Background
Lummus, Henry Tilton was born on December 28, 1876 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Louisa Mitchell (Brown) Lummus.
Associate Justice of the Superior Court
Lummus, Henry Tilton was born on December 28, 1876 in Lynn, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Louisa Mitchell (Brown) Lummus.
Bachelor of Laws, summa cum laude, Boston University, 1897, Doctor of Laws, 1933. Doctor of Laws, Northeastern U., Boston, 1933. Doctor of Laws, Tulane University of Louisiana, 1936.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1898. Practiced at Lynn, 1898-1921. Lecturer on law at Boston and Northeastern universities.
Special justice District Court of Southern Essex, Lynn, 1903-1907, justice 1907-1921. The American Association For Justice Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1921-1932, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts since 1932.
Author: Law of Liens, 1904. Notes to Rules of Superior Court of Massachusetts, 1932. The Trial Judge (Rosenthal lectures at Northwestern University Law School), 1937.Contributor legal articles.
Member school committee, Lynn, 1899-1902, chairman, 1901-1902. Member Constitutional Convention of Massachusetts, 1917-1919. Chairman Section of Judicial Administration, American Bar Association, 1938-1939.
Member of council American Law Institute, 1939-1942 and since 1945.
Spouse Eleanor Stetson Tarbox, October 9, 1900, Lynn, Massachusetts.