Leon Hornstein, 71, first assistant corporation counsel for the city of Chicago and authority on corporation law, died yesterday in his home at 5,610 Blackstone avenue here after an illness of two weeks.
Except for a one-year interlude Hornstein had been connected with the corporation counsel’s office for twenty-nine years. He represented the city’s interests for fifteen years during state legislature sessions in Springfield.
First taken into the corporation counsel’s office in 1905 during Carter Harrison’s term, he subsequently was instrumental in framing many important city ordinances.
Five years ago, while aboard a train on his way to Springfield, Hornstein was felled by an apoplectic stroke. Since then he had been partially paralyzed, but had continued active in his position and with the help of his wife had gone daily to his city hall office.
Born in 1863 in West Bend, Wis., Hornstein came to Chicago when he was nine years old. Admitted to the bar in 1897, he married Miss Esther Younker in 1911.
His widow and two daughters survive him. Funeral services will be held at the home tomorrow.
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