Cases at law
Subtitle: 1692-1778.
Contributors: Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863, former owner.
Published: 1780
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Law -- Great Britain -- Cases.; Manuscripts, English.
Notes: Ms.
Title from spine.
Fifty cases (some hypothetical) in English common law, in broadly chronological order, with notes, questions, and prominent British lawyers' opinions (of these, the latest is dated 1780).
Copied by various hands within a short time span (identical poor-quality paper throughout).
Inscribed on p. [1] in a contemporary hand: Geo. Taylor; on pastedown of upper cover, in a more recent hand: J.L. Petigru (James Louis Petigru, 1789-1863, the South Carolina judge and politician?).
Written probably in England.
A larger (26 cm.) folded sheet, with a legal opinion by J. Holliday dated 1780, inserted following p. [178].