A. B. Neil
Albert Bramlett Neil (February 28, 1873 – June 26, 1966) was an associate justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1942 to 1947, and then chief justice of the Court until 1960.[1]
Life
[edit]Neil was born in Lewisburg, Tennessee on February 28, 1873,[2] the son of Dr. James Benton Neil and his wife Talitha Jane McCord. He attended Winchester Normal College, Terrell College in Decherd, Tennessee and then Cumberland University.[3][4] He graduated from the Cumberland School of Law with an LL.B. degree in 1896.[2]
In 1898, Neil was elected to the 51st Tennessee General Assembly representing Marshall County in the House from 1899 to 1901.[1][5] In 1902, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee. On September 11, 1911, Neil married Josephine Pendleton in Nashville.[3]
Neil was a criminal court judge for Davidson County from 1910 to 1918 and a circuit court judge for Davidson County from 1918 to 1942. He also served as a professor at the Cumberland University Law School from 1930 to 1940 and as dean of the law school from 1935 to 1940.[1][2] Neil was conferred an honorary LL.D. degree by Cumberland University in 1935.[3]
Neil was appointed to the Tennessee Supreme Court on March 9, 1942, to a seat vacated by the death of Associate Justice William L. Cook. He was elected chief justice on October 6, 1947 after the death of Alexander W. Chambliss.[1]
Neil retired from the Court on February 1, 1960.[1] He died in Nashville on June 26, 1966, at the age of 93.[2][3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Justices Part 2 :: Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society". www.tschsociety.org. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
- 1 2 3 4 Crutchfield, James A. (1984). "Neil, Albert Bramlett". Timeless Tennesseans. Huntsville, Alabama: Strode Publishers. p. 121. Retrieved 2026-05-04.
- 1 2 3 4 "Neil, Albert Bramlett". The National Cyclopedia of American Biography. Vol. 53. New York, New York: James T. White & Company. 1971. pp. 149–150. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- ↑ Langum, David J.; Walthall, Howard P. (2010-01-01). From Maverick to Mainstream: Cumberland School of Law, 1847–1997. University of Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820336183.
- ↑ "51st General Assembly, House of Representatives". Tennessee Virtual Archive. Tennessee State Library & Archives. 1899–1900. Retrieved 2026-05-04.
External links
[edit]- NEIL, ALBERT BRAMLETT, SR. (1873-1966) PAPERS, 1917-1966, Tennessee State Library and Archives
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