Judge Hugo: Hanft: A year has passed since last we met iinnnn this room upon a similar occasion, another year of momommmmentousentous import to State and Nation as well as Bench and Bar, so closely associated.

It is fitting that at stated times Bench and Bar ceasecease their labolaborsrs to pay tribute to ththee memory of those of their associateassociatess whose voices in the halhalhallshal ls of justice have been sealed forforever.ever. This is thethe day set apart by the judges of the district cocourturt for such memorial exercises,exercises, and all matters upon spespecialcial tetetermte rm are passed for one week

Mr. Ryan, as president of the Ramsey Bar Association, ififif you kindly report the names of the members deceased duduringring the past year, together wwwithwith the members of the commitcommitteetee who have been appointedappointed to prepare the memorialmemorials.s.s.s.

Mr. Ryan: (Reads as reqrequested)uested) and moves the memorials be read upon the minutes.

Memorials to the following were presented:

Francis Buchanan Tiffany Henry B. Wenzell Frederic A. Pike Stiles W. Burr Morton Barrows Frank Ford Frederick Boyd Phillips

Judge Hanft: The judges of this court concur with thethe sentimsentimentent expressed in the various memorials. The motion of ththee President of the Bar AssocAssociationiation is granted. The clerk is ininstructedstructed to spreadspread these memorials upon the minutes of tthishis court, and to furnfurnishish copies thereof to the ffamiliesamilies of various deceased.

As a further token of respect to the memory of thosethose ooff ooourour brethbrethrerererenn who have departed this mundane sphere, this coucoucourt cou rt now stands adjourned without date.

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Memorial to FRANCIS BUCHANAN TIFFANY, presented by the Ramsey County Bar Association to the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, at a special term of the Court held on Saturday, March 27, 1937.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT:

OnOnOn behalf of the Bar of Ramsey County, the following memememorialem orial to Francis BuchanBuchananan Tiffany is respectfully subsubmimimimitted:tted:

Francis Buchanan TiffanTiffanyy was of New England parentageparentage and his boyhood days and early life were spent in the EaEast.st.st.st.

He was born in Springfield., Massachusetts, on AprilApril 226,6, 1855. His father was a distindistinguishedguished Unitarian Minister, the Reverend Francis Tiffany. HiHiss mother was Esther Brown

AftAfteeeerr attending ggrammarrammar and preparatory school, hhee stststudiedst udied for a short time in Germany and then entered HarHarvavavavardrd University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor ArArtstststs degree in the year 1877.

Upon his grgraduation,aduation, he determined to study law, andand matriculated in the Harvard Law School, from which he received a Bachelor of Laws degree in the year 1880. HHeeee was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in the year 1881, and began the practice of the law in Boston in that yeayear.r. He rereremainedre mained in active prpracticeactice in Boston until 1887, whenwhen hhhehe came to St. Paul, where he remained until his death. He wwwas was marrimarrieded to Nina Moore on October 16, 1889.

His first associate in St. Paul was Mr. Henry B. Wenzel, for many years thethethe Minnesota Supreme Court reporter. ThereThereafterafter he became associated with Mr. Wade Hampton under the firm nnameame of Yardley & Tiffany,Tiffany, and continued in the active prapracticectice of the law until Mr.Mr. Tiffany retired from active ppracticeractice in 1930.

Mr. Tiffany was ttrulyruly a student of the law. He delighteddelighted in original researcresearchh work and in the exploration of legal fields, new or old. He was profound and thorough in all that he did. For several yearyearss he was a

3 member of the American Law Institute and took a keen interest in the work ooff that body. He was recognirecognizedzed by the bar as a legal authorauthor of ability. In 1893, he wrote a text book on the subjectc t of “““Death “Death by Wrongful Act." In 1895, he wrote a text book entitledentitled "Hand Book of the Law OOOf Of Sales," followed in 1903 by "Hand Book of the LawLaw of Principal and Agent" and in 1912 "Hand Book of the Law of Banks and Banking." He wwasasasas the author of "Tiffany's Form Book."

Mr. Tiffany annotated the General Statutes of 1894, which were compiled by hhisis associate, Mr. Henry B. WenzelWenzel.. In 1912, he was retained by the Minnesota Statutes Compilation Commission, as editor of the Minnesota General Statutes 1913. He also compiled the 1917 supplement to the GeGeneralneral Statutes of Minnesota.

While modest and retiring by nature, he was at the ssameame time much interested in civic matters and was unusualunusuallyly well informed, on all public affairs. In 1906, at the insisteninsistencece of many ooff his friends, and rather against his own inclinainclinationstions he became a candidate for the Council of the City of St. Paul and was elected as AAldermanlderman for the Seventh Ward, which position he held in the years 1906 and 1907.

Deeply and sisincerelyncerely intinterestederested in legal subjects and legal education, and feeling that there was need for a night school taught by lawyers in active practice, it was natural that Mr. Tiffany should have been one of a group of earnest memenn to organize the St. Paul College of Law. That school was foufoundednded in 1900 and Mr. Tiffany then became a member of the facfacultyulty and so remainremaineded for almoalmostst thirty years. In 1916, he became the Secretary of the Law School, which position he held until he retired from active practice in 1930.

Respected by all who came in contact with him his charcharacteracter and attributes impressed themselves upon the school and upon its studestudents.nts. His infinfluenceluence and the high standard set by him are in llargargee measure responsible for the enviable position now held by the St. Paul College of Law.

There are many members of this bar who were fortunatefortunate enough to have

4 studied under him. They remember his sinsincerity,cerity, his complete mastery of the subject taught by him, his kindly patiencepatience,,,, his thorough and learned presentation.

His studstudentsents respected him, admired him, venerated him. He was never too busy to help them and assist them in their problems. With that kindly smile of his and showing the deepest sympathy, he inspired confidence.

He was a mamann of the highhighestest integrity, exemplified the finest ideals of the profession aandnd was regarded by all who ccameame in contact with him with respect and affection.

For more thththath aaann thirty years, he had been an active member of the UniUnityty Church of St. Paul, and during that period of tititime ti mememe,, he hheldeld various positions of responsibility in the churchchurch....

Mr. Tiffany died in this City on the 25th day of October, 1936, survivedsurvived by his widow, Nina M. Tiffany, their daughdaughteteteter,r,r,r, Esther Allison Tiffany, and a brother, Walter C. Tiffany, who resideresidess in Seattle, WashingtonWashington....

Mr. Tiffany’s memory will lolongng be cherished; his influence will longlong be felt.

Respectfully submitted, JUDGE OSCAR HALLAM, W. H. GURNEE, JAMES C. OTIS, Chairman.

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Memorial to HENRY B. WENZEWENZELL,LL, presented by the Ramsey County Bar Association to the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, at a special term of the Court held on Saturday, March 27, 1937.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT:

On behalf of the Bar of Ramsey County, the following memorial to Henry B. Wenzell is respectfully submitted:

In concludinconcludingg an introductorintroductoryy note to the 59th volume of Minnesota RRReportsReports Charles C. Willson wrote, "I have resigned my laborslabors as reporter close with this my twelftwelfthth volume." That wawaswa s in 1896. WitWithh the 60th volume Henry B. Wenzell began his notable career extending over a period of thirtythirty----sevenseven yyyearsyears as Reporter for the Supreme Court of the State ofofof MinnMinnesota.esota. He resigned in 1931 aatt the age of 78, having reported and edited 123 volumes comprisincomprisingg approxiapproxi---- mately 20,000 decided cases. Under an earlier practice these would bebebe known as the Wenzell Reports.

Henry Burleigh WetzWetzellell was born in Newton, MassachuMassachusetts,setts, oonn AAprilpril 21, 1853. He attended the CamCambridgebridge High School and was graduated from Harvard College with tthehehehe class of 1875. After three years of travel in Europe and stustudydydydy at the Universities of Leipzig and Goettingen he entered tthehehehe Harvard Law School in tthehe fall of 1879, from which he rereceivedceived the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1881.

FraFraFrailFra il in body as a young man and denied insurance atat thehehe usual rates, he came ttoo Minnesota soon after graduation where he lived in health and happiness to the ripe age of 83.

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Here he was admitted to the Bar on April 20, 1883, and soon formed a partnership wiwiwith wi th his college friend and classclassmate,mate, Francis B. Tiffany,Tiffany, whose memory we also honor totoday.day. Together they annotated and published the first compilaticompilationononon of the General Statutes of Minnesota in 1894.

He was married on June 19, 1909, to Susan Maria Morin. ThThTheyTh ey lived during their later years at Stillwater in a spaciospaciouusususs homestead overlooking the valley of the St. Croix. Her deadeathththth preceded his own on OctOctoberober 23, 1936 by only twentytwenty----threethree days.

As a lawyer Mr. Wenzell was diligent and able. His privprivateate practice continued in a measure over a period of thirthirtyty yearsyears,years , and for fourteen of those years he was local attornattorneyeyeyey for the Wisconsin Central Railroad.

As a reporter he wwasasasas meticulous. His work gave him a wide acquaintance among the members of the Bar. It was hihiss constant purpose to make the official reports available as promptly as carecarefufufufull preparation would permit. As a man he was upright, friendfriendlylylyly and vital.

Deprived thrthroughough deafness of many of the social intimacintimaci iiies,es, he was deeply attached to his older frienfriends,ds, aandndndnd endowed with an alert intellect and a genial nature, he wwasasasas well beloved by those who knew him best.

Mr. Wenzell came of distinguished New England lineagegege and, as a fosterfoster----brotherbrother in Boston writes, "he was very proud of his numerous RevolutiRevolutionaryonary ancestors." History and ggeeeeneaneaneanealogylogy were among his chiechieff avocations. He was a life memmemberber of the Minnesota HistoricalHistorical Association and a memmemberberberber of the Society of Colonial Wars and of the Sons of the AmerAmericanican Revolution.

The son of a Harvard graduate and himself the recipirecipientrecipi ententent of two degrees from that University, he was throughout his life a loyal son of Harvard. For more than twenty years was Secretary of the Minnesota Harvard Club, and was a member and Corresponding Secretary for MinneMinnesotasota of the Harvard Law School AAssociation.ssociation. He carried the familfamiliiiiarararar green bag to the end of his days.

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In his professional relarelationstions Mr. Wenzell was activeactive and helpful. He was a member of the Minnesota and AmeriAmericancancancan Bar AssoAssociationsciations and at different times served tthehe Ramsey County Association as Treasurer and as a member of its governing Board. He considered himself a debtor to his profession.

The name of Henry Burleigh Wenzell will be remembered with peculiar pleasure and affeaffectionction by those who knew him while memory lastslasts,, and will be perpetuated in the books as lolongng as decided cases are consulted in deciding the case at bar.

Respectfully submitted, HOMER CLARK, NORMAN FETTER, LOUIS HEADLEY, Chairman.

[ Wenzell’s photograph is from Men of Minnesota (1915) ]

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Memorial to FREDERFREDERICIC A. PIKE, presented by the Ramsey County Bar Association to the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, at a special term of the Court held on Saturday, March 27, 1937.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT:

On behalf of the Bar of Ramsey County, the followingfollowing mmemorialemorial to Frederic A. Pike is respectfully submitted:

On thithissss occasion we can only briefly relate a few of the inincidentscidents and activities in the long life of public and private professional service of Frederic A. Pike and inadequately exexpresspress our loss in his sudden deatdeathh on September 17th of the year just passed. He was suddenly stricken by a heart attack while conversing with friends in the corridor of the State CapitCapitol,ol, thus bringing to a close the career of one of oourur most useful, citizens.

Mr. Pike was born at Oshkosh, Wis., in 1863, the son of CCCh Chhharlarlarlarleses Edward PiPike,ke, also a lawyer and the founder and. edediiiittttoror of the Oshkosh NorthNorthwestern.western. He attended the University at Madison, where he received his A.B. degree in 1885 and the degree of Bachelor of Laws in 1888. He came to St. Paul and was admitted to practice in DeceDecember,Dece mber, 1888, by Judge WiWiWilliam Wi lliam Louis Kelly. He was assistant city attorney ofof St. Paul from 1893 to 1895 and served as a member of the citycity cocounciluncil in 1892 when the council was elected from the city at large.

In those days he lived in what is now called ththeeee MidMidway way District and frequently rode to and from the city on hhisisisis bicycle. In 1913 he was appointed special assistant to the Attorney GenGeneraleral of the United StaStatestes and given charge of the litigalitigationtion to protect the rightsrights of the Chippewa Indians. Many YearYears sss later, when he was in the oofficeffice of the Attorney General of, MinMinnesota,nesota, he was visited by a delegationdelegation of Indians wwhoho remembered his services in behalf of ththeireir tribe andand called to pay their respects and express their gratitude.

Hid preparation for his life work was thorough. His legal researesearchrch and his expression of legal principles were greatly aided by his thorough knowledge of Latin. Every resourresourcccceeee,,,, whether arising from his native

9 ability, his academic and lelegalgalgalgal education or his broad expexperience,erience, was always at his comcommand.mand. With his clear powerful voice,voice, a remarkable command of English and a general appearance which inspiredinspired confidenconfidence,ce,ce,ce, he was alwayalwayss able to present his arguments and ideas to Court, the jury or an audaudienceience in pleasing and convincingconvincing mamamanner.ma nner.

He enjoyed the fellowship of his friends and they enjoyednjoye ddd the frank and hhheartyhearty expression of his jovial personality in their association with him. He had a keen sense of humor anandddd his hearty laugh will long echo in the ears of his friends.

He was wwellell acquainacquaintedted with the Bible and could quoquotttteeee many passages readily and aptly. He taught a Sunday SchSchoolool class in his early years and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Church at the time of his death.

Love of art and poetry is but another avenue of expression of the versatile personality of Fred Pike.

In his later years his chief pleasure was in living over again his life as a student at WiWisconsin.sconsin. He attended the reunionreunionssss of his class and colcolcol- col --- lected mucmuchh original material frfromom old recrecords.ords. In 1935 he published a book entitled "A Student at WisWisconsinconsin Fifty Years Ago,"Ago," a beautiful Memorial to his love ooofof his Alma Mater and his apappreciationpreciation of those halcyon daysdays....

He gladly gave of his time and talent in the performance of the ddutiesuties of citizenshicitizenship.p. From the history of his foreforebearsbears we might concludeconclude that he inherited this sense of cciiiivicvicvicvic duty. His father was a member of the Maine Legislature as an antianti----slaveryslavery WWhig;hig; later, one of the founders of the RRReReeepublicanpublican party in MassMass.. and a member of the Legislature there. Another ancestor, Major Robert Pike, commemoracommemoratedtedtedted by Whittier in prose and verse, opposed the witchcrwitchcraftaftaftaft hysteria and the persecution of the Quakers.

With this background it is easy to see, how, in his youngyoung,, manhood, FrFreded Pike was ggreatlyreatly influenced in his political philosophy by two books of Edward Bellamy: "Looking BackBackward,"ward," published in 18881888 and "Equality" in 1897. From these he drew an idealism which was

10 characteristic of his politipoliticalcalcalcal activities. While he was a fififirmfi rm believer in democracy he was not blind to the difficultidifficultieses which hindered the accomplishaccomplishmentment of his ideals.

When he was appointed Deputy Attorney General in 19333333 hhhe he was assigned to the telephone rate case. This involved the assimassimilationilation of a mass of evevidenceidence already taken and the preparation and presentatiopresentationn of a large amount of additional evidenevidence.ce. In the successful handling ooff this problem he demonstrated his capacity to comprehend and analyze a mass of facts and figures, and computations of a most iinntricntricatetric ateateate character ananandan d then evolve a theory of rate determdeterminatiinatiinationon favorable to the State and yet contrary to prior theories and decisions on raterate making.

AnoAnotherther noteworthy accomplishment was drafting the lawlawss to carry out the new IndusIndustrialtrial Program of North Dakota. In the ffaceace of adverse public opinion and the opposition of able counsel he charted a course in a new field which avoided the constitutional pitfalls aandnd which he was able to successfully ddefendefend in the Supreme CourtCourt of tthehe United States.

These are two outstanding examples of his unusual mental capacity. No problem appalled him. With calm delibdeliberationeration he apprapproachedappr oached every question and applied the fundamental principles in which he was so thoroughly grounded.

While he enjoyed the contcontemplemplemplationation and solution of these professprofessionalional problems, he derived as much pleasure and showed as much skill in frequent contests with the expert exexpopopoponentsnents of the game of chess.

As coco----workersworkers in the political field we have won and lost together.together. His optimism and faith and cheer have tempered the loss. His diplomacydiplomacy has settled many party differences; his judjudgmentgment pointed the way to continue the battle. While recollections last we shall cherish these memories of FrFrFredFr ededed PPPikPikikike.e.e.e. Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK N. DICKSON, ASA G. BRIGGS, ROY C. SMELKER, Chairman.

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Memorial to SSSTILESSTILES W. BURR, presented by the Ramsey County Bar Association to the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, at a special term of the Court held on Saturday, March 27, 1937.

MAY IITTTT PLEASE THE COURT:

On behalf of the Bar of Ramsey County, the following memorial to Stiles W. Burr is respectfully ssubmitted:ubmitted:

SSStilesStiles W. Burr was born November 13, 1868, at Mount VVVernon,Vernon, Ohio, the son of WaWalterlter T. Burr and Clara Martin Burr. He died July 18,18, 1936, at Spokane, Washington.

HisHisHis father, Walter T. Burr, served throughout the Civil WaWaWarWa r in an Ohio Calvary RegimeRegiment.nt. Shortly after the birth of StStilesiles the family movedmoved to Washington, D. C., where thetheyyyy livlivlivedliv ed for a time, and in 1876 they came to St. Paul, where the fatfather,her, Walter T. Burr, practicedpracticed law and served as Judge of the Municipal Court. Stiles attended the publicpublic schools of St.St.St. Paul and the University of Minnesota, and graduated from ththee UniverUniversitysity Law School in 1889, when he was not yet 21 years of age.

His father diediedd about this time, and Stiles took over his father's law practice and the responsibility of caring for his widowed mother and the younger children of tthehehehe family, although it wawass several months before he attained his majority and could be admitted to the Bar. During the interval his guide and counsellor was the late Timothy PalPalmer,mer, a St. Paul attorney whom many will recall, who gave free of his advice and assistance to the young lalawyer,wyer, and loanloanedededed his name to Stiles' pleadings; and in after years Stiles oft expressed his deep apprecipreciationation of this kindness he had rereceivedceived at the hands of "Tim" Palmer.Palmer.

To the older lawyers of St. Paul, who knew Stiles Burr, it unnecessary to say that from the beginning of his practipracticececece,, he displayed a vigor and eeenergy,energy, which, with his fine mind and character, soon brought him to the forefront of his concontemporariestemporaries in the practice of the law. He practicepracticedd in StStSt.St . Paul independently until the year 1913, when he becamebecame partner in the firm of Davis, Kellogg & Severance. At ttthe thehehe end of that year he witwithdrewhdrew from that firm and continued his individual practice, in

12 association with Horace H. Glenn until the year 1923, when he removed to Washington, D.D.C.,C., his prpracticeactice at that time hhavingaving become specialized in FedeFederrrralalalal income and capital stock tax matters, in which he bbecameecame recognized authority. In the summer of 1935 he returned St. Paul for the last time, on his way west on a customacustomaryryryry annual western vacatiovacationn tritrip,p, in failing health, and went imimmediatelymediately to Spokane, Washington, where he remained until his death in July, 1936.

He was married at St. Paul in 1897 to Jane Humbird, aandndndnd of this marriage there were born three children, John Burr, Miss Eleanor H. Burr, aandnd Miss Margaret Burr, all whom survive him and rresesideide in St. Paul, In 1923 he was married a second timetime,, to Marion Koehler of Washington, D. C., who survives him.

In the course of his practice Mr. Burr successfully engagengagedededed in some notable cases, among whwhichich was the litigation aboaboutututut thirty years ago in connconnectionection with the Minnesota railroad rate legislation of that titime,me, which was attacked by the rail road interests as an unconstitutional interference with interinterstatestate commerce, and in tthehe Chicago Great Western Railroad receivership which began in the year 1908. He also reprerepresentedsented important western lumber and timber interests aandndndnd was engaged for many years in a course of litigation involvinvolviiiingngngng western timber land titles, in the Interior Department at WashiWashington ngton and in the Federal courts. A number of ththeseeseeseese cases were carried to ththee United States Supreme CourtCourt andandand established important principles of law in that fiefield.ld. Mr. BurrB urrurrurr became a recognized authority in these matters, and in factf actactact in anything of a legal nnnaturenature which he undertook. Later hheeee came ttoooo specialize in the Federal taxation problems of many cclients,lients, aandnd it was this work which tttooktook him from St. Paul to WashingtonWashington....

While living in St. Paul Mr. Burr was a member of the MinnMinnesotaMinn esota Club, the Town & CoCountryuntry Club, and the White Bear YachYachtt Club, and after he left St. Paul he retained a nonnon- ---residresidresidentent membership in the Minnesota Club.

Mr. Burr at all times took an active interest in the organizedorganized activities of his profession. He was a charter and life memmembebebeberr of the Minnesota State Bar Association, and at one hhhe he served as its President [1915][1915]. . While

13 livinlivingg in St. Paul he consistently active in the affairs of the Ramsey County Bar AsAssociation,sociation, and was at one time its President. He ha hadd a long record of service on the boards of governors and various committees of both the county and state associaassocia---- tions, ininclucluclucludingding the chairmanship of the Ethics Committees of both associations from time to time. He was also a member of the American Bar Association, and wawass particuparticularlylarly active in ththee adjunct of that assocassoc---- iation known as the Conference ooff Bar Association Delegates. In this work Mr. Burr formed a warm personal friendship with ththee late Elihu Root, who was activactivee in the same matter. It was this Conference of Bar AssociAssociatioatioatioationn Delegates which initinitiatediated the movement which has culmculminatedinated in the plan now before the American Bar AAsssssosososocccciationiation for the integration with that organization of thethethe various State Bar Associations.

MMMr.Mr. Glenn, one of the membermemberss of the committee preparipreparingprepari ng this memorial, had the inestimable privilege of receiving his early legal training in Mr. Burr's ofoffice,fice, while attending nightnight law school; and it is his belbeliefief that no student of the law ccou1dou1d have had a moremore fortunate sssituationsituation or association. The thothoroughrough industry, the meticulous acaccuracy,curacy, and the fine sense of fifiduciaryduciary responsibility for the interests of clients,clients, with which that office was conducted, proprovidedvided the finest possiblepossible traintraininging school for a law student or a young lawyer; and Mr. BurBurrrrr’’’’ss frifrifriendlyfri endly and generous appreappreciationciation of services renderedrendered hihimmmm by subordinates, and his intinteresterest in their advancement were something never to be forgotten.

III cannot refrain, before endiendingng the presentation of thisthis memmemorial,orial, from speaking of mmyy own thirtythirty----eighteight yyearsears of friefriendshipndship and profeprofessionalssional

14 association with Stiles Burr. The friendfriendship,ship, never to be dimdimmed,med, commenced when I was a studestudentnt in my father's law office,office, in the old National German American Bank Building. Mr. BurBurr'sr's office was next door, and mmanyany werweree the hours he spent with me in friendly disdiscussionscussionscussions,,,, more valuable to me than any formal instruction. Mr. Burr was then only thirty years ooff age, but I have never known any lawyer so thoroughly versed in Minnesota law and decisions as he was at that earearlyly age. During the last 17 years of his active life, most of which were spent in Washington, he and I were constantly associated in the joint handlhandlinging ooofofff many tax problems of ththee clients of both. Of this periodperiod his professional life I ccanan probably speak wwithith more intimate knowledge than any other person. It is a privilege to tetestifystify not only to his charm as a companion and his loyalty as a friend, but to his amazinamazingg industindustryryryry in research and to his mastery of the intricacies of the rapidly changing fedfedfederalfed eral tax laws; and to the rerespectspect and admiration in whichwhich was held by Treasury officials and by the many outsoutsttttaaaandingnding lawyers throughout the country who came to consult hihimm and to profit by his experience, his skill, and his industry.

Respectfully submitted, HORACE GLENN, A. W. CLAPP, Chairman.

[[[Burr’s photophotographgraph is from the Proceedings of the Minnesota State Bar Association (1915) ].].].

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Memorial to MORTON BARROWBARROWSSSS,, presented by the Ramsey County Bar Association to the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, at a special term of the Court held on Saturday, March 27, 1937.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT:

On behalf of the Bar of Ramsey County, the follow memorial to MortonM orton Barrows is respectfully submitted:

Morton Barrows, for 5533 years a member of the Bar of ttthisthishishis Court and a former ppresidentresident of the Ramsey County AssociationAssociation,, died August 17th, 1936 at his home in St. PaPaulululul....

Mr. Barrows was born June 14th, 1856 at Reading, MassaMassachusetts,chusetts, the son of an eminent Congregational ministeministerr of New England. His boyhood and early youth were spent Massachusetts. He preparepreparedd for Harvard at Phillips Academy. He graduated from Harvard in the Class of 1880, one of classmates being Theodore Roosevelt, and until thethe latter’s death the two men were fast friends. During the many yearsye arsarsars of my association with Mr. BarrowsBarrows,, Mr. Roosevelt's pictpictureure hung over his desk. MMr.r. Barrows was bitterly disappoidisappoinnnntedtedtedted when his old frfriendiend boltbolteded the Republican party in 1912 and for sometime the picture huhungng face to the wall, but friendship soon prevailed over politicapoliticall differences and the picture was restored to its place of honor. After graduation frfromom HarvaHarvard,rd,rd,rd, Mr. Barrows studied law at Boston University Law SchSchoolool and for a brief time in Indianapolis. He came to St. PaulPaul 1883 and was immediately admitted to the Bar of this StaState.te. He very soon became recognized as a brilliant trial lawylawyer.er. For the fifty years of hihiss active practice he enjoyed a very extensive trtrialial practice and he waswas a familiar figure in the Courts of every county in Minnesota and many of those in Wisconsin anandd North Dakota. Possessed of a ready wit, pleasing personality, and very compcomprehensiverehensive knowledge of the law, he soon became recognized as one of the most able and successful lawyers of our Bar. Mr. Barrows was never active in political or public affairs but he wwwaswas always deeply interested in the affairs of his chosen profession. For 15 years he was a member of the faculty of the St. Paul College of Law,

16 lecturing on the subject of tortstorts.. He was the author of a textbook “Barrows on Negligence" which was for many years the textbook on that subject in many law colleges.

He was aaa member of the AmerAmericanican Bar AssoAssociation,ciation, the Minnesota Bar Association anandd the Ramsey County Bar Association.

While his extensive practicpracticee required close application,application, he had ththreeree hobbies which he cultivated with the same zeal and enthusiasm that he displayed in his practice. His many friefriefriendsfrie nds and others interested in the same hobbies long regarregardedded him as an authority on fishing, hunting and the cultivation of flowers. Few streams and hunting grounds in the Northwest were unfamiliar to hhim.im. His garden always concontainedtained tthehe rarest and momostst bbeautifuleautiful flowers. He knew them all bbyyyy their common names and their Latin names. He knew all ooofof their characteristics, cared for them and llovedoved them.

Mr. Barrows was well known throughout the state for his wit and brilliance as an after ddinnerinner speaker. His close friends also knew him as a thoroughly informed student of history and classics. He loved poetry and it was always a gggreatgreat pleasure to him to find a poem which appealed to him anandd these he carefully saved. In his desk hehe had a lalargerge file ooofof poems clipped from magazinmagazineses and newspapers to whichwhich he frfrequentlyequently referred and thoroughly enjoyed.

Mr. Barrows was married to Ada Noble of St. Paul in 1881885.5. They celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary less than a year before his death. He is survived by his widow and two dadaughters,ughters, Mrs. Dorothy B. HilHilll of Pasadena, California, and MMrs.rs. Marjorie B. JacksonJackson of St. Paul. Morton Barrows lived a full life. I think he enjoyed practicallyp ractically every minute of it. HHHeHe loved his profession; he lovloveded his ffamilyamily and his friends, aaandand at his death he left hundrehundredsds of close friends who will lonlongg remember his ability as a lawyer, his wide knowledge and experience, his unfailing good humor and his loyalty.

Respectfully submitted, M. L. COUNTRYMAN, W. H. OPPENHEIMER, ARTHUR A. STEWART, Chairman.

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Memorial to FRANK FORD, presented by the Ramsey County Bar Association to the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, at a special term of the Court held on Saturday, March 27, 1937.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT:

On behalf of ththee Bar of Ramsey County, the follfollowinowinowingggg memorial to Frank Ford is respectfully submitted:

The Committee of the Ramsey County Bar Association & Minnesota presents to the court the following as a memorial of our fellow member Frank Ford:

Frank Ford, a member of the Bar of St. Paul, was born at South Plymouth, Ohio, July 22, 1856. He died at St. Pat Minnesota, October 21st, 1936.

He attended Buchtel College at Akron, Ohio, an educational institution carried on under the auspices of the Universalist Church, with which he was affiliated. He received his legal education at the Cincinnati Law School, Ohio, from which he received his diploma May 31, 1882. He was admitted the Bar at Columbus, Ohio, June 3, 1882.

He came to St. Paul in November, 1882. In 1886 he became Special Judge of the MunicMunicipalipal Court of St. Paul, the only public office he ever held. This was for a short time only, until the court was rere----organorganorganized.ized.

In 1885 he married Laura Humphrey of St. Paul, whose father was an old residenresidentt here, also a lawyer. Mr. Ford's widow, and a son and daughter, all residents of St. Paul, survive him.

In the important eventeventss of a man's life we may read the elements of his character. Stability and fidelity were Ford's prominenentnt traits. He came to

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St. Paul aatt a time when many young men were atattractedtracted here as the place to begin a career. The City was then one of the prominent growingrowinggrowin g communities of the Northwest. A roster of the Bar shohowswswsws a surprising number who in the decade frfromom 1880 made a home here in the beginning of their professional life, quickly outnumbering the older lllawyerslawyers of established reputations who had given St. Paul a high, rank for the legal ability of its Bench and Bar. These young men soon became leaders herehere....

Mr. Ford first entered the office of Lorenzo Allis, a leader at that time among the local lawyers. It was characteristic that Mr. Ford retained his office untiuntillll his death in the buibuildinglding in which shortly after hishis arrival here he first established himsehimself.lf. The Gilfillan BuildingBuilding wwasasasas then the newest and best office building in the City.

With an ancestry which because of military service quaquallllifiifiifiifieded him as a member of ththee Sons of the American RevoluRevolutiontion Mr. Ford maintained a high regard for the institutioninstitutionss of thithiss country. He was a member of the Democratic party. He did not seek public office, bbutut could always be relied on to perform a public duty anandd stand for those policies and methods which seemed best for the general good.

MMMr.Mr. Ford valued friendships and in consequence himsehimselflf hhhad had many friends. His sincere and kind nature was manifest. HHiiiissss work, like that of most of his associates, who did not seek public applause, foundfound its satisfactions as well as its vavaluelue in the opportunopportunityity the profession affords, to be of servicservicee to others. In this he did his full share.

A life of eighty years welwelll spent, with family, businebusinessss aaassociatesassociates and friends does not come to all. Mr. Ford was ggivivivivenen to live the full allotallottttteded span of the PsalmiPsalmist,st, and life in all its fullness was his.

Respectfully submitted, WALTER L. CHAPIN, Chairman. L. F. METTLEMAN, Committee.

[[[Ford’s[Ford’s PhotogrPhotograpapapaphhhh is from Men of Minnesota (1915)]

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Memorial to FREDERICK BOYD PHILLIPS, presented by the Ramsey County Bar Association to the District Court of Ramsey County, Minnesota, at a special term of the Court held on Saturday, March 227,7, 1937.

MAY IT PLEASE THE COURT:

On behalf of the Bar of Ramsey County, tthehe followingfollowing memorial to Frederick Boyd Phillips is respectfully subsubmitted:mitted:

Frederick Boyd Phillips was born in South Oda, New York, December 21st, 1874, the son of Robert D. Phillips, a MethMethoooodistdist minister, and Jennie Boyd PhilPhillips.lips. His parents were in very straitened circumstances, and it was necessary for him to work at odd jobs amoongng the farmers and villagers . WWhilehile he was obtaining his common school and high schoolschool edededucation,ed ucation, hhisis courcoursese was beset with many problems and setbacks, but he met each of tthemhem in a cheerful and couragecourageoooousus spirit, which was characteristic of him through life.

Before he could realize his lifelong ambition to study law the war with Spain occurred and he enlisted as a volunteer. When mustered out he was given the sum of $51.0$51.011 as travel pay and allowancesallowances and bought a ticket for Valparaiso, Indiana, where he entered the Valparaiso University and took a law ccourse.ourse. It was necessary that he support himself while he studied law and after his graduationgraduation,, with the degreedegree of LL.B., he came to St. Paul and entered the St. Paul CollCollegegeegeegee of Law in order to secusecurere his degree, a necessary requiremenrequirementt at that time for admisadmissionsion to practice in Minnesota. He graduated with the first senior class of the St. Paul ColColleglegleglegeeee of Law in 1902, after one year's course of study, received his degree of LL.B., and since that time was constaconstantlyntly enenengageden gaged in the practice of law in St. Paul.

The citizens of his District honored him by electing as a member of the Legislature in 1907, anandd he served witwithhhh ability and distinction during that session.

He was a valued and ininfluentialfluential member of some VeteransVeterans’Veterans ’ o’ organo rganrganizizizizaaaa---- tions, and wawass honored by his comrades by being elected Junior aandnd

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Senior Vice Commander, and CommanCommandddderererer of Worth Bagley Camp NoNo.. 2, United Spanish War Veterans and at the time of his deathdea th was serving the second year of a threethree----yearyear term as Trustee of the Camp.

The legal vocation of Frederick B. Phillips was a definitefiniteeee one. The ambition to become a lawyer was a fixed purpopurposesesese in his mind, even as a child. He put his fortune to the trial as soon as his yearyearss permitted, and with a cheerful couracouragege set out on his chosen career, and to all of us who knew him and his work there can be no doubt that it was the right ononone.on e.e.e. He prepared his cases carefully and presented them in coucourrrrtt quietly and courteously, bubutt with a natural and unassuming confidconfidence ence in his own powers that was notably effective.

Frederick B. Phillips diediedd in St. Paul February 27th,27th, 1937 and was buried at Roselawn Cemetery with full military honors with his Camp offoffofficiating.off iciating. He was a great lover of home and humanity, and llefteft a wife and daughter to mourn the loss of a kind, loving, and indulgent husband andandand father. He took a great interest in civic and charitable mmaatters,tters, anandddd particularly matters relating to Veterans' affairs and legislegislation,lation, and did a vast amount of charitable work, both actively, and through conconcon- con --- tributions, and even after his health became impaired so that he was unable to actively engage in the practice of his professionprofession he stistillll continued in his quiet, ununostentatiousostentatious way to take an active interest in these affairs and to contribute to them in many ways.

He wwasas a simple and kindhearted man, very ffondond of children, and liked nothnothinging better than ttoo entertain friends and children inin his own home. His many friends and acquaintacquaintaaaannnncesces when visiting at his home were charmed by his delightful hospitality. Although physically incapacitated and confined to his home for several months before his death he ststillill continued in many ways ttoooo render the same faithful service to his friends.

As a lawyer he was well grounded by study and experieniencececece,, in the essentials of law, and had a high regard for his proofession,fession, and never harbored a grudge. As a comrade and offofficericer of the War Veterans' OrganizationOrganizationss he was excepexceptionallytionally wellwell----likedliked by his comrades, always

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He stoostoodd for the best traditiotraditionsns of his profession in protectingprotecting the rights of litigants entrusted to his care. He had a broad and comprehensive knoknowledgewledge of the rules and evievidendendendence,ce, and of trial proceduprocedure,re, which were productive of excellent results for his clients, andand ffromrom a technical and profprofessionalessional point ooff view he conducted a trial in accordance with the best traditions of the profession.

He was faithful to his friends, true to his clients,clients, and lived and died a loyal aandnd professing member of the rerelllligiousigious faith of his fathers.

Respectfully submitted, THOMAS W. McMEEKIN, WILLIAM H. SEWARD, HON. JOHN W. FINEHOUT, Chairman.

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This memorial ssessionession was printed as a pamphlet in 1937; it has been reformatted;reformatted; the names of the deceased on page 2 and the photographs photographs added; and a few misspellings corrected by the MLHPMLHP..

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