Excerpt from A Practical Abridgment of American Common Law Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of the Several States, and the United States Courts, From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Vol. 2: Alphabetically Arranged; With Notes and References to the Statutes of Each State and Analogous Adjudications; Comprising Under the Several Titles a Practical Treatise on the Different Branches of the Common Law 499 Bail, Bailment, 506 Bankrupt, 513 Banks, Bank Checks, 519 Bank Notes, 524 Bargain and Sale, 564 Baron and Feme, Bastard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.