John S. McDonald

[1] In 1921 the former mayor of Bay City Robert Mundy filed a libel lawsuit against him, but it was dismissed as inadmissible as a judge could not be made the object of a suit of law.

[4][1] June 6, 1924, was awarded an honorary degree of Bachelor of Laws for the University of Michigan postdated as the class of 1891.

[2] He was defeated in a bid for re-election to the court in 1933, by Edward M. Sharpe, and ended his term on the bench December 31, 1933.

[6] He was later appointed in 1939 as chief counsel for the State of Michigan in litigation with the Grand Trunk Railroad.

[2] He died July 6, 1941, at his home due to cardiac issues after a year long illness.