William S. Case

[3] He thereafter read law for two years in his father's office in New Haven to gain admission to the bar in Hartford County, Connecticut, in 1887.

In 1895, he published a novel, Forward House, which was well received,[3][4] and which was profiled by Yale professor William Lyon Phelps for the Boston magazine, Writer.

In October 1901, he was appointed judge of the superior court by Governor George P.

[4] On August 23, 1919, Governor Marcus H. Holcomb appointed Case to a seat on the state supreme court vacated by the retirement of Alberto T.

[2][4] Case died of a throat ailment at his home in West Hartford, Connecticut, at the age of 55.