John E. Allen (judge)
John E. Allen (June 26, 1873 – July 24, 1945)[1] was a justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1924 to 1943, serving as chief justice from 1934 to 1943.
Biography[edit]
Born in Claremont, New Hampshire, to William H. and Ellen (Joslin) Allen, he received an undergraduate degree from Dartmouth College in 1894, and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1898.[1]
After gaining admission to the bar, Keene entered the practice of law in Keene, New Hampshire. He "served as an instructor of Dartmouth college, [and] as Judge of the probate court for Cheshire county".[1]
Allen was appointed to the court in 1924 following the death of Chief Justice Frank Nesmith Parsons,[2] and the elevation of associate justice Robert J. Peaslee to chief justice. Allen served as "associate justice of the Supreme court, and as chief Justice from 1934 until 1943",[1] In 1935, Allen was also president of the New Hampshire Bar Association.[3] again succeeding Peaslee.
Personal life and death[edit]
Allen married Amy L. Abbott.[1]
Allen died at Keene, New Hampshire, at the age of 72.[1] Following the death of Allen's wife Amy in 1951, Dartmouth College received a $125,000 bequest from a trust he had established.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "Judge John E. Allen", The Portsmouth Herald (July 25, 1945), p. 2.
- ^ "Following in the Footsteps of His Father", The Portsmouth Herald (July 22, 1924), p. 8.
- ^ "Past NHBA Presidents". New Hampshire Bar Association. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
- ^ "Dartmouth Left $125,000 by Late NH Jurist", Nashua Telegraph (July 5, 1951), p. 8.
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