Joseph Morrison Hill (September 2, 1864 – July 23, 1950) was an American lawyer who served as chief justice of the

Arkansas Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Arkansas is the highest court in the state judiciary of Arkansas. It has ultimate and largely discretionary appellate jurisdiction over all state court cases that involve a point of state law, and original jurisdiction o ...

from 1904 to 1909.

Biography

The youngest son of Confederate Lieutenant General

Daniel Harvey Hill Lieutenant-General Daniel Harvey Hill (July 12, 1821 – September 24, 1889), commonly known as D. H. Hill, was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army who commanded infantry in the eastern and western theaters of the American Civil Wa ...

and Isabella Morrison Hill, Joseph Hill received his law degree from

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in 1883. Hill opened a law practice in

Eureka Springs, Arkansas Eureka Springs is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States, and one of two county seats for the county. It is located in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas, near the border with Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the city populati ...

, moving to

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in 1887. He was elected Chief Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in 1904, and served until 1909 when he resigned to become the state's chief attorney for in a railroad rate lawsuit. He died in

Booneville, Arkansas Booneville is a city in Logan County, Arkansas, United States and the county seat of its southern district. Located in the Arkansas River Valley between the Ouachita and Ozark Mountains, the city is one of the oldest in western Arkansas. The city' ...

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