Archibald Wright (judge)

He stated the controlling principle clearly and concisely, amplifying it only enough to show that in it was to be found the essence of justice.

He could almost recite the Tennessee Reports; but he disdained to make use of citations to authorities to any great extent.

His opinions had the unusual quality of ordinarily convincing the losing lawyer of his error.

[3]Wright did not serve out his elected supreme court term due to the American Civil War.

After briefly serving on a commission established to enforce a state lien on railways, he "labored incessantly at his profession until within a few weeks of his death", at the age of seventy-four.

[3] It was said that "he loosened the hold on life, as a giant oak in green old age rushes to its fall".