Thomas Canty (judge)

John Thomas Canty

John Thomas Canty (April 24, 1854 – May 1, 1920) was an American jurist.

Born in London, England, Canty emigrated with his parents to the United States and settled in Detroit, Michigan and Lawler, Iowa. Canty moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1880 and was admitted to the Minnesota bar in 1881. Canty served as a Minnesota district court judge for Hennepin County, Minnesota. He then served on the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1894 to 1899. Canty emigrated to Brazil to develope plantations and colonization projects. Canty died at his home in Curratinha, Brazil after getting lost while on an exploration, for three days, and being without food or water dying as a result from the effects.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Notes

↑ Minnesota State Law Library-Thomas Canty
↑ 'Iowans Inherit $900,000 Worth of Mahogany Forest in Brazil,' Milford Mail (Iowa), September 30, 1920, pg. 7
↑ 'Goes for Fortune in Brazil,' Emmetsburg Democrat (Iowa), November 3, 1920
↑ 'About Iowa People and Events,' J. W. Jarnagin, Lemars Semi Weekly Sentinel (Iowa), August 3, 1920

Minnesota Supreme Court Justices

Territorial (1849–1858)	Goodrich Cooper Meeker Fuller Hayner Chatfield Sherburne Welch R. Nelson Flandrau

State (since 1858)	Flandrau Atwater Emmett T. Wilson McMillan Berry Gilfillan Ripley Young Cornell Mitchell Clark Dickinson Vanderburgh Collins Buck Canty Start C. Brown Lovely Lewis Douglas Jaggard Elliott O'Brien Simpson Bunn P. Brown Holt Hallam Schaller Quinn Dibell S. Wilson Stone Hilton Olsen Loring Devaney Olson H. Peterson H. Gallagher Streissguth Pirsig Youngdahl T. Gallagher Magney Matson W. Christianson F. Gallagher Knutson T. Christianson Dell M. Nelson Murphy Loevinger Otis Rogosheske Sheran C.D. Peterson F. Kelly Todd MacLaughlin Yetka Scott Wahl Amdahl Simonett G. Kelley Coyne Popovich Keith Tomljanovich Ogren Page P. Anderson Stringer Blatz Gilbert R. Anderson Ericksen Meyer Hanson G.B. Anderson Gildea Dietzen Magnuson Stras Wright Lillehaug Hudson

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