Old PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT 1869 Cases Justices Lawsuits P. FRAZER SMITH RARE

Description: Pennylvania State Reports. Vol. LXI. Comprising Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. By P. Frazer Smith. State Reporter. Vol. XI. Containing Cases Argued at January Term 1869. Published in 1870 The George T. Bisel Company of Philadelphia. HON. PERSIFOR FRAZER SMITH was born in Philadelphia January 23, 1808 and died at West Chester, this county, on the 25th day of May, 1882, aged seventy-four years. He was educated in Philadelphia, principally in the classical school of Dr. Samuel B. Wylie and Joseph P. Engles. He graduated at the university of Pennsylvania on the 31st of July, 1824, and in the same year removed with his father to East Whiteland, Chester county, Pennsylvania. In Octo- ber, 1826, he commenced the study of law in the office of William H. Dillingham, esq., and was admitted to practice in the courts of Chester county at the November term, 1829. He was admitted to the supreme court in Decem- ber, 1831, and in October of the following year to the circuit court of the United States for what was then known as the Third circuit of Pennsylvania. "He was married on the 24th of July, 1833, to Thomasine S. Fairlamb, daughter of Dr. George A. Fairlamb, of Downingtown, Chester county. In May, 1835, he was appointed clerk of the Orphans' court of Chester county by Governor George Wolf, and on February 25, 1839, was appointed prosecuting attorney for Delaware county by Ovid F. Johnson, attorney-general under Governor David R. Porter. His progress was steadily marked, and his valu- able services were in general demand. He was not allowed to remain long out of official positions, and it is to his credit that in every instance he fulfilled the various duties assigned him with integrity, punctuality, and signal ability. In February, 1849, he was admitted to practice before the supreme court of the United States. He studiously followed the practice of his profession, and became extensively known by lawyers and judges. He maintained a very high position at the bar, and was long recognized as one of its leaders, both in the county and State. His opinion on the perplexing questions constantly arising in the practice of the law were largely sought for by his professional brethren. In 1861, during the stirring times which marked the beginning of the civil war, he was elected a member of the legislature, and the fact that he was returned by his constituents for the years of 1862-3-4, shows the high esteem in which he was held, having been chosen four years in succession at a time when the term of that office was for one year only. During the civil war he was one of the most stanch supporters of the Union cause. In the year 1866 he was honored, as was also the Co., by his appointment as state reporter of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, which position he filled with recognized fidelity and ability, and relinquished it in May, 1876. There is not a law library in any court or lawyer's office in Pennsylvania which does not contain the thirty-two volumes of State reports compiled and arranged during the ten years he filled that arduous and responsible office. He was also the author of the valuable legal text book entitled, 'Forms of Procedure.' While Mr. Smith never engaged in any occupation which was not in the line of the profession of his choice, he took great interest in local and general politics, and in every project calculated to develop the country. By his varied reading and close observation he kept himself abreast with all that transpired in the literary and scientific world. His life was one of unwearied activity, and he was time and again called by his fellow citizens and those in authority to fill grave and responsible trusts. Mr. Smith was warmly identified with every good word and work calculated to enhance the interests and increase the usefulness of his town and county. His legal career extended over more than half a century. He literally 'died in the harness,' for his death occurred in the court house at West Chester on the 25th day of May, 1882, while arguing a case before Judge Futhey. Condition: Very Good. Full leather with 4 raised bands on spine and black and red leather title labels. Small stamp of Sandusky County Law Library Association on each of front endpapers. Some cracking/chipping to top and bottom of front board where it joins spine and at top of rear board likewise next to spine. Boards are very secure. Small chips to first few page edges, else pages are clean, tight and whole. 9 1/4" x 6" with 579 pages.

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