Biography:

Attorney, judge. Born– March 22, 1861, Moore’s Bridge, Ala. Parents– James Jefferson and Amanda (South) Mayfield. Married– Susie Martin, June 30, 1897. Children– Two. Education– A.B., 1885; LL.B., 1888, University of Alabama. Employed as a attorney, Tuscaloosa, 1888; Alabama House of Representatives, 1894-1896; judge of the City Court, Tuscaloosa, 1896-1903; Code Commissioner, Alabama; Associate Justice, Alabama Supreme Court, 1908-1919; counselor, Governors Kirby and Brandon.

Source:

Who Was Who in Alabama, Vol. 1 and from Owen’s Dictionary of Alabama Biography.

Publication(s):

Digest of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama …. Nashville; Marshall & Bruce Co., 1901.

Mayfield’s Alabama Form Book Legal and Business Forms …. Nashville; Marshall and Bruce Co., 1924.

A Scrapbook on Constitutional Government. Atlanta; Foote & Davies Co., 1925.

Prepared:

Code of Alabama …. Nashville; Marshall and Bruce, 1907.

Joint_Preparer:

The Code of Alabama …. Atlanta; The Foote and Davis Co., 1897.

Paralled, Annotated and Indexed:

Annotations of the Decisions of the Supreme Court of Alabama. Nashville; Marshall & Bruce Co., 1904.