James Gould (lawyer)

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James Gould (born December 5, 1770 in Branford , Colony of Connecticut , † May 11, 1838 in Litchfield , Connecticut ) was an American lawyer who taught at Litchfield Law School .

Life

His great grandfather Richard immigrated to Branford from Devonshire around 1700. James graduated from Yale University in 1791 , where he worked as a tutor from 1793 to 1795. In 1795 he continued his education at the Litchfield Law School, founded in 1784. After his admission to the bar in 1798, he joined the firm of University Founder Tapping Reeve and also became a teacher at the university. In 1816 he was appointed as a judge at Connecticut's highest court, the Supreme Court of Connecticut , which he had to leave again after the new constitution was passed in 1818. In 1820 he became superintendent of the university, whose management he took over from 1823 to 1833 after Reeve's death. Gould published Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions (New York, 1832; reissued by Franklin F. Heard, Albany, 1887).

His son Edward Sherman Gould (1808-1885) became a well-known writer, translator and literary critic. Another son, John W. Gould (1814–1838), published seafaring stories.

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SURNAME Gould, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, Connecticut judge
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Branford , Connecticut
DATE OF DEATH May 11, 1838
Place of death Litchfield , Connecticut