Royal Augustus Stone (June 26, 1875 – September 13, 1942) was an American jurist. Born in

Le Sueur, Minnesota Le Sueur ( ) is a city in Le Sueur County in the U.S. state of Minnesota, between Mankato and the Twin Cities. It lies along the Minnesota River and U.S. Highway 169. Le Sueur was named in honor of French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur. ...

, Stone moved with his parents to

Morris, Minnesota Morris is a city and the county seat of Stevens County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,105 at the 2020 census. Morris is surrounded by some of the nation's richest agricultural land, and agribusiness is important to the local ...

. After finishing high school at the academy at

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, he went to

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. He then went to the

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and received his law degree in 1897. Stone was admitted to the Minnesota bar and served as the Morris village attorney in 1897. After a year of practicing law, he served in the

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during the

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and

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. ''Royal A. Stone, Associate Justice 1923-1942''
Minnesota State Law Library. From 1905 to 1907, Stone served as an assistant attorney general for the state of Minnesota. He then practiced law in

Saint Paul, Minnesota Saint Paul (often abbreviated St. Paul) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County, Minnesota, Ramsey County. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, ...

. Stone served on the

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from 1923 until his death in 1942. He died in a hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota of a heart ailment only five days after he was renominated for reelection."Justice Royal A. Stone Of State Supreme Court Dies", '' Albert Lea Evening Tribune'', September 14, 1942, pg. 1, 2

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''Proceedings in Memory of Associate Justice Royal A. Stone''
213 Minnesota Reports, p. xxxvii. St. Paul, Minnesota: Review Publishing, 1943. 1875 births 1942 deaths People from Le Sueur, Minnesota People from Morris, Minnesota Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota Military personnel from Minnesota Carleton College alumni Washington University School of Law alumni University of Minnesota alumni Justices of the Minnesota Supreme Court {{Minnesota-politician-stub