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George Martin (Michigan Judge)
George Martin (1815–December 15, 1867) was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1851 until his death in 1867. Born in Middlebury, Vermont, Martin was the son of a tavern-keeper and graduated from Middlebury College in 1833, and thereafter read law to gain admission to the bar in Vermont.Henry A. Chaney, "The Supreme Court of Michigan", '' The Green Bag'' (1890), Vol. 2, p. 388-89.Portrait Presentation George Martin Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society. In 1836, he moved to |
Michigan Justice George Martin, The Green Bag, P
Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the largest by area east of the Mississippi River.''i.e.'', including water that is part of state territory. Georgia is the largest state by land area alone east of the Mississippi and Michigan the second-largest. Its capital is Lansing, and its largest city is Detroit. Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. Its name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word (), meaning "large water" or "large lake". Michigan consists of two peninsulas. The Lower Peninsula resembles the shape of a mitten, and comprises a majority of the state's land area. The Upper Peninsula (often called "the U.P.") is separated from the Lower Peninsula by the Straits of Mackinac, a channel that joins L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
