NEW YORK REPORTS COURT OF APPEALS STATE OF NY 1869- 1871 HAND 6 books

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Samuel Hand
STATE REPORTER: 1869 - 1871
The twelfth official Reporter, Samuel Hand was born on May 1, 1833 in
Elizabethtown, New York, the son of Augustus C. Hand, who served
as Justice of the Supreme Court and ex-officio Judge of the Court of
Appeals. Hand was a precocious student and graduated from Union
College at the age of 17. He studied law with his father and, following
his admission to the bar, continued to practice law with him until 1859.
Hand relocated to Albany and established a practice there, soon
becoming a partner in one of the leading law firms in the state. In
1863 he was appointed Corporation Counsel of Albany. Hand was
appointed State Reporter in 1869, a position he held until 1871. During
his tenure six volumes of the New York Reports were published. In
1875 Hand was appointed to the Commission on Reform of Municipal
Government. He was appointed Associate Judge of the Court of
Appeals in 1878 to fill the seat left vacant by Judge William F. Allen
until Allen’s term of office expired in 1879. Judge Hand then served
as the second president of the newly formed New York State Bar
Association, succeeding former Court of Appeals Judge John K. Porter.
Judge Hand died on May 21, 1886 in Albany. In a lifetime of
achievement, one of Judge Hand’s most notable legacies was his
son, Learned Hand, who became one of the most distinguished and
respected jurists of the twentieth century.
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