The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-30

THr Corr OF PEocxpUKE ASn PENAL CORR
OF rHE STATE or WAsHIssT0S. Incl1<l-
lng also the len and mortgage Laws.
the Ian Of wills and Of descent and dis
tribussen Of property. Compaled sna
annotated by Hereert B. Huntiey. Sc
attic: Tue Sunse. Publishing Company.
The Code Of Washington compiled oy
W. Lair Hin, p2Inssaking ~ that work
was. left much 70 be desired 70 much
had 20 be done in one book that L IS not
surprising the code commissioner omitted
many things Of consequence. The index
was not all that it mighr be, and there
have been % many changes in the law since
and 50 many poiats passed upon by the
supreme court that . supplementary code
became pressing necessity Herbert b.
Huntley seems 20 have fully compre-
hended the wants Of the bar In the pres
ent volume. Time and use must demon
strate It's full value, but On its face IL bears
the evidence of considerable merit Mr..
Huntiey has not been content to base bis
work upon Hills Code. bat has gone back
70 the code of ISL. the case OF
Marsson vs. Hnmes having prssum-
ably renewed the life Of many pro-
visions which. by prior decision. Mr.
Hill treated xs obsolete. Huntiey's Code
10 divided into six parts. part l. contain
ing general provisions governing al
courts and proceedings except those
special to probate, justice Of the peace and
criminal causes" Part III. relates TO liens
and mortgages. Part III. to probate Law
and procedure Part ". TO justices courts.
Part v. to criminal procedure, and part
VI. to the penal code. The new law of
1888 as TO commencement OF civil actions.
has made VERY material change. and the
law is divided into sections under the ap-
propriate titles In conjunction with prior
laws on the same subject The compiler
leaves nothing out because. as he very
properly remarks, the new law leaves in
doubt how much some of the earlier laws
are repealed, and the question may some
times depend upon construction Of cir
cumstances. The index appears to be
very complete, and q very valuable feature
is table of numbers of sections in Hills
code and the code OF 1891. The printing
and binding are fully equal to the work
manship of the best Eastern Law publish
ing houses.
The LAW or EXTRAORDINARY REIIRF
Embracing iniunctions. habeas corpus,
mandamus, quo warranto. prohibition
and certiorari. Two volumes, yo.,
1869 pages. By Thomas Carl Spelling.
Boston: Little. Brown It Co.
Thomas Carl Spelling has for the first
time attempted 10 embrace in one CON-
prehensive work the FIVE legal and enc
equitable extraordinary remedies. The
common law always regarded them with
awe. and modern Jurisprudence has at
tempted to do without them; but they
have wonderful tenacity and tradition is
constantly at war with code practice on
the subject. Many of the states recognize
them and give them statutory authority
As q result they now occupy peculiar po-
sition. and since they will not down" it
is of Importance to know Just what their
modernized powers are. Injunction has
engaged the attention of two or three au-
thorities. and habeas corpus is firmly
established, but quo warranto. mandamus
and certiorari have never before been so
fully treated by an American au-
thor. The work is not merely a
compilation of decisions strung together.
1t is AN able and profound study of the
principles underlying the extraordinary
remedies, but has all the advantages of a
detailed index table of cases. and vast
array of decisions. Many subjects, en-
tirely unknown to the old common law.
are dealt with, such as protection of fran
chises. patent rights and copyrights,
rights in electrical appliances, etc. SPELL
ing's Extraordinary Relief will become
one of the great standards. and will prove
of immense value to lawyers who now
have to derive their information on the
subject from fugitive volumes and stray
chapters scattered through an ocean Of
legal Literature.