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affability, he soon gained the confidence of the people of Rapides Parish, and became Parish Judge. After serving several terms in that capacity, he returned to the practice of law. In 1865, immediately after the war, Gov. J. Madison Wells appointed Judge Hyman to the Chief-Justiceship of the Su preme Court of the State. He remained on the Supreme Bench until 1869, when the Constitution of the

State was changed and his successor was ap pointed. Judge Hy man was for several years Parish Judge of Jefferson. He was then appointed Sur veyor of the Port of New Orleans, which position he retained until a few years be fore his death, when ex-Governor Kellogg, ol Radical fame, outra geously caused his re moval to make a place for Pinchback, a lead ing negro politician of Louisiana. The Judge then retired to his home in Jefferson Par ish, where he remained until his death in 1884. The Justices were THOMAS C. appointed by the exec utive. Under the provision relative to it, the Court had appellate jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases, as the previous one had. The salary of the Chief-Justice was $7,500, and that of the Associates, each $7,000. The term of office was to be eight years. In 1868, another Constitution having been adopted, a new Supreme Court was created, composed of five justices, to be appointed by the Executive, for the term of eight years, with a salary of $7,500 for the Chief-Justice, and $7,000 for each associate. It was clothed with appellate jurisdiction in both civil and

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criminal cases, where the matter in dispute in the first class would exceed $500, and where death or hard labor was the penalty in the second, but on questions of law only. The justices appointed were JohnT. Ludeling, J. G. Taliaferro, R. K. Howell, W. G. Wyly, and W. W. Howe, who organized and took their seats in New Orleans in Novem ber of the same year. In 1872, Justice Howe having re signed, John H. Kennard was appointed in his stead by the Gov ernor, who qualified and took his seat on the bench. In 1873 the Acting Governor appointed P. H. Mor gan in the place of Justice Howe. Justice Kennard de clined to vacate his seat, and litigation fol lowed, which was set tled by the United States Supreme Court, recognizing the valid ity of Justice Mor gan's appointment and his right to the seat occupied by Kennard, 94 U. S. 480. Conse quently Mr. Justice Morgan, having quali MANNING. fied, ascended the bench on the first day of February, 1873. The judges' terms expired in November, 1876; but the judges held office subse quently until their successors were ap pointed and qualified. Mr. John T. Ludeling was a native of Monroe, Louisiana, where he entered upon the study of law under the Hon. Isaiah Garrett. He was appointed to the ChiefJusticeship by Governor Warmoth, and his decisions are reported from the Twentysecond to the Twenty-ninth Louisiana An nuals. He died last January, at the age of