COMMERCIAL LAW,

RELATING TO

EVERY KIND OF BUSINESS:

WITH

FULL INSTRUCTIONS AND PRACTICAL FORMS,

ADAPTED TO

ALL THE STATES OF THE UNION.

BY

FRANKLIN CHAMBERLIN,

OF THE UNITED STATES BAR.

FRANCIS DEWING & CO.,

SAN FRANCISCO.

1869.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869,

BY FRANKLIN CHAMBERLIN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Connecticut.

TO THE

HON, REUBEN A. CHAPMAN,

CHIEF JUSTICE OF MASSACHUSETTS,

A learned Lawyer, a safe and prudent Counselor, a courteous, patient, and impartial Judge; who adds another to the list of honored lives which have illustrated and adorned American Jurisprudence in the place which he fills so honorably to himself and so fortunately for his State; and proves that a man may be a learned and laborious Lawyer, an excellent Judge, and at the same time and always a sincere and faithful Christian and a courteous Gentleman: this effort of his former Partner and Friend is most respectfully dedicated by

THE AUTHOR.