Alfred D. Land

Alfred Dillingham Land (January 15, 1842 – June 4, 1917) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from October 17, 1903 to June 4, 1917.

Biography Born in Holmes County, Mississippi, he was the son of Thomas Thompson Land, a prominent attorney who also served on the state supreme court.

Land came to Shreveport, Louisiana as a child and attended the local schools, and then spent two terms at Centenary College and two terms at the University of Virginia. He received his diploma from the law school of the University of Louisiana (now Tulane University) in May 1961.

Land served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, His brother John R. Land, also a Louisiana Supreme Court Justice, was at his side when he died.