Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . seat until retired byreason of reaching the age limit of seventy his long connection with public affairs, as legis-lator, judge, and executive. Governor Dutton dis-played a liberal and progressive spirit and left hismark upon the statutory and judicial system of Con-necticut. Among the reforms brought about largelythrough his efforts are the passage of the law allow-ing parties to a suit to testify in civi
Universities and their sons; history, influence and characteristics of American universities, with biographical sketches and portraits of alumni and recipients of honorary degrees . seat until retired byreason of reaching the age limit of seventy his long connection with public affairs, as legis-lator, judge, and executive. Governor Dutton dis-played a liberal and progressive spirit and left hismark upon the statutory and judicial system of Con-necticut. Among the reforms brought about largelythrough his efforts are the passage of the law allow-ing parties to a suit to testify in civil cases, the trans-fer of all divorce cases to the Superior Court, andacts securing more effectively the rights of marriedwomen. .After leaving the Bench, Judge Dutton continued in private practice until failing health for-bade, and retained his Professorship at Yale untilhis death, April 12, 1869. McMAHON, Joseph Sprigg Yale in Dayton, O., 1868; graduated Yale, 1889;studied law and admitted to the Bar, 1891; now inpractice at Dayton, O. JOSEPH SPRIGG McMAHON, Lawyer, wasborn in Dayton, Ohio, February 8, 1868, son ofJohn A. and Mary Rianhard (Sprigg) J. S. McMAHON His great-grandfather, William McMahon, arrivedin America soon after the Revolutionary War, andhis grandfather, John V. L. McMahon, was a resi-dent of Baltimore, Maryland. His father is a well-known lawyer of Dayton. He attended the publicschools and the Deaver Collegiate Institute in hisnative city, and after graduating at Yale with theClass of 1889, he read law in his fathers office, andwas admitted to the Bar in 1S91. He has eversince been engaged in active practice and is thejunior member of the firm of McMahon & McMahon,Dayton. Mr. McMahon was a member of theDayton Public Library Board from 1893 to 1896;Secretary of the Dayton Club for the years 1893-1S96, and Chairman of its House Committee. He UNIVERSITIES AND THEIR SONS 311 is a member of the Bicycle, Golf and Buzbuz Clubs,all of Dayto
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