Charles A. Shurtleff

Charles Allerton Shurtleff (April 4, 1857 - April 14, 1941) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from July 2, 1921 to December 1922. Born in Shasta County, California, Shurtleff was the second of three sons of pioneer physician Benjamin Shurtleff. He was educated in the public schools of Shasta County, and received an A.B. from Napa College, later affiliated with the College of the Pacific, in 1879, and an LL.B. from the Hastings College of the Law in 1882. He commenced the practice of the law in San Francisco, first with Morris M. Estee, a distinguished lawyer who later was appointed United States District Judge for the Territory of Hawaii, and then in 1883 or 1884 with Judge Waldo M. York, the father of Judge John M. York, and with distinguished attorney John M. Wh

Charles A. Shurtleff

Charles Allerton Shurtleff (April 4, 1857 - April 14, 1941) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from July 2, 1921 to December 1922. Born in Shasta County, California, Shurtleff was the second of three sons of pioneer physician Benjamin Shurtleff. He was educated in the public schools of Shasta County, and received an A.B. from Napa College, later affiliated with the College of the Pacific, in 1879, and an LL.B. from the Hastings College of the Law in 1882. He commenced the practice of the law in San Francisco, first with Morris M. Estee, a distinguished lawyer who later was appointed United States District Judge for the Territory of Hawaii, and then in 1883 or 1884 with Judge Waldo M. York, the father of Judge John M. York, and with distinguished attorney John M. Wh