Robert Earl (justice)

Robert Earl (September 20, 1824 – December 2, 1902 [cite news |title=EX-JUDGE EARL DEAD.; He Passes Away at Herkimer from a Paralytic Stroke -- His Notable Career. |url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A01E4D81E3DEE32A25750C0A9649D946397D6CF |work=New York Times |page=9 |date=1902-12-03 ] ) was a New York jurist of the late 1800s.

Biography

Earl resided in Herkimer, New York, and was one of the most eminent lawyers of that State. He graduated from Union College, Schenectady, in 1845. He studied law under his brother Samuel; was admitted to practice in 1848, and associated himself with his brother in a co-partnership which continued over twenty years.

In 1855 he was elected, for a term of four years, County Judge and Surrogate of the County of Herkimer. An adverse political majority prevented his re-election to that office, and he continued to practice his profession. He was elected in 1869 Judge of the New York Court of Appeals; and by appointment and re-election was retained in that position until January 1, 1891. He had at that time served a longer period than any other judge of that court.

He received the degree of LL.D. from Union College in 1874, and from Columbia College, New York, in 1887.

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See also

*Riggs v. Palmer, 1889