Dist. Attorney 27th Dist. 1923 - 28
Dist. Judge 27TH Dist. 1929 - 1941
Commission of Appeals 1941 - 45
Supreme Court of Texas 1945 - 57
Obituary:
Few Brewster, 68, an Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court for 12 years who resigned on Sept. 30, died at his home here today about 5 p.m.
Friends said he was watching a football game on television and fell over dead.
Judge Brewster became a member of the court when it was enlarged to its present nine members on Sept. 21, 1945, and was elected to his first full term in 1948. He was re-elected to a second 6-year term in 1954. Prior to his service on the court, Judge Brewster was district judge of Bell County for 13 years and was appointed a judge on the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals on Nov. 1, 1941.
He also served as Bell County attorney and district attorney.
Brewster received his law degree from the University in 1916 and served as a member of the university's board of chancellors. He taught school three years while attending college. In 1916 he began law practice in Temple.
Brewster had been in ill health for more than a year and was seriously ill several weeks ago after he suffered a stroke in Washington He returned to Texas after a brief stay in a Washington hospital.
At the time Brewster retired, Chief Justice J.E. Hickman commented on his tension-breaking humor and his conscientious service.
"In our sessions around the board, Judge Brewster would release the tension the most by his humorous remarks. In his heyday he was quite a humorist and a great organizer. He was a toastmaster of great demand. But most important he was a very able, conscientious jurist and was scholarly, brotherly and objective as one of the better judges I've ever served with," Hickman said.
Gov. Price Daniel noted that Brewster "has made a distinguished record on the Supreme Court and I regret he has found it necessary to resign."
Since the death of Justice Graham B. Smedley in 1954, Brewster had been senior associate justice on the court.
The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, October 13, 1957
Dist. Judge 27TH Dist. 1929 - 1941
Commission of Appeals 1941 - 45
Supreme Court of Texas 1945 - 57
Obituary:
Few Brewster, 68, an Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court for 12 years who resigned on Sept. 30, died at his home here today about 5 p.m.
Friends said he was watching a football game on television and fell over dead.
Judge Brewster became a member of the court when it was enlarged to its present nine members on Sept. 21, 1945, and was elected to his first full term in 1948. He was re-elected to a second 6-year term in 1954. Prior to his service on the court, Judge Brewster was district judge of Bell County for 13 years and was appointed a judge on the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals on Nov. 1, 1941.
He also served as Bell County attorney and district attorney.
Brewster received his law degree from the University in 1916 and served as a member of the university's board of chancellors. He taught school three years while attending college. In 1916 he began law practice in Temple.
Brewster had been in ill health for more than a year and was seriously ill several weeks ago after he suffered a stroke in Washington He returned to Texas after a brief stay in a Washington hospital.
At the time Brewster retired, Chief Justice J.E. Hickman commented on his tension-breaking humor and his conscientious service.
"In our sessions around the board, Judge Brewster would release the tension the most by his humorous remarks. In his heyday he was quite a humorist and a great organizer. He was a toastmaster of great demand. But most important he was a very able, conscientious jurist and was scholarly, brotherly and objective as one of the better judges I've ever served with," Hickman said.
Gov. Price Daniel noted that Brewster "has made a distinguished record on the Supreme Court and I regret he has found it necessary to resign."
Since the death of Justice Graham B. Smedley in 1954, Brewster had been senior associate justice on the court.
The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, October 13, 1957
Dist. Attorney 27th Dist. 1923 - 28
Dist. Judge 27TH Dist. 1929 - 1941
Commission of Appeals 1941 - 45
Supreme Court of Texas 1945 - 57
Obituary:
Few Brewster, 68, an Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court for 12 years who resigned on Sept. 30, died at his home here today about 5 p.m.
Friends said he was watching a football game on television and fell over dead.
Judge Brewster became a member of the court when it was enlarged to its present nine members on Sept. 21, 1945, and was elected to his first full term in 1948. He was re-elected to a second 6-year term in 1954. Prior to his service on the court, Judge Brewster was district judge of Bell County for 13 years and was appointed a judge on the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals on Nov. 1, 1941.
He also served as Bell County attorney and district attorney.
Brewster received his law degree from the University in 1916 and served as a member of the university's board of chancellors. He taught school three years while attending college. In 1916 he began law practice in Temple.
Brewster had been in ill health for more than a year and was seriously ill several weeks ago after he suffered a stroke in Washington He returned to Texas after a brief stay in a Washington hospital.
At the time Brewster retired, Chief Justice J.E. Hickman commented on his tension-breaking humor and his conscientious service.
"In our sessions around the board, Judge Brewster would release the tension the most by his humorous remarks. In his heyday he was quite a humorist and a great organizer. He was a toastmaster of great demand. But most important he was a very able, conscientious jurist and was scholarly, brotherly and objective as one of the better judges I've ever served with," Hickman said.
Gov. Price Daniel noted that Brewster "has made a distinguished record on the Supreme Court and I regret he has found it necessary to resign."
Since the death of Justice Graham B. Smedley in 1954, Brewster had been senior associate justice on the court.
The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, October 13, 1957
Dist. Judge 27TH Dist. 1929 - 1941
Commission of Appeals 1941 - 45
Supreme Court of Texas 1945 - 57
Obituary:
Few Brewster, 68, an Associate Justice of the State Supreme Court for 12 years who resigned on Sept. 30, died at his home here today about 5 p.m.
Friends said he was watching a football game on television and fell over dead.
Judge Brewster became a member of the court when it was enlarged to its present nine members on Sept. 21, 1945, and was elected to his first full term in 1948. He was re-elected to a second 6-year term in 1954. Prior to his service on the court, Judge Brewster was district judge of Bell County for 13 years and was appointed a judge on the Supreme Court Commission of Appeals on Nov. 1, 1941.
He also served as Bell County attorney and district attorney.
Brewster received his law degree from the University in 1916 and served as a member of the university's board of chancellors. He taught school three years while attending college. In 1916 he began law practice in Temple.
Brewster had been in ill health for more than a year and was seriously ill several weeks ago after he suffered a stroke in Washington He returned to Texas after a brief stay in a Washington hospital.
At the time Brewster retired, Chief Justice J.E. Hickman commented on his tension-breaking humor and his conscientious service.
"In our sessions around the board, Judge Brewster would release the tension the most by his humorous remarks. In his heyday he was quite a humorist and a great organizer. He was a toastmaster of great demand. But most important he was a very able, conscientious jurist and was scholarly, brotherly and objective as one of the better judges I've ever served with," Hickman said.
Gov. Price Daniel noted that Brewster "has made a distinguished record on the Supreme Court and I regret he has found it necessary to resign."
Since the death of Justice Graham B. Smedley in 1954, Brewster had been senior associate justice on the court.
The Dallas Morning News, Sunday, October 13, 1957
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