Clarence Alexander Burney (1876 – February 8, 1933) was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Missouri for five weeks in 1933.
Born in Rantoul, Kansas. Burney received his law degree from Kansas University in 1897 and moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1900, gaining admission to the bar there. In 1932, he was elected to a ten-year term on the Missouri high court, taking office on January 2, 1933. Five weeks into his term, however, he died of a heart attack in his living quarters in the court building.[1]
References
- ^ "Judge Burney Dies After Five Weeks On Supreme Bench", The St. Louis Star and Times (February 8, 1933), p. 1.
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