New York Herald, N. Y. N. Y. Saturday 22 May 1886 pg 10. - Summary
Ex-Judge Samuel Hand, of the Court of Appeals, died yesterday in Albany from congestion of the brain which followed a development of a cancer on the tongue. He was fifty-two years of age.
He was born in Elizabethtown, N. Y., in 1834, and was the son of Judge Augustus C. Hand. His tutor was Robert S. Hale, a gentleman of great scholarship, who instructed him in the rudiments and prepared him for Middlebury College, Vermont, where he spent two years. He afterward went to Union College, where he was graduated in 1851, the youngest in his class. After his admission to the Bar, in 1855, he became clerk to his father, who was Judge of the Supreme Court. In the winter of 1859 he went to Albany as a partner of the late John V. L. Pruyn. He subsequently joint the firm of Porter & Cagger, and when Judge Porter was promoted to the Supreme Bench remained with Peter Cagger under the firm name of Cagger & Hand. When Peter Cagger was killed Mr. Hand established the firm of Hand, Hale & Schwartz. Five years ago he dissolved his partnership with Mr. Hale, an his clientage became so large that he devoted himself almost entirely to causes before the Court of Appeals. No other lawyer in the State enjoyed a larger and more lucrative practice before the court of final resort. This position Judge Hand attained by his complete mastery of the law.
In 1869 Mr. Hand, who was a strong democrat, was appointed State reporter of the Court of Appeals by Governor Hoffman, and in 1870 he was reappointed, holding that position and editing what are now known as “Hand’s Reports” until 1872, when he resigned. He was offered an appointment by Governor Tilden of Supreme Court Judge in1875, but declined. Two years later Governor Robinson appointed him Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy. With one exception the youngest man who had ever attained that honor.
Mr. Hand married in 1863 Miss Lydia Learned, daughter of the late Billings P. Learned. He leaves two children, a son and a daughter. He was director of the Union National Bank and a governor of the Fort Orange Club. He had decided literary tastes and was and exceeding well read man.
Summarized and transcribed by Bill Preston #47694498
Contributor: bill preston (47695598) • [email protected]
Ex-Judge Samuel Hand, of the Court of Appeals, died yesterday in Albany from congestion of the brain which followed a development of a cancer on the tongue. He was fifty-two years of age.
He was born in Elizabethtown, N. Y., in 1834, and was the son of Judge Augustus C. Hand. His tutor was Robert S. Hale, a gentleman of great scholarship, who instructed him in the rudiments and prepared him for Middlebury College, Vermont, where he spent two years. He afterward went to Union College, where he was graduated in 1851, the youngest in his class. After his admission to the Bar, in 1855, he became clerk to his father, who was Judge of the Supreme Court. In the winter of 1859 he went to Albany as a partner of the late John V. L. Pruyn. He subsequently joint the firm of Porter & Cagger, and when Judge Porter was promoted to the Supreme Bench remained with Peter Cagger under the firm name of Cagger & Hand. When Peter Cagger was killed Mr. Hand established the firm of Hand, Hale & Schwartz. Five years ago he dissolved his partnership with Mr. Hale, an his clientage became so large that he devoted himself almost entirely to causes before the Court of Appeals. No other lawyer in the State enjoyed a larger and more lucrative practice before the court of final resort. This position Judge Hand attained by his complete mastery of the law.
In 1869 Mr. Hand, who was a strong democrat, was appointed State reporter of the Court of Appeals by Governor Hoffman, and in 1870 he was reappointed, holding that position and editing what are now known as “Hand’s Reports” until 1872, when he resigned. He was offered an appointment by Governor Tilden of Supreme Court Judge in1875, but declined. Two years later Governor Robinson appointed him Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy. With one exception the youngest man who had ever attained that honor.
Mr. Hand married in 1863 Miss Lydia Learned, daughter of the late Billings P. Learned. He leaves two children, a son and a daughter. He was director of the Union National Bank and a governor of the Fort Orange Club. He had decided literary tastes and was and exceeding well read man.
Summarized and transcribed by Bill Preston #47694498
Contributor: bill preston (47695598) • [email protected]
New York Herald, N. Y. N. Y. Saturday 22 May 1886 pg 10. - Summary
Ex-Judge Samuel Hand, of the Court of Appeals, died yesterday in Albany from congestion of the brain which followed a development of a cancer on the tongue. He was fifty-two years of age.
He was born in Elizabethtown, N. Y., in 1834, and was the son of Judge Augustus C. Hand. His tutor was Robert S. Hale, a gentleman of great scholarship, who instructed him in the rudiments and prepared him for Middlebury College, Vermont, where he spent two years. He afterward went to Union College, where he was graduated in 1851, the youngest in his class. After his admission to the Bar, in 1855, he became clerk to his father, who was Judge of the Supreme Court. In the winter of 1859 he went to Albany as a partner of the late John V. L. Pruyn. He subsequently joint the firm of Porter & Cagger, and when Judge Porter was promoted to the Supreme Bench remained with Peter Cagger under the firm name of Cagger & Hand. When Peter Cagger was killed Mr. Hand established the firm of Hand, Hale & Schwartz. Five years ago he dissolved his partnership with Mr. Hale, an his clientage became so large that he devoted himself almost entirely to causes before the Court of Appeals. No other lawyer in the State enjoyed a larger and more lucrative practice before the court of final resort. This position Judge Hand attained by his complete mastery of the law.
In 1869 Mr. Hand, who was a strong democrat, was appointed State reporter of the Court of Appeals by Governor Hoffman, and in 1870 he was reappointed, holding that position and editing what are now known as “Hand’s Reports” until 1872, when he resigned. He was offered an appointment by Governor Tilden of Supreme Court Judge in1875, but declined. Two years later Governor Robinson appointed him Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy. With one exception the youngest man who had ever attained that honor.
Mr. Hand married in 1863 Miss Lydia Learned, daughter of the late Billings P. Learned. He leaves two children, a son and a daughter. He was director of the Union National Bank and a governor of the Fort Orange Club. He had decided literary tastes and was and exceeding well read man.
Summarized and transcribed by Bill Preston #47694498
Contributor: bill preston (47695598) • [email protected]
Ex-Judge Samuel Hand, of the Court of Appeals, died yesterday in Albany from congestion of the brain which followed a development of a cancer on the tongue. He was fifty-two years of age.
He was born in Elizabethtown, N. Y., in 1834, and was the son of Judge Augustus C. Hand. His tutor was Robert S. Hale, a gentleman of great scholarship, who instructed him in the rudiments and prepared him for Middlebury College, Vermont, where he spent two years. He afterward went to Union College, where he was graduated in 1851, the youngest in his class. After his admission to the Bar, in 1855, he became clerk to his father, who was Judge of the Supreme Court. In the winter of 1859 he went to Albany as a partner of the late John V. L. Pruyn. He subsequently joint the firm of Porter & Cagger, and when Judge Porter was promoted to the Supreme Bench remained with Peter Cagger under the firm name of Cagger & Hand. When Peter Cagger was killed Mr. Hand established the firm of Hand, Hale & Schwartz. Five years ago he dissolved his partnership with Mr. Hale, an his clientage became so large that he devoted himself almost entirely to causes before the Court of Appeals. No other lawyer in the State enjoyed a larger and more lucrative practice before the court of final resort. This position Judge Hand attained by his complete mastery of the law.
In 1869 Mr. Hand, who was a strong democrat, was appointed State reporter of the Court of Appeals by Governor Hoffman, and in 1870 he was reappointed, holding that position and editing what are now known as “Hand’s Reports” until 1872, when he resigned. He was offered an appointment by Governor Tilden of Supreme Court Judge in1875, but declined. Two years later Governor Robinson appointed him Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals to fill a vacancy. With one exception the youngest man who had ever attained that honor.
Mr. Hand married in 1863 Miss Lydia Learned, daughter of the late Billings P. Learned. He leaves two children, a son and a daughter. He was director of the Union National Bank and a governor of the Fort Orange Club. He had decided literary tastes and was and exceeding well read man.
Summarized and transcribed by Bill Preston #47694498
Contributor: bill preston (47695598) • [email protected]
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