PREFACE. a THE object of this treatise is to supply the long-felt need of work on business law, which would be concise, and at the same time as nearly complete as it is possible in treating of a subject upon which so much can be written without exhausting it. The work is intended as a text-book for schools in which Commercial Law is systematically taught, and it is hoped that the manner of treating the different divisions of the subject will be found so plain and simple that the student will be able to master the subject matter of every page without difficulty, with the aid of a competent teacher, which from the very nature of the subject will be found necessary for a full and complete understanding of many of the intricate points involved in this branch of the law. In this, a want of many text-books of a like nature has been supplied, by giving extracts from the statutes of the different States relative to some of the most important branches of Commercial Law. The treatise is not exhaustive, but is sufficiently comprehensive to give the student a thorough and practical knowledge of business law, such as is requisite in business affairs. The following works have been frequently consulted and in each case due credit has been given to the authority quoted: Parsons' On Contracts; Blackstone's Commentaries; Smith's Mercantile Law; Kent's Commentaries; and Parsons' Laws of Business. THE AUTHOR. |