Los Angeles County
Biographies
GEORGE HOWARD HUTTON
HUTTON, GEORGE HOWARD, Judge of the Superior
Court of the State of California for Los Angeles County, was born August 5,
1870, at Drummond, Canada. His father was Joseph Andrew Hutton and his mother
Harriet Bridgman Hutton. He married Dolores Egleston,
September 1, 1897, at Chatfield, Minnesota. One son was born, George Robert Egleston Hutton. Judge Hutton came to California in 1897
and located at Santa Monica, where he has since made his home.
Judge
Hutton received his preparatory education at Hamilton University, St. Paul, of
which institution his uncle, Rev. George H. Bridgman, was president. He
attended the State University at St. Paul and later the College of Law of the
University of Minnesota at Minneapolis. He was admitted to practice in 1893. In
1906 he was elected Judge of the Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles
for a term of six years.
He
was engaged, prior to his election, in a successful practice and was for seven
years attorney for former Senator John P. Jones, whose vast interests required
much legal work. He was also a trustee under the will of the late J. W. Keating
and increased notably this famous fortune.
Judge
Hutton is regarded as an authority upon water laws of the Western States, which
knowledge has brought him fame. He has been frequently called upon to address
national irrigation congresses, and has tried many important water cases in
every county in Southern California. He is an ardent advocate of the
application of civil law principles to arid countries. It is notable that of
the many cases he has tried he has never had a water case reversed. Judge
Hutton has enthusiastically taken up the study of geology and hydraulics.
He
is prominent in the Masonic order and is a member of the California club.
Transcribed
11-13-09 Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 350, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2009 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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