Cases Argued and Determined in the Court, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

George Caines

ISBN 10: 1330935527 / ISBN 13: 9781330935521

Published by Forgotten Books, 2022

About this Item

Print on Demand. This book presents decisions made by New York's Court of Errors, the highest court in the state from 1778-1846. The collection features 23 cases judged by the court in the 1800-1801 term, including real estate, maritime, corporate, and criminal proceedings. The author gathered these legal proceedings to gain a further understanding of the legal system and to provide insight into the judicial philosophy of the time. This legal resource is valuable for historians, law students, practitioners, legal scholars, policymakers, and collectors of legal history materials. Legal professionals in particular will find this collection invaluable. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

Seller Inventory # 9781330935521_0

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cases Argued and Determined in the Court, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1330935527
• ISBN 13: 9781330935521
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Law

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Synopsis

A strategic collection of New York court decisions that illuminate how law links nations, property, and debt.

This volume gathers key cases argued and determined in New York, offering a window into 18th- and early 19th-century legal reasoning. It covers topics from the law of nations and foreign sentences to private contracts, mortgages, and equity procedure, showing how judges interpreted statutes and precedents in complex disputes.

Readers will see how courts decide questions about insurance, mortgages, pledges, and the effects of foreign judgments on domestic rights. The set of opinions demonstrates the practical path from argument to judgment and how commercial and public concerns shaped the law.

• Explanations of how foreign decisions can influence local outcomes.
• Discussion of mortgage practices, releases, and the treatment of sureties.
• Insights into discovery, injunctions, and the mechanics of equity and practice.
• Examples of how judges balance statutes, customs, and commercial realities.

Ideal for readers of legal history, case law, and early American jurisprudence.