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Call moved to Richmond in 1791 to begin an appellate practice, primarily in real estate and equity.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He quickly gained the respect of his colleagues and clients as a “knowledgeable, skilled, and tenacious advocate” and joined the top ranks of the city’s legal profession.<ref>Ibid., 514.</ref>In 1797, Call married Lucy Ambler, the sister-in-law of his friend and colleague, John Marshall.<ref>Ibid., 513.</ref> Call shunned politics and chose to remain in Richmond, taking over the practices of John Marshall and Bushrod Washington when they were appointed to the United States Supreme Court.<ref> Ibid., 514.</ref> Ideologically, Call sided with the Federalists.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In the election of 1832, he supported Henry Clay and opposed Andrew Jackson.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
 
Call moved to Richmond in 1791 to begin an appellate practice, primarily in real estate and equity.<ref>Ibid.</ref> He quickly gained the respect of his colleagues and clients as a “knowledgeable, skilled, and tenacious advocate” and joined the top ranks of the city’s legal profession.<ref>Ibid., 514.</ref>In 1797, Call married Lucy Ambler, the sister-in-law of his friend and colleague, John Marshall.<ref>Ibid., 513.</ref> Call shunned politics and chose to remain in Richmond, taking over the practices of John Marshall and Bushrod Washington when they were appointed to the United States Supreme Court.<ref> Ibid., 514.</ref> Ideologically, Call sided with the Federalists.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In the election of 1832, he supported Henry Clay and opposed Andrew Jackson.<ref>Ibid.</ref>
  
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Call is best known as a reporter of Virginia cases.<ref>Ibid.</ref> His [[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia|six-volume work]] compiled reports of cases prior to 1820, as Virginia did not have an official reporter in this time period.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In creating the reports, Call relied upon a variety of documents and performed the difficult task of turning them into a workable precedent.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Call dedicated his first volume to George Wythe, his second to Edmund Pendleton, and the last to all of the judges of the Court of Appeals.<ref>W. Hamilton Bryson, ''The Virginia Law Reporters Before 1880'' (Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1977), 17.</ref> His works have been extensively reprinted, and they remain an authoritative source for Virginia law.<ref>Shepard, "Call, Daniel," 514.</ref>
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Call is best known as a reporter of Virginia cases.<ref>Ibid.</ref> His [[Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Court of Appeals of Virginia|six-volume work]] compiled reports of cases prior to 1820, as Virginia did not have an official reporter in this time period.<ref>Ibid.</ref> In creating the reports, Call relied upon a variety of documents and performed the difficult task of turning them into a workable precedent.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Call dedicated his first volume to George Wythe, his second to Edmund Pendleton, and the last to all of the judges of the Court of Appeals,<ref>W. Hamilton Bryson, ''The Virginia Law Reporters Before 1880'' (Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1977), 17.</ref> which contains a [[Biographical Sketch of the Judges|biography of Wythe]].<ref>Daniel Call, "[[Biographical Sketch of the Judges|George Wythe]]," ''Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia,'' 2nd ed. (Richmond, VA: Robert I. Smith, 1833), 4:x-xv. </ref> His works have been extensively reprinted, and they remain an authoritative source for Virginia law.<ref>Shepard, "Call, Daniel," 514.</ref>
  
 
Call died on May 20, 1840 and was buried in Richmond next to his lifelong friend, John Marshall.<ref>Bryson, ''The Virginia Law Reporters Before 1880'', 17.</ref>
 
Call died on May 20, 1840 and was buried in Richmond next to his lifelong friend, John Marshall.<ref>Bryson, ''The Virginia Law Reporters Before 1880'', 17.</ref>

Revision as of 23:05, 13 March 2016

Daniel Call (1765 – 1840), an attorney and law reporter, was most likely born in Prince George County, Virginia to William Call, a county lieutenant during the American Revolution.[1]Although not much is known about his early life or education, Call studied law under George Wythe during the 1780s and began his practice in Petersburg.[2]In 1787, he married Elizabeth Taliaferro, George Wythe’s niece. She died in 1793 shortly after the birth of their first child, Anne.[3]

Call moved to Richmond in 1791 to begin an appellate practice, primarily in real estate and equity.[4] He quickly gained the respect of his colleagues and clients as a “knowledgeable, skilled, and tenacious advocate” and joined the top ranks of the city’s legal profession.[5]In 1797, Call married Lucy Ambler, the sister-in-law of his friend and colleague, John Marshall.[6] Call shunned politics and chose to remain in Richmond, taking over the practices of John Marshall and Bushrod Washington when they were appointed to the United States Supreme Court.[7] Ideologically, Call sided with the Federalists.[8] In the election of 1832, he supported Henry Clay and opposed Andrew Jackson.[9]

Call is best known as a reporter of Virginia cases.[10] His six-volume work compiled reports of cases prior to 1820, as Virginia did not have an official reporter in this time period.[11] In creating the reports, Call relied upon a variety of documents and performed the difficult task of turning them into a workable precedent.[12] Call dedicated his first volume to George Wythe, his second to Edmund Pendleton, and the last to all of the judges of the Court of Appeals,[13] which contains a biography of Wythe.[14] His works have been extensively reprinted, and they remain an authoritative source for Virginia law.[15]

Call died on May 20, 1840 and was buried in Richmond next to his lifelong friend, John Marshall.[16]

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References

  1. ↑ E. Lee Shepard, "Call, Daniel" in Dictionary of Virginia Biography, ed. Sara B. Bearss, John T. Kneebbone, J. Jefferson Looney, Brent Tarter, and Sandra Gioia Treadway (Richmond, Virginia: The Library of Virginia, 2001), 513.
  2. ↑ Ibid.
  3. ↑ Ibid.
  4. ↑ Ibid.
  5. ↑ Ibid., 514.
  6. ↑ Ibid., 513.
  7. ↑ Ibid., 514.
  8. ↑ Ibid.
  9. ↑ Ibid.
  10. ↑ Ibid.
  11. ↑ Ibid.
  12. ↑ Ibid.
  13. ↑ W. Hamilton Bryson, The Virginia Law Reporters Before 1880 (Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1977), 17.
  14. ↑ Daniel Call, "George Wythe," Reports of Cases Argued and Decided in the Court of Appeals of Virginia, 2nd ed. (Richmond, VA: Robert I. Smith, 1833), 4:x-xv.
  15. ↑ Shepard, "Call, Daniel," 514.
  16. ↑ Bryson, The Virginia Law Reporters Before 1880, 17.
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