A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the
Fundamental Principles of American Law and Pro-
cedure, Accompanied by Leading Illustrative
Cases and Legal Forms, with a Revised

Edition of Blackstone's Commentaries

PREPARED BY

JUDGES, MEMBERS OF THE BAR, TEACHERS IN LAW SCHOOLS,

AND WRITERS ON LEGAL SUBJECTS

UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

EUGENE ALLEN GILMORE, A. B., LL. B.

PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

ASSISTED BY

WILLIAM CHARLES WERMUTH, M. S., LL. B.

LAW LECTURER, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

FIFTEEN VOLUMES

BLACKSTONE INSTITUTE

CHICAGO

L 7074 JAN 30 1933 GENERAL INTRODUCTION

BY

EUGENE A. GILMORE, A.B., LL.B.,

PROFESSOR OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN

THE MODERN DEMOCRACY, THE CITIZEN

AND THE LAW

BY

JOHN B. WINSLOW, LL.D.,

JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, WISCONSIN

LEGAL ETHICS

BY

ORRIN N. CARTER, LL.D.,
JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT, ILLINOIS

LAW-ITS ORIGIN, NATURE AND

DEVELOPMENT

BY

CHARLES A. HUSTON, A.B., J.D., J.S.D.,
PROFESSOR OF LAW, LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY

COURTS-FEDERAL AND STATE

BY

ARTHUR L. SANBORN, LL.B.,
JUSTICE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

LAW OF CONTRACTS

BY

WILLIAM C. WERMUTH, M.S., LL.B.,

LAW LECTURER, NORTH WESTERN UNIVERSITY

VOLUME I.

BLACKSTONE INSTITUTE

CHICAGO.