Frederick Montye Morson (October 22, 1851 – March 15, 1944) was a Canadian judge.
Frederick Montye Morson was born on October 22, 1851, in Chsmbly, Canada East, to Georgina M. (Kuper) Morson and Frederick Morson.[1] He attended a grammar school in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario; Trinity College, Toronto, where he graduated with a BA in classics in 1871;[2] and Osgoode Hall Law School.[3] He articled at Blake, Kerr & Cassels, was called to the bar of Ontario in 1877, and practised in Hamilton, Ontario, and Toronto before he was appointed to the bench.[2][4]
Morson was a judge of the county court of York, also called the division court of York,[3] from 1892 to 1931.[5] According to Morson, he decided over 200,000 cases.[3][6]
Morson died on March 15, 1944.[3] He was a fan of horse racing.[3]
References edit
- ^ Middleton, Jesse Edgar (1923). The municipality of Toronto: a history. Vol. 1. Toronto: Dominion Pub Co. p. 87. OCLC 1157121887.
- ^ a b Commemorative biographical record of the county of York, Ontario. Toronto: J.H. Beers. 1907. p. 186. OCLC 697676511.
- ^ a b c d e "Jurist noted for dry quips, human rulings". The Globe and Mail. March 16, 1944. p. 5. ProQuest 1325663860.
- ^ Mulvany, Charles Pelham; Adam, G. Mercer (1885). History of Toronto and county of York, Ontario. Toronto: C.B. Robinson. p. 118. OCLC 1046543143.
- ^ MacDonald, Peter V. (1993). Court jesters : Canada's lawyers & judges take the stand to relate their funniest stories. Stoddart. p. 53. ISBN 0-7737-5350-8. OCLC 40881305.
- ^ "Tried 200,000 cases in forty years on bench". Calgary Herald. March 13, 1931. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
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