Person:Montgomery Throop (1)

The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume X T THROOP, Montgomery Hunt, jurist, was born in Auburn, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1827; son of George B. and _____ (Hunt) Throop, and nephew of Gov. Enos Thompson Throop (q.v.). He was graduated from Hobart college, A.B., 1846; admitted to the bar in 1848, and practised in Utica, N.Y., in partnership with his uncle, Ward Hunt, 1851-56, and with Roscoe Conkling, 1856-64. He removed to New York city in 1864; was appointed commissioner to revise the statutes of the state, 1870, and was chairman of the commission that prepared the New York code of civil procedure in 1877. He removed to Albany, N.Y., in 1880, and devoted himself to the publication of legal books. He received the degree of A.M. from Hobart in 1864. Among his more prominent works are: The Future: a Political Essay (1864); Treatise on the Validity of Verbal Agreements (1870); Annotated Code of Civil Procedure (1880); The New York Justice's Manual (1880); Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1887), and Revised Statutes of the State of New York (1888). He died in Albany, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1892. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century. page 931 THROOP, MONTGOMERY HUNT, lawyer, author, was born Jan. 26, 1827. He is a lawyer of New York city, and the author of The Future: a Political Essay; Validity of Verbal Agreements; Annotated Code of Civil Procedure; The New York Justices' Manual; Digest of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Decisions; and Revised Statutes of the State of New York.