Kerrigan was born in Contra Costa County , California , to Henry Kerrigan and Elizabeth Donlin , and attended the local schools . Kerrigan then studied at University of California , Hastings College of the Law and read law to enter the bar in 1889 . From 1890 to 1900 , Kerrigan was in private practice in San Francisco , California . During this time , from 1894 to 1900 , he was also a justice of the peace in San Francisco , and in January 1896 was made presiding justice of the court . When he resigned from the city court , Governor Henry Gage named Percy V. Long as a replacement . Kerrigan was elected a judge of the San Francisco County Superior Court from 1900 to 1906 . In November 1900 , he won election to a four-year unexpired term , at the same time future Supreme Court judges William P. Lawlor and M. C. Sloss won full terms on the Superior Court . In 1904 , Kerrigan was re-elected to a new term on the trial bench . Following the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire , a test case was brought before Judge Kerrigan to establish land title since so many legal records were destroyed . Governor George Pardee appointed John A. Hosmer to Kerrigan 's Superior Court seat when he went to the state appellate court
1906 San Francisco earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Frank Henry Kerrigan