Rash's Surname Index

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Notes for John Innis Clark HARE

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Hon. John Innis Clark Hare, late President Judge of Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia, b. Oct. 17, 1817, d. 1907. He received degree of A. B. at Univ. of Pa. in 1834; studied law and was admitted to Philadelphia Bar, 1841. Was made a Judge of District Court of Philadelphia, 1851, and became President Judge of that court in 1867, presiding until 1874, when the new State constitution abolished the District Court, and he was made President Judge of Common Pleas Court No. 2, which position he held until his death, in 1907. The Univ. of Pa. conferred upon him honorary degree of L.L.D., 1868, and he was trustee of the University 1858-68; Professor of the Law Institute, 1868. He became a member of American Philosophical Society in 1842, was the author of a number of papers on legal questions, edited "Smith's Leading Cases," and other standard works. M., Nov. 16, 1842, Esther C. Binney, dau. of Hon. Horace Binney, by his wife Elizabeth Coxe.

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