The bench and the Bar

Archibald Robinson Watson, Editor

Published by The Bench and Bar Company, 1909

About this Item

Bound issues of The Bench and the Bar, The Monthly Magazine for Lawyers. Issues April 1909 through March 1910 are included . Every three issues are page numbered sequentially. 607pp in total. Each issue contains editorials, lawyers and legal events, monthly digest, current notes and comments, correspondence, and longer articles about the issues of the day. This issue includes the following articles: Legacies Chargeable on Land, Powers of Executor Before Probate of Will and Issuance of Letters, Right of Police to Photograph and Measure Unconvicted Prisoners, Party-Walls, The "Third Degree"- Its Origin and History, Amendments to the New York Code of Civil Procedure in 1909, Legal Proof of the Discovery of the (North) Pole, Liability of Directors who do not Direct, Pleading Special Contract and Quantum Meruit, Conversions of Checks Negotiated on Forged Endorsements, Orders of Arrest in Actions Based on Contract, Testing the Constitutionality of the Federal Corporation Tax Law, Retirement of Mr. Justice Patterson, Right of Wife to Pledge Husband's Credit, Compelling an Attorney to Disclose his Client's Address, Printed on high quality paper, which has held up well. Tan cloth with two spine panels for title and issues included in the volume, respectively. Light soiling to cloth from use and top page edges dusty; otherwise clean throughout with no marks. Panel with issue list has flaked off at edges; title panel very nice. Overall, a very attractive copy of a scarce legal magazine.

Seller Inventory # 000174

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The bench and the Bar
• Publisher: The Bench and Bar Company
• Publication Date: 1909
• Language: English
• Binding: Cloth
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Used Non-Fiction