A Treatise on the Law Relative to Principals, Agents, Factors, Auctioneers, and Brokers

A Treatise on the Law Relative to Principals, Agents, Factors, Auctioneers, and Brokers
Author: Samuel Livermore
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Total Pages: 294
Release: 1811
Genre: Agency (Law)
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This was the first American treatise on the law relating to agency, auctions and brokers. A review cited in Marvin's Legal Bibliography (1847) says this treatise "treats the subject in a learned and perspicuous manner, drawing illustrations from the Civil, as well as the Common Law." Livermore [1786-1833] was an attorney who practiced in New Orleans. Marvin says he was "one of the most learned and eminent jurists that this country has produced.