E. Coppée Mitchell

Edward Coppée Mitchell (July 26, 1836 – January 25, 1887) was an American lawyer and educator. He served as chair of Law of Real Estate, Conveyancing and Equity Jurisprudence and dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School from 1873 to 1886 and as vice provost of the Law Academy in Philadelphia from 1877 to 1886.

Early life and education Mitchell was born in 1836 in Savannah, Georgia to John James and Elizabeth (Coppée) Mitchell. He entered Trinity College in 1851 but transferred to the University of Pennsylvania in his sophomore year and graduated in 1855. He was a member of the Zeta Psi fraternity. He worked in the law office of John C. Mitchell, and was admitted to the bar in October 1858. He served as vice provost of the Law Academy in Philadelphia from 1877 to 1886. Separate Use in Pennsylvania, Contracts for the Sale of Land in Pennsylvania and The Equitable Relation of the Buyer and Seller of Land Under Contract and Before Conveyance. on January 25, 1887.

Publications Separate Use in Pennsylvania, Considered with Respect to the Restraint on Alienation, Philadelphia: T & J.W. Johnson & Company, 1875 The Equitable Relations of Buyer and Seller of Land Under Contract and Before Conveyance, Philadelphia: Rees Welch & Co., 1877 Principles of the Law of Real Estate. Intended as a First Book for the Use of Students in Conveyancing, Philadelphia: T & J.W. Johnson & Company, 1879 The Law of Real Estate and Conveyancing in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: Rees Welch & Co., 1890