Background
Hill, Joseph Morrison was born on September 2, 1864 in Davidson College, North Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Harvey and Isabella (Morrison) Hill.
Hill, Joseph Morrison was born on September 2, 1864 in Davidson College, North Carolina, United States. Son of Daniel Harvey and Isabella (Morrison) Hill.
Student of University of Arkansas
Admitted to bar, 1883. Practiced at Eureka Springs and Fort Smith, Arkansas, 1883-1904. Chief justice Supreme Court of Arkansas, November 1, 1904-February 1, 1909 (resigned).
Chief counsel for the state of Arkansas In the railroad rate cases” (cases won for state in Supreme Court United States, June 1913).
Chief counsel for state of Arkansas in Memphis, Southwestern rate investigation before Interstate Commerce Commission, 1921. Served as special master in case of State of Oklahoma versus State of Texas, 1925.
Special counsel for State in litigation over taxation of Railroads in Bankruptcy, won for State in Supreme Court of the United States, 1941. Chairman Arkansas Construction Commission, 1929-1934.
President trustees State Tuberculosis Sanatorium, 1909-1941, and since 1945.
Member District Exemption Board, Western Arkansas, 1918. Chairman State Democratic Convention, 1920.