Charles A. Shurtleff
| Charles Allerton Shurtleff | |
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| Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court | |
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In office July 2, 1921 – December 18, 1922 |
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| Appointed by | Governor William Stephens |
| Preceded by | Warren Olney Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Terry W. Ward |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 4, 1857 Shasta County, California, U.S. |
| Died | April 14, 1941 (aged 84) Menlo Park, California, U.S. |
| Spouse(s) |
Ada G. West (m. 1886; death 1925) Nellie V. Crockett (m. 1927; death 1934) |
| Alma mater |
Napa College (B.A.) Hastings College of the Law (LL.B.) |
Charles Allerton Shurtleff (April 4, 1857 – April 14, 1941) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from July 2, 1921, to December 1922.
Born in Shasta County, California, Shurtleff was the second of three sons of pioneer physician Benjamin Shurtleff. He was educated in the public schools of Shasta County, and received an A.B. from Napa College, later affiliated with the College of the Pacific, in 1879, and an LL.B. from the Hastings College of the Law in 1882.
Shurtleff commenced the practice of the law in San Francisco, first with Morris M. Estee, a distinguished lawyer who later was appointed United States District Judge for the Territory of Hawaii, and then in 1883 or 1884 with Judge Waldo M. York, the father of Judge John M. York, and with distinguished attorney John M. Whitworth. Shurtleff was active in Republican Party politics, serving in June 1890 on the party's 41st Assembly district club. In November 1890, Shurtleff was appointed as Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of California. After resigning in October 1893 from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Shurtleff returned to private practice. Of his former law partners, Waldo moved to New York, and Whitworth died, leaving Shurtleff to continue his practice with Robert B. Gaylord until 1909, and then with Joseph G. DeForest.
On July 1, 1921, Shurtleff was appointed by Governor William Stephens to a seat of the Supreme Court of California vacated by the resignation of Associate Justice Warren Olney Jr. When first offered appointment to the state supreme court, Shurtleff, who was noted for his loyalty to his employees, initially declined because it would cause him to abandon his secretary, who had served him faithfully for many years. The Chief Justice prevailed on Shurtleff by permitting him to bring his secretary to work at the court. In November 1922, he ran for the remainder of Olney's unexpired term, but lost the election.
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