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JURIST SUCCUMBS TO HEART ATTACKSlate Court of Appeals Is; Minus Services of Judge John Hibbett DewittNOTED HISTORIANNASHVILLE, Tenn., March 8. j op)—A heart attack brought an . abruot end Sunday to the distin- i guishod career of Judge John Hib- : bctt Dewitt, member of the state court of appeals for 12 years and ; an authority on Tennessee history. , Judge Dewitt died at his resi- : drnce yesterday morning after an illness of less than 24 hours.He would have boon CD years old September 21.Funeral Today Funeral services were set for this afternoon at Hillsboro Presbyterian church of which he was an active member. The Rev. Howard L Kerr was to officiate.His Widow. Mrs. Rebcknh Ward Dewitt, and two sons. Ward Dewitt and John H. Dewitt, Jr., both of Nashville, arc among the survivors.'The list of honorary i*dlbcnms includes Chief -Justice Grafton Green of the state supreme court, the four associate justices and Judge Dewitt's eight associate judges on the court of appeals ;bench. |One of his associates, Judge . Arthur Crownovcr said Judge De- i witt was ono of the outstanding' Tennessee authorities on banking: law and county bond issues,” jSeveral of his decisions on the appeals bench attracted widespread • attention.Noted DecisionOne of these was the Franklin power and light case, involving a power Franchise at Franklin, Tenn. He held that the governing authorities of a municipality bad the right, under the municipality’s charter, (Continued on page eight)
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Kingsport Times
Kingsport, Tennessee, US
Mon, Mar 08, 1937
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