Marshall Davis Ewell

Marshall Davis Ewell (August 18, 1844 – October 4, 1928) was an American lawyer.

Marshall Davis Ewell
Born(1844-08-18)August 18, 1844
Oxford, Michigan
DiedOctober 4, 1928(1928-10-04) (aged 84)
Memphis, Tennessee
EducationUniversity of Michigan Law School
OccupationLawyer
Spouse(s)
Abbie Louise Walker
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(m. 1870)​
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Biography

Ewell was born at Oxford, Michigan in 1844.[1] He graduated from the University of Michigan Law School in 1868. He founded Kent College of Law, which merged with Chicago College of Law in 1887 to become Chicago-Kent College of Law. In 1969, Chicago-Kent became part of Illinois Institute of Technology.

He married Abbie Louise Walker in 1870 and they had two daughters.[1]

He died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee on October 4, 1928.[2]

Works

Ewell wrote numerous publications and he edited Blackwell on Tax Titles, Evans on Agency, and Lindley on Partnership. He was the author of:

  • Leading Cases on Disabilities (1876)
  • Treatise on the Law of Fixtures (1876; second edition, 1905)
  • Essentials of the Law (1882)
  • Manual of Medical jurisprudence (1887; second edition, 1909)
  • Essentials of Commercial Law, with Whigam and Skinner (1913)

References
  1. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. XII. James T. White & Company. 1904. p. 375. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. "Former Dean of Kent College of Law Is Dead". Chicago Tribune. October 6, 1928. p. 21. Retrieved August 17, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.


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