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LEADING CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY,
In Three Series, piK american Notes.
l. WHITES LEADING CASES IN EQUITY.
A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity, with
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NOTICES OF THIS WORK
ssThe decisions on implied agencies are collected
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r. GreenIecf on Epideuce, Sc, note.
"sce Hare s. Wallace's American Leading
1.-THE Contracts of Infants) cited and classified
r. Greenleaf on Evidence. s4S, note
1.-THE rule Gin regard to the liability Of principal
and agent) to be extracted from the reported cases.
ia well expressed in american Leading Cases, 449,
note as follows" &c.-OpiniOn Of the Court in
| Stanton vs.. Dump, Bar6ows Supreme Court Re-
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! "See the doctrine of Application Of Payments,
fully discussed in American Leading Cases, AL
l5Si'-Reportsr's note in Georgia Reports, 1859.
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