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Tom M. Mehaffy

Married Annie A. Poe, daughter of James Martin Poe, son of John W. Poe, son of John Poe and Sarah Threet

Goodspeed’s Biographies – Central Arkansas

http://courts.state.ar.us/courts/history2.html

Justices of the Supreme Court of the 
State of Arkansas (1836-2006)

Position Seven - Associate Justice
James W. Mehaffy [died before assuming office]	1927
Tom M. Mehaffy [appointed; subsequently elected]	1927-1942

http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/virtual_tour_02/popups/grounds/granite/granite.html

Arkansas Capitol Grounds
Granite Centennial Boulder

Constitutional Officers Centennial Year 1936

Chief Justice

Charles E. Johnson

Associate Justices

Turner Butler, Frank G. Smith, Thos. H. Humphreys,

Tom M Mehaffy, Basil Baker, Edward L. McHaney

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=267&invol=231

U.S. Supreme Court

FORT SMITH SPELTER CO. v. CLEAR CREEK OIL & GAS CO, 267 U.S. 231 (1925)

267 U.S. 231 FT. SMITH SPELTER CO. v. CLEAR CREEK OIL & GAS CO.
No. 266.
Submitted Jan. 28, 1925.
Decided March 2, 1925.

Messrs. Tom M. Mehaffy and J. W. Mehaffy, both of Little Rock, Ark., and James S. Holt, of Ft. Smith, Ark., for plaintiff in error.

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from William Denslow's collection of Masonic biographies:

Tom M. Mehaffy (1859-1944)  Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court from 1927. born October 3, 1859 near Ripley, Miss.  Attended school for only ten months and was self educated. Admitted to Arkansas bar in 1888 and began practicing at Benton. Served terms in both branches of state legislature. Moved to Little Rock in 1905.  Member of Benton Lodge No. 34, Benton, Arkansas.