Description
N.B.--Hall had Transcripts and Briefs bound separately before 1878.
After that date Transcripts and Briefs for a particular case are bound
together. It is not clear why the individual Briefs were bound together as they
were. Their order is vaguely chronological, but not consistently so--nor is
there evidence of subject ar-rangement, apart from the uniform contents of
Briefs, Vol. 6.
Background
John B. Hall (1821-1906) practised law in Stockton, Calif. from1851
until his death. Hall was the son of a Hagerstown, Maryland attorney. He
studied at St. Johns University and at the Jefferson Law College after which he
was admitted to the Maryland bar (1840). Hall practised law in Hagerstown for
ten years before coming to California (1850) where he established a practice in
San Francisco. Soon afterward, Capt. Charles Weber, founder of Stockton, hired
John B. Hall to handle his legal affairs (1851). Hall then relocated in
Stockton where he remained until his death.
Availability
Collection is open for research.