Caryl Mason Sheldon Obituary
Los Angeles Times
April 10, 1993
Caryl M Sheldon; former judge served 38 years on the Bench
Caryl M Sheldon, 100, who retired from the Los Angeles County
Superior Court in 1963 after 38 years on the Bench. A native
of Ellis, Kansas, Sheldon was educated in Ontario, California
and at USC. He served with the US Army at Meuse-Argonne, France,
during World War I. He won election to three courts, serving
for two years in Police Court, four years in Municipal Court
and 32 years in Superior Court. Among his key decisions was the
ruling that prohibited traffic on Los Angeles' historic Olivera
Street. [He died] On April 3, in Albuquerque, N.M.
Judge Sheldon was very proud that he had stopped the forcible
eviction of the shopkeepers from L. A's historic Plaza instead
of allowing the (then) city fathers to evict them. Probably,
in those times, most Judges would have sided with the city.
Today, different "City Fathers" now brag about Olivera
St. as one of the jewels in the city's center.
Caryl M Sheldon, 100, who retired from the Los Angeles County Superior Court in 1963 after 38 years on the Bench. A native of Ellis, Kansas, Sheldon was educated in Ontario, California and at USC. He served with the US Army at Meuse-Argonne, France, during World War I. He won election to three courts, serving for two years in Police Court, four years in Municipal Court and 32 years in Superior Court. Among his key decisions was the ruling that prohibited traffic on Los Angeles' historic Olivera Street. [He died] On April 3, in Albuquerque, N.M. Judge Sheldon was very proud that he had stopped the forcible eviction of the shopkeepers from L. A's historic Plaza instead of allowing the (then) city fathers to evict them. Probably, in those times, most Judges would have sided with the city. Today, different "City Fathers" now brag about Olivera St. as one of the jewels in the city's center. |