Bill Text: IN HR0025 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Commerating the 150th anniversary of McCabe & McCabe law firm of Williamsport.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-02-09 - First reading: adopted voice vote [HR0025 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-HR0025-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE

RESOLUTION No. ___

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Introduced by: Grubb

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    A HOUSE RESOLUTION to commemorate the 150^th anniversary of the McCabe & McCabe law firm of Williamsport.
    
    Whereas, James McCabe was born in 1834 in Dark County, Ohio, moved to Crawfordsville, Indiana, at the age of 17 to work on the Monon railroad, and in 1861 began to practice law in Williamsport as a self-taught lawyer;

    Whereas, James McCabe was elected to the Indiana Supreme Court in 1893 and served his six-year term until 1899;

    Whereas, On James McCabe's death, close personal friend William Jennings Bryan made the trip to Williamsport to deliver a eulogy;

    Whereas, James McCabe's two sons both became lawyers, one of whom, Edwin McCabe, stayed in Williamsport to practice law with his father, beginning in 1880;

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    Whereas, Edwin McCabe himself had five sons, of whom three became lawyers, and one of whom, Edward McCabe, stayed in Williamsport to practice law with his father beginning in 1922, Edward's son James E. McCabe following the same path in 1968;

    Whereas, By a remarkable coincidence, Edwin, Edward and James E. McCabe all graduated from Wabash College, exactly 42 years apart; and,

    Whereas, In 2009, Kimberly McCabe became the fifth generation McCabe to practice law in Williamsport when she joined her father James's practice, now under the name of McCabe & McCabe: Therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the

General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. The Indiana House of Representatives congratulates the law firm of McCabe & McCabe on the occasion of the 150^th anniversary of the family's law practice in Williamsport, and thanks the firm and the McCabe family for five generations of service to their community and their neighbors.
    SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to the law firm of McCabe & McCabe.

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