Draft:Henry Lummus

Henry Tilton Lummus (December 28, 1876 – August 29, 1960) was a justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court from 1932 to 1955. He was appointed by Governor Joseph B. Ely.

Lummus graduated from the Boston University Law School in 1897, summa cum laude. In 1898 he, entered the practice of law in Lynn, Massachusetts. In February, 1907, when 30 years of age, he was made justice of the Southern Essex District Court, having for four years previous served as a special justice of that court. From 1899 to 1902 he was a member of the Lynn School Committee, serving as chairman for part of that time.

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In 1921, Governor Channing H. Cox nominated Lummus to a seat on the Massachusetts Superior Court, heading the list of the first nominations made by Cox after taking office.

"He was a member of the Constitutional convention. In 1905 he wrote a treatise on liens, which is in general use. He wrote in 1909 "'Failure of Appeal System," proposing reforms adopted for Boston in 1912 and now recommended for the State by the Judicature Commission in 1921. Judge Lummus has been chairman. of the committee on law and procedure of the Judges' Association since 1912, drew the Illegitimate Children act in 1913 and other laws; originated idea of supervising committee of judges, and was chairman of the committee which drew the small claims procedure in 1920-21."