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About George Mathews
George Mathews Jr., was a Judge of the Superior Courts of the Territory of Mississippi and the Territory of Orleans, and Presiding Judge of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1813 until his death in 1836. His ruling in Marie Louise v. Marot was cited as precedent by dissenting U.S. Supreme Court Justice John McLean in the 1856 landmark Dred Scott v. Sandford case.
Everything about George Mathews →- Occupation
- lawyer, judge
- Born
- September 30, 1774
- Died
- November 14, 1836