Bills of Exchange Act, 1855, the Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856, the Interpleader Acts, and several other Statutes; so as to embody within a small compass the whole of the recent legislation which affects the practice of the Superior Courts of Common Law. The excellent editions of the Common Law Procedure Acts of 1852 and 1854, by Mr. R. M. Kerr, now the Judge of the Sheriff's Court of the City of London, furnish the groundwork of this Volume; and to that gentleman the present Editor is moreover greatly indebted for much and valuable assistance, even upon those topics which had not presented themselves. for discussion at the time of Mr. Kerr's publications. To his learned friend, Mr. O. B. C. Harrison, the Editor is indebted for the full and convenient Index, which will be found to connect together the various provisions of all the Statutes, Rules of Court, and Cases cited throughout the Book. As great pains have been taken to collect in the Addenda the cases which have been determined while the book has been passing through the press, the Reader is respectfully requested to note them up in their proper places. MIDDLE TEMPLE, February, 1861. |