Volume 15 , Issue 2

Judge Robert H. Loofbourrow

In The Beaver Herald, dated 27 October 1910, on page ten, we found the following article concerning the members of Woods County Bar endorsing Judge LoofBourrow of Beaver county, in a paid advertisement.

In the District Court of Woods County, State of Oklahoma, the undersigned, members of the Alva, Oklahoma Bar took means to express their high appreciation of the legal ability, courtesy and patience of the Judge of the District Court of this County and District Court of Woods County and District, Honorable R. H. Loofbourrow, as displayed at this and a series of earlier terms of this court.

They felt that it was not too much to say that every litigant in every case in this court received the careful attention of the court, and that the court imposes upon himself, in very many instances, great labors in addition to the harassing business of actual court trials, in the endeavor to rightfully decide the questions before him, and that in a addition to the praise which is his due as a judge and lawyer, he is entitled to the higher compliment, that every decision is an honest one, the best judgement of an honest man.

W. M. Bickel, A. J. Ross, Claud McCrory, F. M. Cowgill, L. T. Wilson, A. G. Sutton, H. A. Noah, E. W. Snoddy, J. P. Grove, C. H. Mauntell, Stevens, Frank L. Tyson.

This was a tribute honestly earned, and came from the attorneys of Alva regardless of their political faith. Everybody who had occasion to be in Judge Loofbourrow's court, admire him for the open and firm way in which he stood on all propositions, and the careful way he had in considering points of law that were brought forth by attorneys.

The attorneys named above comprised nine-tenths of the members of the Bar of Woods County, being the most populous county in this Judicial District, and Alva being the largest city.

Of the above named attorneys, F. M. Cowgill was the law partner of Chief Justice Dunn, of the Oklahoma Supreme Court; and Hon. E. W. Snoddy was the Republican candidate for Judge of the Criminal Court of Appeals of the State of Oklahoma. Such endorsements voluntarily made by one of the stingiest Bars in the State, is a splendid tribute to the record Judge Loofbourrow had made. It reflected not only a credit to the integrity and ability of Judge Loofbourrow, but it also wa an honor to the citizenship of Beaver County.

Bob Loofbourrow had been a resident of Beaver county since boyhood. He studied and was admitted to the Bar in this county, and his public and private life was known to all our citizens to be above reproach. He would undoubtedly receive the support of the voters of his home county, regardless of party affiliations. [Paid Advertisement.]   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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