Daniel J. Layton was the son of Delaware U. S. Representative Caleb Rodney Layton and Anna Sipple Layton.
He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1903. He practiced in Wilmington, returning to Georgetown in 1915 where he practiced until his election as attorney general. He was Delaware
Attorney General of Delaware (1932-1933) and Chief Justice of Delaware Supreme Court (1933-1945).
Chief Justice Layton was considered a brilliant judge with a strong fundamental understanding of the concepts of the law. Despite his achievements, Layton failed to be reappointed in 1945.
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Salisbury Times, Salisbury, Maryland, May 14, 1960
JUDGE LAYTON SR. DIED IN HOSPITAL
Georgetown -- Former Judge Daniel J. Layton, Sr., 80, dean of Sussex County attorneys, died last night in the Milford Memorial Hospital. He had been in poor health for several months.
He served one term as chief justice before the present superior court was set up and had been a practicing attorney in the county and state for 57 years. He was still active as an attorney upon his death.
He was the son of the late Dr. Caleb R. and Anna Sipple Layton of here. His wife died a few months ago.
Surviving are two sons, Judge Caleb Layton III, Wilmington, and Daniel J. Layton Jr., Georgetown; a brother, Caleb S. Layton, Wilmington; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, with the Rev. David B. Mumford, rector, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1903. He practiced in Wilmington, returning to Georgetown in 1915 where he practiced until his election as attorney general. He was Delaware
Attorney General of Delaware (1932-1933) and Chief Justice of Delaware Supreme Court (1933-1945).
Chief Justice Layton was considered a brilliant judge with a strong fundamental understanding of the concepts of the law. Despite his achievements, Layton failed to be reappointed in 1945.
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Salisbury Times, Salisbury, Maryland, May 14, 1960
JUDGE LAYTON SR. DIED IN HOSPITAL
Georgetown -- Former Judge Daniel J. Layton, Sr., 80, dean of Sussex County attorneys, died last night in the Milford Memorial Hospital. He had been in poor health for several months.
He served one term as chief justice before the present superior court was set up and had been a practicing attorney in the county and state for 57 years. He was still active as an attorney upon his death.
He was the son of the late Dr. Caleb R. and Anna Sipple Layton of here. His wife died a few months ago.
Surviving are two sons, Judge Caleb Layton III, Wilmington, and Daniel J. Layton Jr., Georgetown; a brother, Caleb S. Layton, Wilmington; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, with the Rev. David B. Mumford, rector, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Daniel J. Layton was the son of Delaware U. S. Representative Caleb Rodney Layton and Anna Sipple Layton.
He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1903. He practiced in Wilmington, returning to Georgetown in 1915 where he practiced until his election as attorney general. He was Delaware
Attorney General of Delaware (1932-1933) and Chief Justice of Delaware Supreme Court (1933-1945).
Chief Justice Layton was considered a brilliant judge with a strong fundamental understanding of the concepts of the law. Despite his achievements, Layton failed to be reappointed in 1945.
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Salisbury Times, Salisbury, Maryland, May 14, 1960
JUDGE LAYTON SR. DIED IN HOSPITAL
Georgetown -- Former Judge Daniel J. Layton, Sr., 80, dean of Sussex County attorneys, died last night in the Milford Memorial Hospital. He had been in poor health for several months.
He served one term as chief justice before the present superior court was set up and had been a practicing attorney in the county and state for 57 years. He was still active as an attorney upon his death.
He was the son of the late Dr. Caleb R. and Anna Sipple Layton of here. His wife died a few months ago.
Surviving are two sons, Judge Caleb Layton III, Wilmington, and Daniel J. Layton Jr., Georgetown; a brother, Caleb S. Layton, Wilmington; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, with the Rev. David B. Mumford, rector, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
He studied law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School and was admitted to the Delaware bar in 1903. He practiced in Wilmington, returning to Georgetown in 1915 where he practiced until his election as attorney general. He was Delaware
Attorney General of Delaware (1932-1933) and Chief Justice of Delaware Supreme Court (1933-1945).
Chief Justice Layton was considered a brilliant judge with a strong fundamental understanding of the concepts of the law. Despite his achievements, Layton failed to be reappointed in 1945.
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Salisbury Times, Salisbury, Maryland, May 14, 1960
JUDGE LAYTON SR. DIED IN HOSPITAL
Georgetown -- Former Judge Daniel J. Layton, Sr., 80, dean of Sussex County attorneys, died last night in the Milford Memorial Hospital. He had been in poor health for several months.
He served one term as chief justice before the present superior court was set up and had been a practicing attorney in the county and state for 57 years. He was still active as an attorney upon his death.
He was the son of the late Dr. Caleb R. and Anna Sipple Layton of here. His wife died a few months ago.
Surviving are two sons, Judge Caleb Layton III, Wilmington, and Daniel J. Layton Jr., Georgetown; a brother, Caleb S. Layton, Wilmington; six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a.m. in the St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Georgetown, with the Rev. David B. Mumford, rector, officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
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