George Mathews (judge), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

George Mathews (judge)

American judge

Date of Birth: 30-Sep-1774

Place of Birth: Augusta County, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 14-Nov-1836

Profession: judge, lawyer

Zodiac Sign: Libra

George Mathews Jr.
(September 30, 1774 – November 14, 1836), 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.