Draft:Sydney Sanner

Sydney C. Sanner (October 16, 1872 – September 3, 1961) was a justice of the Montana Supreme Court from 1914 to 1918.

Born in Maryland, Sanner moved to Helena, Montana, when he was fifteen years old and began reading law during high school. He continued to study with Judge Henry Smith after graduation, gaining admission to the Montana Bar in 1894. He moved around the state quite a bit and worked in many law firms. In 1908, he was elected district judge to the 7th Judicial District and in 1913, elected Associate Justice of the Montana Supreme Court. He resigned, October 1918 after losing in a preliminary election and enlisted in the U.S. Army's Judge Advocate General Department. Sanner was honorably discharged from the army as a lieutenant colonel and worked at his law practice in Butte, Montana. He later moved to California to better serve his clients. Sanner died in Pacific Palisades, California. At the time, he was reported to have been the oldest practicing attorney in the California Bar Association.

Personal life and death
Sanner married Kirtlye Hill in 1901, with whom he had one daughter.