Paul D. Barns

Paul Dryden Barns (March 20, 1894 – September 22, 1973) was a Justice of the Florida Supreme Court from December 2, 1946 to September 1, 1949.

Born in Plant City, Florida,[1] Barns was an aerial gunner and then an aerial gunnery instructor in the United States Army Air Corps during World War I.[2] He graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1920,[3] and became a judge of the Dade Civil Court of Record in 1929, and then a circuit judge until his election to the Florida Supreme Court in 1946,[2] to a seat vacated by the retirement of Justice Armstead Brown.[4]

Barns "thoroughly disliked Tallahassee",[4] but expressed a sense of civic obligation to continue in the position until his resignation in 1949.[4] Barns then returned to private practice in Miami, also occasionally teaching at the University of Miami School of Law, and serving as a substitute judge by special appointment.[1]

Barns died in Miami, Florida, from pulmonary fibrosis attributed to his military service.[1]

References
  1. Erik Robinson, "Florida Supreme Court Justices: List of Life Dates", Florida Supreme Court Historical Society (June 2010).
  2. "Paul D. Barns, 79, Served On Florida Supreme Court", Tampa Bay Times (September 23, 1973), p. 11-B.
  3. "Know Your Candidate for Supreme Court Justice", Tampa Bay Times (April 30, 1946), p. 11.
  4. Joseph A. Boyd Jr., Randall Reder, "A History of the Florida Supreme Court", University of Miami Law Review (1981), p. 1058.
Political offices
Preceded by
Armstead Brown		 Justice of the Florida Supreme Court
1946–1949		 Succeeded by
B. K. Roberts


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