Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Insurance Although I have not hesitated to express my opinions and rea sons without reserve, and without, at the same time, testifying my respect for those from whom I have differed, not thinking that the occasion required any declaration of this sort; yet I have not thought it necessary, iii all cases, to state what I understood to be the law. In many instances, the diverse opinions of judges, and of writers, are given without any comment, or any intima tion in regard to the preponderance of authority or reasons, in favour of either side of a questio'n. It would doubtless have been more prudent, on my part, and perhaps not less acceptable to my readers, had I more frequently pursued this course. 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.