Excerpt from A Selection of Leading Cases in the Common Law: With Notes, From the Third English Edition The death of the learned author of this work occurred shortly after the publication of the last (the third) edition. A new edition having been called for, the present editor has endeavoured carefully to revise the notes, which in some cases have been re-written, and to incorporate the numerous decisions and statutes which have been given and passed with respect to the subjects of them. The cases on Contracts have been re-arranged, and although the form and character of the book do not admit of a perfectly scientific treatment of the law of contracts, it is hoped that the change may prove useful. A somewhat large addition has been made to the cases cited. The references to all cases have been carefully revised, and the date of each decision, and a second reference, when existing, have been added. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.