Greenleaf Clark, Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

Greenleaf Clark (August 23, 1835 – December 7, 1904) was an American jurist. Born in

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, Clark received his bachelor's degree from

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in 1866 and his law degree from

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in 1857. He then moved to

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to practice law and was an attorney for the Great Northern Railroad. Clark served briefly on the

Minnesota Supreme Court The Minnesota Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The court hears cases in the Supreme Court chamber in the Minnesota State Capitol or in the nearby Minnesota Judicial Center. History The court was first asse ...

in 1881 and 1882. Clark died suddenly at his winter home in Lamanda Park, Pasadena, California.'Native of Plaistow, N. H.-Judge Greenleaf Clark of St. Paul Dies Suddenly,' The Boston Globe, December 8, 1904, pg. 7

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