Background
Sommerville, Walter Byers was born on October 7, 1854 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of William Byers and Eleanor (Casey) Sommerville.
Sommerville, Walter Byers was born on October 7, 1854 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of William Byers and Eleanor (Casey) Sommerville.
Bachelor of Laws, University of Louisiana (Tulane University), 1880.
Admitted to Louisiana bar, 1880, to bar Supreme Court of the United States, 1891. Practiced, New Orleans. Appointed judge Civil District Court (state court), August 1900, elected to same office, November 1900, for term of 12 years.
Elected Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, March 1911, reëlected, November 26, 1912, term of 12 years.
Married Fannie Palmer Caldwell, November 15, 1906.