Raleigh, March 16—Supreme court, of which Judge George H. Brown who died this afternoon in Washington, his home, was a member 16 years, will adjourn in honor of Judge Brown tomorrow at noon and Thursday will attend the funeral.
The death of Judge Brown recalls the famous court of which he, Justice Henry G. Connor, Platt Walker, William A. Hoke and Chief Justice Walter Clark were the members. Judge Connor resigned from it in 1909 to become federal judge. The Connor vacancy was filled by Judge James S. manning as appointee of Governor Kitchen, and later by Justice William R. Allen, chosen by the Charlotte convention over Judge Manning. From then to the retirement of Judge Brown in the Morrison administration that court remained intact. Judge Brown gave notice in the primary of 1920 that he would not run again.
The peculiar thing about this retirement was that it was bottomed on ill health. Judge Brown’s absence from the bench in 1920 spring term drove him on account of illness to retire. He was the only man of the famous bench who quit for health reasons, but when he died today he was the last of the bench. All members who sat with him in the old court have died.
He was universally regarded one of the greatest lawyers that the state has had, wonderful in his ability to write the law briefly and lucidly. His brother-in-law, Chief Justice James E. Shepperd, left the bench before Judge Brown ascended to his place.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Wednesday, March 17, 1927
newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-03-17/ed-1/seq-1/
To read more about Judge Brown and to see a photo of him, go to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Brown_(North_Carolina_judge)
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