Excerpt from Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, Vol. 13: For the Year 1858 At the time the Supreme Court was or nized, and man years afterwards, from forty to ninety cases were all it was led upon to deci e during its smsion in this cit At the period to which I refer, its business had increased to between four and ve hundred cases. What learning was therefore, required of a court composed Of only four Judges to meet the exigencies of the public business, may be imagined when it is considered the Judges were without any sufficient leisure for the investigation of authorities, except those cited, and were compelled to rely in a great measure on their previous reading, or see the business of the court increase until it should overwhelm them with its hopeless accumulation. It is a sufficient praise to Judge Bearra to say, that be, with the assistance of his able colleagues, was equal to the Occasion. His judicial Opinions show a comprehensive intellect, cultivated by long study and familiarized with the sentiments of the t writers and expounders of the law. The were, as it became them, more so id than brilliant, more massive than showy. Hey are like granite masonry, and will serve as guides and land-marks in years to come. 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.