Abe W. Turner (April 26, 1893 – May 25, 1947)"Abe W. Turner, Former Utah Court Justice, Dies Suddenly", ''The Daily Herald'' (May 26, 1947), p. 2."Death of Judge Abe Turner, Former Supreme Justice", ''The Salt Lake Tribune'' (May 27, 1947), p. 4."Abe W. Turner", ''The Utah Bar Bulletin'', Volume 18 (1948), p. 150. was a justice of the

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from 1944 to 1946.Stephen W. Julien, "The Utah State Supreme Court and Its Justices, 1896-1976"
44 Utah Hist. Q.
267, 280-81 (1976). Born in

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, Turner attended the

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and received a degree from

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in 1916, gaining admission to the

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on October 9, 1916. He was in private practice until 1931, when he became City Attorney of Provo. In 1932, he was elected to a seat on the Fourth Judicial District, thereafter winning reelection in 1936 and 1940. On March 14, 1944, Governor J. Bracken Lee named Turner a justice pro tempore of the Supreme Court of Utah, where Turner remained until February 18, 1946. After leaving the court, Turner resumed private practice in

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, until his death at the age of 54.

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