Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1858-04-09

ROBINsoN,s PRACrICE-TH,ED voLuME

! The third volume Of Practice, by C0nway Robin
son, ED is now before the profession aud we is arm
in every way vindcates the hgl, rspus alton for lsar
ing and accuracy hereto attained by thst gentle
man.
We gladly avail ourselves Of the following well
written notice of the present volume, az we'll NJ oi
those preceding it, which we copy from tho "Whg''
of the ID February last. and which appeared few
days before the part Of the work in question had
been placed in the hands Of the pn6c:
RoBlNsoN's NEW PRAcrlcE-THIRD VOLUME
In few daya the third volume Of this valuable
work numbering more than 6tU pages. aud contain.
ing u vast treasure of useful Information and legal
lore, will he announced 10 the profession and tbs
public as completed and publlahed. We predict for
it position on the shelves of the lawyers library
alongside with its predecessOrs which huve enGnaed
| from the same able and laborous author, aud that
constant reference and frequent citation in the office
and at the bar, which have stamped all "i his legal
treatses with such discriminating aud hetiaring ap-
probation. Ii il vo.nme, ws have snid richly
| laden with useful information; storebouae OF law
points and decisions; guide 10 the young practitO.
err friend and helper in time Of need to all q vel
companion TO the student, and a valuable HuN.
| ary TO the professor.
We regard the writing of ihis new practice of Mr..
Robinson, requiring, HI it does, great an expendi.
ure of time and labor and such research and power of
analysis, calling for the most arduous and proractad
and laborous comparison Of cases--as furnishing in
itself monument to the credit and glory Of tha Vir.
gnia bar and the best refutation OF tho charge that
the legal profession this sde of the Atlantic are
not equal in labor and application, and ability to the
profession in England. Certainly, We ara acquainted
with TO legal production by an English author,
evincng more care and study, more elaborate com.
pHtion more arduous application in the collection
and in the dissection Of authorities rejecting, for
lucid and exhaustive order of analysis and for clear
and pcrs snir aty mo on pnl lor
The right Of action; what s il, in this that par
ticular case And is there any right Of action ut all!
These arc the questions which obviously tho first
to present themselves 10 legal mind employed in any
given whether il he 10 recover damages for tres
passes and wrongs, or compensation for breaches of
contract, or 10 assert the rights nt client i'll any
manner whatever II there is right of action il is
! still capable OF heing enforced! Is there right of
action mOr or WA there al one time right. and hGs
that right been lost by the lapse ni time the aue
of limitations. And is that right capable Of Eeing
enforced here where These questions, aso, Of
preliminary inquiry whic! mn-t necessarily be !nvcs
iigated aud soved before legal step be taken
proceedings instituted. And these questous--the
queation mh0t and the questions ,chen and vhere-i;
has been the effort Of MIR Robinson to investigate and
answer in his two preceding volumes OF his new
work. In those volumes he has endeavored 10 solve
these preliminary difficulties arising at the threshold
Of every legal proceeding and upon the righ, deci.
sion Of which every must necessarily depend for
aucceas failure. Having answered these inquiries,
having determined in The first place that there ia n
right of action in given casa, and that there ia Il
right unaffected by Limitation OF time and suhslsing
in certain Forum-ihe next difficulty ia TO M
eert and maintain that right by proper pro
ceedings the next question in other words Is he
question hon. VINO has this right or aciion' Who
may suel Who may be suedi Shall ons .'r many
sue or be sued shall it bs he principal the agent
the consgner or consignee the husband n! wife, the
fduciary or beneficiary, 10 90 partnership or The in
dividual memberl And VIXEN the proper parties are
determined, in what form or action complaint
atHll their right be asserted! Shall it bs in action
er contractn in an action er doicto' II in the
former class, shall be in covenant, in debt, or in
detinue, assumpsii .f in the Inter, shall ii be
in irespsss in case in slander IN trOver! And
thus the parties being determined aud the form of nc
ton being determined, the only question remaining
is the irsns of the pleadings the necessity for this or
that allegation, the relevancy of this or tia aver
nent The work before liz comprehends, therefore,
these various divisions. II treats of the parties 10
actions of the form of action and OF the frame of
the pleadings. In fine II investigates and answers
| the question how, and in what wsy and by and
against whom NAV right of action, already deter.
| mined. h. asserted and established.
Such is the analytical order al th.se three volumes.
In their wide range Of subjects they tbs vast
field % personal aciona nj law they dlsCuss The va
| ried reniOns IN which tha law cOut-mpatns parties
1 ~ standing snI by which their rights are AFFECTED
and modified they trsn' OF !he various instruments
| of writing that pa:l between man and man IN the
multiplied transactions OF business, ami OF the uiu.
ries property which the law provides remedies
as we'll of time and plnce a. modifying the rharac.
ter Of those rights and th"s- remedies and they lay
| down the mode and measure Ci rrdr.-s. We cen.
| gratuate the profession, and especially d" W con
| gratuate their distinguished author, on ;he c"mpIe
ton Of THE much OF his highly useful and important
| treatise, and We invoke for him long lf. md good
health, that he may complete successfully he r".
manning volumes embraced 10 hlF plan.
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