The republic., 1851-04-12
LEADING CASES IN LAW AND EQUITY,
In Three Series. soiLh american Notes.

6vO. 81 00. volumes second and third In press,
and will be published early in 1851.
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rough style which distinguished their commenta-
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can Leading Cases The American Notes, II is
believed. will be found to present an accurate and
complete view Of the equity jurisprudence Of every
State in the Union in respect to the which
come under discussion.
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HI.-AMERICAN LEADING CASES. 2 vols
6vo. Second edition. greatly enlarged and much
can courts in several departments Of law with es-
pecial reference to Mercantile Law. BY J. /.
Clark Hare and H. b. Wallace, Esqrs. Editors OF
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This work is upon the plan of Smiths Leading
Cases, and applies the method Of research and
illustration to various important branches of the
Law which were not included therein, and IL, in
effect continuation of that work. The cases con-
sst of the most celebrated decisions in the Federal
Courts and the Courts Of the several States, upon
the subjects discussed; accompanied by elaborate
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Union have been collated; 80 that the work pre-
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NOTICES OF THIS WORK.
"Thc decisions on implied agencies are collected
and arranged, with just discrimination, in Hare &
Wallace's American Leading Gases, D. 398- -4O4"
Il Greenlecf ON Euideuce, 56, note.
"See Hare & Wallace's American Leading
Cases, p. lO945, where the cases on this subject
the Contracts of Infants) cited and classified q
r. Greenleqf on Evidence. s48, note.
'sThe rule Gin regard to the liability of principal
and agent) to be extracted from the reported cases
is well expressed in american Leading Cases, 449,
note, as follows" &c.-Opini0n qf The Court in
Stanton Cump, Barbouv's Supreme Court Re-
ports, 277.
..See the doctrine of Application of Payments,
fully discussed in American Leading Cases, l4l-
l5S"-Reportu's note in Georgia Reports, 359.
Just published, new and valuable work on
MORTGAGES. A Treatise on the Law of Mort
cages, by r. H. Coote, Esq. Second American,
from the third English edition; by the author and
X. Coote, Esq, with notes and references to Amer
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Upon some of the most important points the notes
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diligence in their preparation The title Gas t,
deem, and when," Gas to what will and will
not constitute a mortgage of personal property
assignment Of mortgage" "as TO the mortgagee,'
'as to the mortgagor,". '..notice," registry and
are all examined carefully, and illustrated by re-
ference to large and valuable mass of authorities
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In press. and will shortly be issued, the follow
Ing valuable additions to the Legal Literature OF
the day.
PENNSYLVANIA EQUITY REPORTS. Vol. l.
Reports Of SELECT CASES IN EQUITY argued
aud determined in the first judicial district of Penn
sylvania, by Hon. Edward King and Hon. Anson
v. Parsons, two Of the judges Of said court. In }
volume of over 500 pages.
The selection Of cases has been made with Tho
greatest care; much time and attention have bccs
Bestowed upon their preparation. The Importance
the principles involvedin the many important cas- e,
tried before this Court, and the well known ability
and distinguished reputation of the eminent edi-
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