ILLUSTRATIVE CASES IN CONTRACTS. BY W. S. PATTEE, LL.D., DEAN OF COLLEGE OF LAW, UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. PHILADELPHIA: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1893, by WILLIAM S. PATTEE, LL.D., In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. COLLINS PRINTING HOUSE, PREFACE. THIS Collection of cases has been made for use in the classroom in connection with my lectures upon the subject of Contracts. Being "illustrative" of the principles considered, I have deemed it desirable to select American cases rather than English, as the student will find an advantage in being particularly familiar with the reports of his own country in the early days of his practice. English authorities, however, are not ignored. They are frequently cited in the notes and much more frequently in the lectures, it being our object to familiarize the pupil with the history and growth of each principle to which we direct his attention. The cases printed have been selected from the Supreme Court Reports of the United States and from those of twentyone of the different States of the Union. In treating of the Statute of Frauds, the cases have been selected necessarily from a comparatively few State Reports, because the statute varies so much in the different States that what is authority in one might not be in another. Wherever the student practises, he must consult the statute of his own State; but the cases in this volume will give him a general view of its most important features. W. S. PATTEE, LL.D., Dean of College of Law. UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. |