L. B. Day (judge)
L. B. Day(February 3, 1889 – November 22, 1938)[1]was a justice of theNebraska Supreme Courtfrom 1929 until his death in 1938.
Career
[edit]Born inWestboro, Missouri,Day attended the public schools ofAlbion, Nebraska,and received a law degree fromCreighton UniversityinOmaha, Nebraskain 1914.[1]He engaged in private practice until 1920, when he was elected as a Nebraska district judge at the age of 31, serving from 1922 to 1928 "on the domestic relations bench where he gained a reputation as an authority on marriage and divorce".[1]On one occasion, faced with a defendant who had repeatedly been brought before the court as a wife-beater, he threatened to come down from the bench and fight the defendant.[1]
In 1928, Day defeated recently appointed incumbentFrancis S. Howellto be elected to the Nebraska Supreme Court, and was reelected in 1934 to a term scheduled to expire in 1940.[1]
Personal life and death
[edit]Day's initials, "L. B.", were reportedly his full name, and not an abbreviation.[1]He married and had three sons, one of whom was also namedL. B. Day,and became a prominent labor leader. Day died from complications following a bout ofpneumonia,at the age of 49.[1]
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