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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF

U.S.E. SUPREME

UNITED STATES

SUPREME COURT REPORTS

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Incomparably the most exhaustive digest of the United States Reports.

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The logical and analytical treatment adds greatly to its superiority.

The most authoritative encyclopedia of law.

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A satisfactory substitute for the United States Reports.

No other work can be compared with this encyclopedia as a comprehen-
sive treatment of the practice in the United States Courts.

OF GREAT VALUE TO LAWYERS PRACTICING IN STATE COURTS
It has sometimes been urged by lawyers unacquainted with its scope that, as they have no practice in the Federal
Courts, they have no use for the Encyclopedia of United States Supreme Court Reports. Nothing could be more
fallacious than this argument. There are few points of law that have not at one time or another been considered
by the Supreme Court; and when the Supreme Court has determined a point, what higher authority can be obtained
on that point? Take, for example, the articles in the first volume of U. S. E. There are only two that can be said
to be devoted to practice in the United States Courts-viz., Admiralty, 85 pages, and Ambassadors and Consuls,
15-100 out of 1064 pages. The other 964 pages treat of matters which arise daily in any lawyer's practice, such as
Abatement, Revival and Survival; Accession, Accretion and Reliction; Accident Insurance; Accomplices and Accesso-
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNITED STATES
SUPREME COURT REPORTS

ELEVEN VOLUMES, BUCKRAM BINDING, $66.00 DELIVERED

Incomparably the most exhaustive digest of the United States Reports.
Used as an encyclopedia for quick reference, it is the best.

The logical and analytical treatment adds greatly to its superiority.

The most authoritative encyclopedia of law.

The first work to consult after the State Digest.

A satisfactory substitute for the United States Reports.

No other work can be compared with this encyclopedia as a comprehen-
sive treatment of the practice in the United States Courts.

OF GREAT VALUE TO LAWYERS PRACTICING IN STATE COURTS
It has sometimes been urged by lawyers unacquainted with its scope that, as they have no practice in the Federal
Courts, they have no use for the Encyclopedia of United States Supreme Court Reports. Nothing could be more
fallacious than this argument. There are few points of law that have not at one time or another been considered
by the Supreme Court; and when the Supreme Court has determined a point, what higher authority can be obtained
on that point? Take, for example, the articles in the first volume of U. S. E. There are only two that can be said
to be devoted to practice in the United States Courts-viz., Admiralty, 85 pages, and Ambassadors and Consuls,
15-100 out of 1064 pages. The other 964 pages treat of matters which arise daily in any lawyer's practice, such as
Abatement, Revival and Survival; Accession, Accretion and Reliction; Accident Insurance; Accomplices and Accesso-
ries; Accord and Satisfaction; Accounts and Accounting; Acknowledgments; Alteration of Instruments; Amendment;
Animals; Appeal and Error; etc.

THE MICHIE COMPANY, LAW PUBLISHERS, CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

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The machine is accurate. But this is not all. It enforces accuracy on those who use it. Likewise it admonishes to accuracy all those on whose work it affords a check.

It detects errors. Likewise prevents errors. Fewer errors] are made in every office where the

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is used. Why? Because every clerk knows that this machine will infallibly detect his errors and this knowledge makes him more careful in everything that he does.

Thus the machine adds accuracy to mechanical labor saving in every kind of work where writing and adding are done on the same page.

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