, 1873-04-29
new BOOKS.

IN THE STATE OF ML1NoIs, FROM The EAR.
LEST PERIOD TO 1878: Exemplihed by Com
which Was Pending in the Federal Courts for More
than Quarter Of oentury, with It's Collateral Suits
IN the High Court Of Chancery and the Court Of Ex
cheQuer in England, contrasted with Records In I'LL
nois and under the New York Code Of Procedure
Showing the Practice from the Filing Of the Bill tc
Full Discharge and Satisfaction Of the Record, With
an Appendix Of Forms. BY Edward Judson Hill
Author Of The Common Law Jurisdiction and
Practice, ; e, eto Chicago: E. B. Meyers b Co. 1875
In the fect that, out Of some 5000 cases cited
in this volume, fully 5000 are Illinois decisions,
the Illinois practitioner iB furnished with strong
presumptive evidence that the book will
be at least valuable to him as q
q manual Many consecutive pages throughout
| the work refer to Illinois cases alone: It's COM
preston into one volume will also place it within
the convenient reach Of young lawyers, or those
who already have the more extended treatises Of
Daniel, Barbour, and others. In arranging his
book, the author, after giving an outline OF the
functions OF court Of equity, and the "chan-
| Gerry code, ,"-as he styles the sections Of the
Illinois statutes bearing On equity, y,-indulges in
| q singular whim Of arrangement in injecting 100
pages Of the record OF the celebrated Aspden
VIII case, in the Pennsylvania, English, and
| New York courts into the body of his
work, leaving the reader to explore through it
| ad ibtum for any instruction it may contain.
This is for the purpose Of showing, by an elabo-
| rate and valuable Illustration, what the record
Is but most authors would have preferred pre-
serving the continuity Of their treatise. and re-
fe1ring to this matter as an appendix After this
break, k,-which will give an Impression OF want
OF method to many,-the author proceeds with
due method, devoting the succeeding 225 pages
to the mode OF procedure from the bill to the ap-
peal, including the pleadings, the issues, eEi-
denco, interlocutory remedies, DEGREES, costs,
reviews, etc. This is the practice, properly
speaking. The next 800 pages are given to eq-
uity jurisprudence. or the classified causes
for the exercise Of chancery Jurisdiction, in this
State, including cases Of fraud, trusts mistake,
divorce, specific performance, mortgages, liens,
dover, partition, partnership, inBane persons,
| infants, married women, discovery, and miscel
1aneous. These subjects are considered under
the heads OF remedial, executive, adjustiye pro-
tectiye, and auxiliary equity. About so pages Of
the more practical forms complete the work.
We are satisfied, from our perusal of the work,
that as An abstract Of the chancery law OF Him
nois it is Of great value to the profession. The
blernishes consist mainly in the incorrect state
ment Of some points collateral to the main OBJ
jects Of the work. For instance, nlr. Hill says:
sspaEs.e courts Of ehsncery or equity etist in few
In The United States Courts the courts f1aw sit "A
courts Of equity in several equitable relief is ad
ntntstered under the forms Of the common law while
in many, these forms have been practically abolished
ana tae m as & ~ ann eqory etnef
We should say that the distinction between
Law and equity Is inherent and universal, and e1-
actly what the words import, viz: The dis
tinctiou between the adjudication Of cues
=;
tons OF night and tho granting OF rame-
dies which involve discretion. a Judge ut law
od5rdoas +ba 1a9u1 affact ~ what +ha ,ort;o,
a"1uoeoa o 45 ooeeS ~ VIA. 'no ga. '.o9
have done. Judge IN equity orders and de-
crees what they shall do. A Judgment at law
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"e1o4es7 '"' ooAoA.oHns "ao uS5 ~ 'uo ]ea~
pass, de-, because indebted to the plaintiff, dc.
L decree in equity orders. not that the parties