About Allison B. Humphreys
Lived 1906 – 1993 (aged 86–87). Allison B. Humphreys was a social scientist.
Allison Battle Humphreys, Jr. (June 28, 1906 – September 1, 1993) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1967 to 1974.
Born in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee, he was the third of six children of Allison Battle Humphreys (1876-1963) and Maude Dixon Sperry (1882-1954). Humphreys attended Castle Heights Military Academy, and received an LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1929, entering the practice of law that same year.
Humphreys was solicitor general of Tennessee from 1952 to 1960. In that capacity, Humphreys asserted in one high-profile case that it was illegal for an executive branch agency of the state to employ a state legislator. On January 22, 1960, Humphreys was appointed by Governor Buford Ellington to a seat on the Tennessee Court of Appeals. Humphreys served until his retirement from the court in 1974.
Humphreys died at University Medical Center in Lebanon, Tennessee.
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Allison B. Humphreys died on 1 September 1993.
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Allison B. Humphreys was a social scientist.
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