True American. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1835-18??, 1838-10-06
PRtJoP E.C rus.
.NEW EDITION OF THE CIpIL CODE OF
LOUISIANA.

.NEW EDITION OF THE CIVIL CODE OF
LOUISIANA
TT has been for time mad. known 10 the public
that the Subscribers are engaged in preparing for
t1e press new edition Of the Louis ana Civil Code =
ihey were. from the hrs aware OF the great dlfhcuity
and responsibility attending the publication OF the work,
and i, not without great hesitation that they con.
scented to the undertaking But the present edition.
amounting bout three thousand copies, and which
had Gust tine State tfnn thirty Island dollars,
was entirely out Of print. For than two years
past the usual psice Of the work has been from thirty
to fifty dollars.
is system of written rules which 81 Immediately
operates upon every individual Of the state, interested
either in agriculture commerce iind which governs
me dispostnn of so much property coming to us from
other states, that-un Ike ahos other treatise upon
l.w-it is as much the Textbook and manual of the
merchant aud the PLANTER, is Of the private gentle
man and the professional advoc te.
The lawyers of the adjoining states, and in fact of al
those states lpon the Ohio and Wis issipp rivers hcl
lind mart for their produce in Louisiana. have fire.
glrnt necessity of reference to the code, and make it
indispensable requisite To their libraries; and in the
city OF New Orle the hook is tn H. found in
the merchants counting rnom up he desk lf the
Judge. or the table Of Il" att iney 1t is surprising
therefore TINT the first edition n he work quick
y disguised Of; and although here reprint of it would
in some measure supply the public neces sity, yet it
would be imper ect aud nnsalistact une annotated
with references to the Reports aud Statute in ordrr to
EN- race tie numerous amendments which have en-
made by the 1t gslature, and the important decisions
and constructions which ha heen given upon manga
its articles bv the Supreme Court.
The publishers have secured, tor the general super
intendence ant ediora! department of the work. the
professional services of Wheelnek Upton ESQ. a
me. ier of the New Orleans Bar. The Hon. Judge
Ruurd, Jude Bernndes, and Hon George Fus,is,
have each kindly assisted Mr. Upton it'll the valuable
notes which they have collected in the their
udies and practice; and Mr. r Jennings the part
of Mr Upton, who is also engaged in the work, Geo
.Strawb gt Esq. has presented the great of ,ee-
ren"es "ontaed in his office coIv of the code and
which nave been made by him during the while period
Ut his dis nguisheh I'rcf al abors The publish
nuy t:leref well trust Tint tie annotaons of the
snrk will br all thnt industry aal latur assisted by
learning and experience, can perform.
In putting for this pr snectus and soliciting
,al subscribers the work, publ hers take pride in
the M that the legislature of tnnsiann has authorized
the to orI.r thousand copies Of f,' Tue
future OF the State The readiness wi h which this
unl"r tnke by The Assembly, evnced their Just
of the value of the work ;a they ihereb, extend
ed that confidence in the ability OF the publishers and
T ,ilors which is no ed ISN'T wholly undesered.
The wnr. W II bp printed in French and English,
upon good paper and with clear nlr; nor will an, sx
care spared tn make the whole mechanical
execution of cnrresunld with its grea' innnrtaace
1t will probably he rendv for delivery in I'll" mouth of
sept Amber next; and the price will be, to subscribers,
ifeen dolIars-fve dollars to be paid at the of sub
4rrihna.
The substitution lists once closed, the store price
ill he twenty dollars per copy.
ar6 E JOHNS & co. Publishers.