A Treatise on the Law of Fraud on Its Civil Side

Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Fraud on Its Civil Side

The Introduction renders unnecessary any other extended prefatory remarks; for I assume, or rather trust, that the Introduction will be read. Indeed I cannot too strongly urge those who would use this book most effectively to read with care the Introduction, and also the opening chapter on the Definition of Fraud. The reason will be obvious, upon the reading.

The second volume, which will treat of fraud under the statutes, is well in hand, and will be completed as soon as a due regard for the work may permit. The present volume is however entirely independent, of the second, and makes a book complete in itself.

The authorities are cited down to about six months ago, with a few important ones (such as Blackburn V. Vigors, 12 App. Cas. 531, reversing the judgment of the Court of Appeal, 17 Q. B. D. 553) down to the latest moment.

One word more: This is not a second edition of a work on Fraud published for me in 1877, though it was at one time thought of making it such.

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