Excerpt from Reports of Decisions in Probate, Vol. 1 Naturally Judge Coffey 's decisions have been eagerly sought by members Of the bar, and consequently many of them have, in one form or another, been published from time to time. But nothing like a complete publication of his works has been attempted until now, when his Opinions are sufficient in num ber to fill not less than five volumes, they will be given to the world in full. It has been thought that the practical utility of these re ports would be increased by a system of annotation. There fore the editor has appended notes, some of them of quite an extended character, to many of the decisions. It will of course be understood that Judge Coffey is in no wise responsi ble for any statement in these annotations, and that they have not the authority of judicial pronouncement. 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.