Martin L. Pipes
| Martin Luther Pipes | |
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| 54th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court | |
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In office 1924–1924 |
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| Appointed by | Walter M. Pierce |
| Preceded by | John McCourt |
| Succeeded by | Harry H. Belt |
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| Born | September 21, 1850 Louisiana |
| Died | July 15, 1932 Portland, Oregon |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Curtis Skipworth |
Martin Luther Pipes (1850–1932) was an American attorney and judge in Oregon. He was the 54th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. A Louisiana native, he also was a judge on the Oregon Circuit Court and a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.
Martin Pipes was born to John Pipes and Harriet Shaffer Pipes in Ascension Parish, Louisiana on September 21, 1850. In Louisiana Martin received his education and graduated in 1871 from Louisiana State Seminary. On November 1, 1874 Pipes married Mary Curtis Skipworth in his home state. The couple would have five children together. The family moved to Oregon the following year and arrived on June 1, 1875, settling in Independence in the Willamette Valley.
In Independence Martin was a school teacher, newspaper editor, and from 1878 to 1881 the justice of the peace and city recorder. During this time in 1880 he was elected and served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat from Polk County. In 1881 he passed the bar and began practicing law there and in neighboring Dallas, Oregon until 1884. Then in 1884 he moved south to Corvallis, Oregon where he practiced law until 1890.
In 1890 he became a state circuit court judge in Corvallis, serving until 1892. That year Martin moved to Portland, Oregon, where he practiced law until 1932. While in Portland he worked with Joseph Simon in settling the estate of entrepreneur Simeon Gannett Reed that help lead to the establishment of Reed College in Portland. In 1910 he was a professor at the University of Oregon School of Law when it was located in Portland. On September 12, 1924, Pipes was appointed to the Oregon Supreme Court to replace John McCourt by Oregon Governor Walter M. Pierce after McCourt died in office. Pipes only served until the end of the term on December 31, 1924. Martin Luther Pipes returned to law practice in Portland where he died on July 15, 1932.
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