the district court, Konzen announces that he will avoid "the monotony of legal routine" by describing two amusing trials--the ... "Bench and Bar of LeSueur County." (1916)This history of the "bench and bar" of LeSueur County has short, informal and sometimes gossipy biographical sketches of lawyers and judges who practiced and worked in the county from the 1860s to 1916, when it was published. Among those profiled are the eccentric Judson James, who gave up law to ... Gilbert I. Larson: "Early Litigation in Lincoln County." (1936)Thirty years after he first settled in Lincoln County, Gilbert Larson wrote "History of Lincoln County" that was comprised of his recollections of people and events in the early years of the county. It was later included in an anthology published in 1936. Three excerpts from Larson's "History" are ... "The Lawyers of Luverne" (1899). On December 20, 1899, the weekly "Rock County News" published a "Souvenir Edition" of the paper. A supplement to the regular paper contained sketches of merchants, doctors, newsmen, tradesmen and other prominent residents of the county. Four lawyers were profiled:
Arnold P. Rose, "The Bar of Lyon County" (1912).Unlike most county histories published before the First World War, Arnold Rose did not include a separate chapter on the "bench and bar" in his history of Lyon County (1912). A dozen practicing lawyers were subscribers--that is, they helped finance the publication of the book--and in return had fl... "Judges and Lawyers of McLeod County." (1917)This article on the McLeod County bar appeared as a chapter in a history of that county published in 1917. It is typical of most histories of county bars in this state and elsewhere published during this era. It consists of twenty short profiles of judges and lawyers who served and practiced i... Judge Abner Comstock Smith, "The Judiciary of Meeker County" (1877).Judge Abner Comstock Smith's fills one chapter in his history of Meeker County published in 1877 with accounts of several cases that came before Justices of the Peace and District Court Judges in the first two decades of the county's existence. The cases are described with considerable levity. ... Patrick J. Casey: "The Law Comes to Meeker County." (1968).In 1968, Patrick J. Casey published a history of Meeker County which contained a short chapter on its early courts and litigation. He also compiled lists of officials who served during the county's first 100 years. These chapters are reproduced in this article. ... Clara K. Fuller: "Bench and Bar of Morrison County." (1915)The first lawyer arrived in Morrison County, Minnesota, in 1854 and left in 1863. In 1876, there was one lawyer in the county, and by 1884, there were two. Lawyers came and went---a phenomena that was not uncommon in every county in this state, rural or urban. It took decades before Morrison County... "Judicial History of Mower County" and "The Bar of Mower County." (1884)This two-part article covers the legal history of Mower County from the mid-1850s to the mid-1880s. The first part describes early court sessions and several criminal cases, the second gives short, generally positive, profiles of members of the bar. This period in the history of the county was punct... Lafayette French: "Bench and Bar of Mower County." (1911).This chapter on the Mower County bench and bar appeared in a history of that county published in 1911. It contains short profiles of many lawyers and judges who practiced and served in the county from the 1870s to the time of publication. It also has short accounts of "notable cases," in which the a... "Bench and Bar of Nicollet County." (1916)"The bar in Nicollet county has not had a large number connected with it." So begins this thumbnail sketch of the "bench and bar" of Nicollet County, published in 1916. Counting the names of the lawyers and judges listed in this history, it appears that less than thirty men practiced law in Nicollet... "Bench and Bar of Norman County." (1918)This history of the legal community of Norman County contains biographical sketches of lawyers and judges who worked there from the 1880s to the First World War. Two historic patterns emerge. First, almost all lawyers beginning practice in the county from the 1890s onward had attended a law school.... John W. Mason: "The Otter Tail County Bar" (1916).John W. Mason practiced law in Fergus Falls from 1871 to 1916 when he retired. He represented the Great Northern Railway from 1883 to 1910. During those decades he was reputed to have appeared before the state supreme court more than any other "country attorney." Like other pioneer lawyers, he was... "Judicial History of Polk County." (1909)Polk County was established by the legislature on July 20, 1858, but the first term of the district court was not held in that county until June, 1879, "in a new store building" in Crookston. "During the earlier seventies," according to this history, "there was not much need of legal services" in th... Alfred C. Dolliff: "Courts, Cases and Attorneys of Redwood County." (1916)Many county histories were written during the progressive era and all contained a section on the bench and bar. Typically the names of lawyers and judges in the county were listed, accompanied occasionally by brief biographical data.
James McBride George: "The Bench and Bar of Renville County." (1916)This article lists lawyers who practiced and judges who served in Renville County from the mid-1860s to 1916, when it appeared in a two volume history of that county. It also recounts early court sessions, several grisly murders, and cites all the appeals from the district court to the supreme court... "History of the Bench and Bar of Duluth and St. Louis County." (1910)This is a chapter on the bench and bar of Duluth and St. Louis County that appeared in the two volume "History of Duluth and St. Louis County" published in 1910. Though the author of the chapter is not listed, it undoubtedly was written by or with the assistance of Judge Josiah D. Ensign, who served... "Firsts" in the History of the Bench and Bar of Duluth and St. Louis County. (1921)A multi-volume history of Duluth and St. Louis County, published in 1921, chronicled year-by-year noteworthy events, including the "first" court session, the "first lawyer" in Duluth, the "first lawyer" in the county, the "first lawsuit," the "first" journal of the district court, and so on--hence t... "Courts, Cases, District Judges and the Bar of Steele County." (1887)The authors of this article wrote that they had "grouped together all that we could learn regarding courts, cases and the bar of Steele County" but they acknowledged omitting those cases on which "the memories of old settlers" differ or which "might give pain and cause dispute" because the intereste... Wesley A. Sperry: "The Legal Profession of Steele County." (1910)To a joint history of Rice and Steele Counties published in 1910, Wesley A. Sperry, a prominent Owatonna lawyer, contributed a chapter on the Steele County judiciary and bar. Consistent with the style of county histories of that period, he wrote short profiles of the three judges and dozens of lawy... "Bench amd Bar of Wabasha County" (1884) and "Early Courts and Lawyers of Wabasha County." (1920)The first of the following two articles on the legal history of Wabasha County was published in 1884 in a history of the county. Entitled "Bench and Bar," it reviews early terms of the district courts, recounts amusing anecdotes about Alexis Bailly and J. A. Criswell, the county's first and second j... "Bench and Bar of Waseca County." (1887)The first lawsuit in Waseca County was the successful prosecution of a claim jumper for "willful trespass" in the summer of 1856. The first lawyer who resided in the county was admitted to practice in October of the following year. Three decades later, there were eleven lawyers practicing in Waseca... "The Bar of Watonwan County." (1916)This history of the bar of Watonwan County begins with the observation that "the legal profession is no longer looked upon as one in which trickery and deception are practiced to gain a large retainer fee." This must have gratified the eight lawyers who composed the county bar in 1916, when this art... Arthur H. Snow: "Bench and Bar of Winona County" (1913)In this article, Judge Arthur H. Snow describes early court proceedings in Winona, then part of Fillmore County, in the territorial period, profiles many territorial lawyers, provides brief accounts of the formation and membership of the Winona County Bar Association and the Winona Bar Association,... "Courts and Officers of the Courts of Winona County" (1883)This article lists the names and terms of judges, clerks of court, county attorneys, sheriffs and probate judges who served in Winona County from the 1850s to 1883. It appeared first as a chapter in "History of Winona County" published in 1883. ... John T. Alley: "Bench and Bar of Wright County." (1915)Profiles of judges who served in Wright County and lawyers who practiced there beginning in the early 1850s and continuing for the next sixty years, are contained in this article, which appeared first as a chapter in a county history published in 1915. Typical of county legal histories published in ... |