Excerpt from Elements of the Law of Real Property: Leading and Illustrative Cases This book is designed primarily for the use of students of the law, and is largely an outgrowth of the experience of the author in the class-room. A text-book of this scope on so profound a subject can be little more than a guide to the, student and an assistant to the instructor. The method of teaching the subject in hand adopted by the author, and in accordance with which this book was prepared, embraces the lecture, quiz and case systems in the endeavor to utilize the manifest advantages of each. The superiority of a systematic course of lectures over occasional and unconnected explanations must be apparent. Nothing else can properly perform the functions of quizzes and tests, both oral and written. The study of illustrative cases impresses the student with the application of principles by the courts, thus demonstrating to him their standing as matters necessary to his knowledge of the law. The aim of the author throughout the book has been toward simplicity. The broad lines laid down by Blackstone, Craise, Williams, Washburn and Kent have been closely followed. As indicated by its title, this book aspires to nothing more than a consideration of the foundation principles of an intricate subject, and this in as simple a manner as possible, with the end in view of stimulating the interest of the student, thus lightening and at the same time rendering more effective the labors of the instructor. 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.