Chester C. Chattin (November 2, 1907 – July 29, 1979) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1965 to 1974.
Born in Winchester, Tennessee, Chattin received a B.S. from the University of the South in 1929, and an LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1930.[1][2] He commenced the practice of law in Winchester that year,[1] and served as an assistant district attorney for the General Eighteenth Judicial Circuit in 1935, 1937, and from 1939 to 1947.[2] From 1940 to 1944, he represented Franklin County, Tennessee, in the Tennessee House of Representatives.[1] He then served for a time as district attorney for the General Eighteenth Judicial Circuit.[2]
On February 19, 1962, Governor Buford Ellington appointed Chattin to the Tennessee Court of Appeals.[2][3] On December 28, 1964, Governor Frank G. Clement appointed to a seat on the Supreme Court of Tennessee vacated by the retirement of Justice Sam L. Felts. Chattin took office on January 1, 1965.[3] Chattin was elected to a full term on the court in 1966.[2] He remained on the court until his retirement in 1974, when several other justices also retired and the court was substantially replaced.[4]
Chattin died at Franklin County Hospital following a stroke, at the age of 71.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Ex-Justice Chattin Services Today", The Tennessean (July 31, 1979), p. 5.
- ^ a b c d e Tennessee Supreme Court Historical Society. "Justices".
- ^ a b "Chattin Named to High Court", The Tennessean (December 29, 1964), p. 1.
- ^ Kenneth Jost, "Court Seated, Says Improved System a Goal", The Tennessean (September 3, 1974), p. 1, 5.
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