Ernest A. Inglis

Ernest A. Inglis
Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
In office
1953–1957
Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court
In office
1950–1953
Personal details
Born (1887-04-16)April 16, 1887
Middletown, Connecticut
Died December 9, 1972(1972-12-09) (aged 85)
Middletown, Connecticut
Alma mater Wesleyan University
Yale Law School

Ernest Alexander Inglis (born Middletown, Connecticut, April 16, 1887; died in Middletown December 9, 1972) was a lawyer, judge, and Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Inglis attended Wesleyan University graduating in 1908. He achieved an excellent scholarship record, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. He was a 1911 graduate of Yale Law School, having been a member of the Yale Law Journal, and was admitted to the bar in Middlesex County in the same year. He formed a practice in Middletown with Frank D. Haines, later an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court.

Subsequently, he was appointed as state's attorney for Middlesex County. In 1930 he was appointed to the Superior Court.

In 1950 he was raised to the Supreme Court, and in 1953 became Chief Justice. He retired in 1957 on reaching the judicial retirement age of 70.

Inglis served as a trustee of Wesleyan University from 1932 to 1959.

He married Agnes Thompson (Wesleyan class of 1910); they had five children.[1]

References

  1. http://www.cslib.org/memorials/inglise.htm Connecticut State Library bio, from the Connecticut Reports
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