George A. Day
George A. Day (November 10, 1859 – December 20, 1927)[1][2][3] was a justice of the Nebraska Supreme Court. He was appointed on January 8, 1920, to fill a vacancy created by the death of Judge Sedgwick, and served until his own death on December 20, 1927.
Education
[edit]Born in Union County, Iowa, Day was educated in the public schools of Sidney, Iowa, and graduated from Tabor College in 1882. He received a law degree from the University of Iowa in 1883, and entered the practiced of law in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1883.[1][2]
Career
[edit]He was assistant attorney general of Nebraska from 1895 to 1896, and a member of the supreme court commission in 1901 and 1902. Day then served on the Nebraska Second District Court in Omaha from 1902 to 1919.[1][2]
On January 8, 1920, Governor Samuel Roy McKelvie appointed Day to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the death of judge Samuel H. Sedgwick.[2][4] Day was reelected without opposition in 1922,[1][2][3] and had filed for renomination for an additional term on November 28, 1927, the month before his death.[1][2][4] At the time of his filing for renomination, no possible opponent had been suggested.[4]
Death
[edit]Day died at the Lincoln sanitarium at the age of 68, after a brief illness, having gone there for treatment for heart disease.[1][2][3] He was interred in Omaha.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "Judge Day, of State Supreme Court, Is Dead", The Grand Island Daily Independent (December 20, 1927), p. 2.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Briefs: Judge George A. Day", Nebraska Legal News (December 24, 1927), p. 3.
- ^ a b c d "Death Suddenly Takes Well Known Jurist", Burt County Herald (December 22, 1927), p. 1.
- ^ a b c "Judge Day Files For Court Place", Lincoln Journal Star (November 28, 1927), p. 1.
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