George H. Smith

George H. Smith

Associate Justice
Division One
From 1905 to 1906

George Hugh Smith
Associate Justice, Division 1
April 10, 1905 to December 31, 1906

Born February 2, 1834 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died February 7, 1915

EDUCATION
Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA

JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Justice, California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, Division 1
April 10, 1905 – December 31, 1906

Commissioner, Supreme Court of California
1899 – 1904

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Member, Gassell, Chapman & Smith (later, Smith, Smith & Gassell)
Senior Member, Smith, Miller & Phelps
Served as a member of the California Senate, 1877-78
Colonel, 25th Va. Inf., and afterwards of the 62nd Va. Mounted Reg., 1861-65.

NOTE
Author of “Elements of Right”; “Critical Review of Modern English Jurisprudence” and “True Method of Legal Education.”