Warner Earll (c. 1814 – January 10, 1888)
["Tucson and Vicinity", ''Arizona Weekly Star'' (January 19, 1888), p. 4.] was a justice of the
Supreme Court of Nevada
The Supreme Court of Nevada is the highest state court of the U.S. state of Nevada, and the head of the Nevada Judiciary. The main constitutional function of the Supreme Court is to review appeals made directly from the decisions of the district ...
from 1875 to 1877.
In the general election of 1874, Earll was elected to fill out the balance of the unexpired term of John Garber, defeating incumbent C. H. Belknap, who had been temporarily appointed to the seat. Earll served but two years and was not a candidate to succeed himself.
[Sam Post Davis, ed., ''The History of Nevada, Volume 1'' (1913), p. 303-04.]
At the election of 1876, O. R. Leonard was elected to succeed Earll and was re-elected in 1882, defeating M. Kirkpatrick and M. N. Stone, respectively.
Earll died at his home in
San Luis Obispo, California
San Luis Obispo (; Spanish for " St. Louis the Bishop", ; Chumash: ''tiłhini'') is a city and county seat of San Luis Obispo County, in the U.S. state of California. Located on the Central Coast of California, San Luis Obispo is roughly halfwa ...
, at the age of 73.
A tribute to his memory, worth and ability was pronounced by Justice
Thomas Porter Hawley
Thomas Porter Hawley (July 18, 1830 – October 7, 1907) was a justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
Education and career
Born in Milan, Indiana ...
and appears in the 19 Nevada Reports.
Earll had a son, Arthur, who was also a lawyer, and who had practiced law in his father's firm for a time. Arthur died in 1889, shortly after being elected district attorney.
Died: Earll
''Morning Tribune'', Volume V, Number 30 (June 25, 1889), p. 4.
References
1810s births
1888 deaths
Justices of the Nevada Supreme Court
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