This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...representative of the class of cases that are continually arising in practice. And besides, such pleadings possess the additional value of having passed the adverse criticism of opposing counsel, and in some cases the ordeal of a contest at Judges' Chambers or in Court. The authors, however, have not been content to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...representative of the class of cases that are continually arising in practice. And besides, such pleadings possess the additional value of having passed the adverse criticism of opposing counsel, and in some cases the ordeal of a contest at Judges' Chambers or in Court. The authors, however, have not been content to take any pleadings on trust, no matter by whom settled; but have themselves, in the light of the latest decisions, exereised an active though cautious discretion in excluding or correcting any pleading which was clearly erroneous or imperfect. Nearly the first hundred pages of the book are taken up with a treatise, as exhaustive as the means at the authors' command would admit, upon the subject of Pleading, including in it that of Parties, under the new system. All the new rules and the decisions upon them have been carefully collated; and it is hoped that this mass of matter, scattered, as will be seen, over a number of reports, and never before collected in one view, will be found of use to the pleader. Numerous notes have been appended to the various headings under which the pleadings are arranged, and in these notes the object has been to present a brief outline of the law relating to the particular kind of action with which the pleading in question is concerned, and especially to exhibit i a clear light those parts of the law which ought to bi resent to the mind of the pleader. The scope of the work has not allowed the authors to attempt a complete exposition of the substantive law on any particular subject. Their object has not been to do this; but rather to make a selection of matter which seemed to them likely to be most useful in practice. It will be noticed that in classifying the pleadings the authors have adopted an alphabetical arra...
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