Bainbridge Lawyers - 1888

Bainbridge, Chenango Co., NY Lawyers

Bainbridge Republican, February 10, 1888

 

Where are the lawyers of this village that only a few years ago were pleading for their clients at the bar?  Sayre and the two Winsors have gone to return no more; John Beverly, C.B Sumner, and Alvin Bennett went west, but they may return some day to visit their nature town.  Our veteran lawyer is Hon. H.A. Clark, who for half a century has practiced law in this village, and many a time has floored his opponent by this thorough knowledge of the law and keen insight into the case in hand.  It is generally understood that if any one gets into a "tight box" Clark is the one to hunt up the legal points to get him out of it.  Although time has dealt leniently with him, yet the many hard fought legal battles of the past fifty years are wearing away his physical strength, and he is gradually withdrawing form the practice of law and enjoying the rewards of a life of incessant toil with his family.  Leroy Bennett who commenced the practice of law in this village some ten years ago, is still with us.  W.B. Matterson and I.J. Tillman have been practicing in this place about two years, and last spring George I. Skinner hung up his shingle and went to work in the office occupied by H.H Clark, in Mammoth block.  Bainbridge now has a corps of lawyers that are worthy the confidence of the people. They are trustworthy, hard-working, and first-class fighters.