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Howard Wiest (February 24, 1864 – September 16, 1945) was an American jurist. Although he neither graduated from high school nor attended law school, he read law, became Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and went on to be "the Dean" of all Michigan jurists. ==Background== Born in Washington Township, Macomb County, Michigan, to Jacob and Elizabeth Wiest, he had eight siblings.〔(1870 Census )〕 He attended school in Pontiac, Michigan, but "never finished high school."〔 Wiest left school and worked as a machinist, and never attended law school. He then moved to Detroit, Michigan, read law at the Detroit law firm of Atkinson & Atkinson, and was admitted to the Michigan bar in 1885. He was appointed commissioner of the Wayne County Michigan Circuit Courts by Governor Cyrus Luce. In April, 1890 he started ten years in private practice in Ingham County.〔 at the Bentley Historical Library.〕 On December 19, 1888, he married Cora Newman of Pontiac, and they had two children: Lucille Wiest and Theodosia Milkton (of Baltimore, Maryland).〔 He was a Republican.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Howard Wiest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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