ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STATUTE OF FRAUDS, AS IN FORCE IN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES. BY CAUSTEN BROWNE. FIFTH EDITION. BY JAMES A. BAILEY, JR., COUNSELLOR AT LAW. WITH THE COÖPERATION OF THE AUTHOR. BOSTON: LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY. LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY. A42676 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by CAUSTEN BROWNE, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Copyright, 1895, BY CAUSTEN BROWNE. UNIVERSITY PRESS : PREFACE TO THIS EDITION. In this edition, about nineteen hundred cases, decided since the publication of the last edition, have been added, and the whole text has been carefully revised. In order to make room for the new matter without materially increasing the size of the volume, the American statutes have been omitted from the appendix. It is believed that no serious inconvenience will result from this omission, as each practitioner may be supposed to have ready access to the statutes of his own State. The author takes great pleasure in acknowledging his obligations to his co-editor for thorough research and intelligent criticism. BOSTON, June, 1895. CAUSTEN BROWNE. |