OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW; EDITOR OF “CHITTY'S STATUTES OF PRACTICAL UTILITY," ETC. “Boni Judicis est ampliare Justitiam."-Lord Mansfield. “Keep your Contracts."-Selden. 0/ 12/20 LONDON: Law Publishers. hr! Tx (5432am ed 14 *** The First and Second Editions of this work were brought out in 1826 and 1834 respectively by Mr. Joseph Chitty, of the Middle Temple (the compiler of “ Chitty's Statutes of Practical Utility "), and the Third by Mr. Thompson Chitty in 1841. The subsequent Editions up to the Eleventh inclusive were brought out by his Honour the late Judge J. A. Russell, Q.C., between 1830 and 1881. The Twelfth was brought out by the present Editor and Sir William Geary in 1890, and the Thirteenth by the present Editor in 1896. *** In compliance with a suggestion of the publishers, this Fourteenth Edition is produced as a companion volume to the Third Edition of Clerk and Lindsell on Torts. The Editors of these works, though each of them solely responsible for his own book, have had the advantage of conferring with one another both on points of arrangement and difficulty. Rec. Sept.30,1905. BRADBU'RY, AGNEW, & co. LD., PRINTERS, LONDON AND TONBRIDGE. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PAGE EXTRACTS FROM PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION vi N.B.-All the Chapters hare Tables of Contents. I. THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONTRACT II. REQUISITES OF A SIMPLE CONTRACT VII. LUNATICS, INFANTS, BANKRUPTS, ALIENS, CONVICTS, &c. 140 VIII. CONTRACTS WITH MARRIED WOMEN IX. AGENTS, PARTNERS, COMPANIES, EXECUTORS, &c. X. THE SUBJECT-MATTERS OF CONTRACTS GENERALLY XI. CONTRACTS FOR SALE OF LAND XII. CONTRACTS BETWEEN LANDLORD AND TENANT XIII. CONTRACTS FOR SALE OF GOODS XIV. BAILMENT EXCEPT FOR CARRIAGE XVI. BILLS OF EXCHANGE, PROMISSORY NOTES, AND CHEQUES 429 XVII. GUARANTEES AND INDEMNITIES XVIII. CONTRACTS FOR AND IN RELATION TO MARRIAGE XIX. CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT . XX. CONTRACTS FOR LOAN OF MONEY AND INSURANCE, AND BY ADVERTISEMENT, AND LITERARY AND ARTISTIC, STOCK XXI. ILLEGAL, VOID, AND VOIDABLE CONTRACTS . XXII. PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT . XXIII. DEFENCES OF PAYMENT, ACCORD AND SATISFACTION, RE- LEASE, JUDGMENT RECOVERED, ARBITRAMENT, TENDER, LIMITATION OF TIME, SET-OFF, BANKRUPTCY, &c. . 623 XXIV. DECREE FOR SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OF CONTRACT XXV. DAMAGES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT XXVI. ASSIGNMENT, NOVATION, AND DEVOLUTION OF CONTRACTS. 721 |