Background
Brown, Montreville Jay was born on June 13, 1884 in Morris, Minnesota, United States. Son of Calvin Luther and Annette (Marlow) Brown.
Brown, Montreville Jay was born on June 13, 1884 in Morris, Minnesota, United States. Son of Calvin Luther and Annette (Marlow) Brown.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Minnesota, 1907, Bachelor of Laws, 1909.
Admitted to Minnesota bar, 1909. Practiced in Bemidji, 1909-1918. City attorney, 1917-1918.
Assistant attorney general Minnesota, 1918-1923, also member State Securities Commission, 1918-1921.
Instructor Minnesota College Law, 1921-1931. Member Oppenheimer, Hodgson Brown, Baer & Wolff, Saint Paul, since 1923.
Counsel Minneapolis Saint Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission since 1944. Special counsel City of Minneapolis in street car fare hearings before Railroad and Warehouse communications of Minnesota.
Member Draft Board, Beltrami Company, World War I. Member American, Minnesota and Ramsey Company bar associations, Alpha Delta Phi, Phi Delta Phi. Congregationalist.; Mason (grand master, Grand Lodge of Minnesota, 1933).
Clubs: Somerset Country, Athletic (Saint Paul).
Married Minnie Stinchfield, November 19, 1910. Children: Alice Katherine (widow of Hawley Sanford, deceased).