"Now for the Laws of England (if I shall speak my opinion of them "without partiality either to my profession or country), for the matter and "nature of them, I hold them wise, just and moderate laws: they give to God, "they give to Cæsar, they give to the subject what appertaineth. It is true "they are as mixt as our language, compounded of British, Saxon, Danish, "Norman customs. And surely as our language is thereby so much the richer, so our laws are likewise by that mixture the more complete."-LORD BACON.

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Davis's County Courts Practice and Evidence.-
Third Edition.

One thick volume, Royal 12mo. 28s. cloth.

A MANUAL of the PRACTICE and EVIDENCE in ACTIONS and other PROCEEDINGS in the COUNTY COURTS, including the PRACTICE in BANKRUPTCY, with an Appendix of Statutes and Rules. By JAMES EDWARD DAVIS, of the Middle Temple, Esq., Barrister at Law. Third Edition, considerably enlarged.

This is the only work on the County Courts which treats fully of the Law and Evidence in Actions and other Proceedings in these Courts.

Extract from Preface.

In preparing the present Edition the general arrangement of the Second Edition has been preserved. The First Part treats fully of the Practice of the Courts in Actions. On this subject, the Author repeats the language of the Preface to the former Edition: "Bearing in mind that this part of the Work, at least, must be chiefly used by practitioners in the Courts, who will consult it with a view to ascertain the nature of the claim or defence they may present, and the proper tribunal and mode of proceeding in order to establish it, and who are comparatively indifferent to the original constitution of the Court or the nature of the appoint. ment of its officers, the Author has arranged the proceedings, as far as possible, with reference to the steps to be taken by Plaintiffs and Defendants in the prosecution of their rights. Commencing with the Jurisdiction of the County Courts, and showing when a Plaintiff ought to sue in these Courts, and when he has the option, without risk as to costs, of suing in the Superior Courts, the steps to be taken to sue out a summons are next considered. This is followed by a statement of the powers and duty of a Defendant on service of the summons. The subsequent steps immediately before and at the trial, down to judgment and execution, are stated, as well as the incidental proceedings on an application for a new trial and on appeal."

The Second Part comprises the subject of the First Edition of the Work; that is to say, the Evidence in support of and in answer to the Claims brought in the County Courts.

A Third Part of the Work is devoted to the statement of the Jurisdiction of the County Courts in a variety of special matters, including Friendly Societies and Probate Cases.

In a Fourth Part, the extensive Practice of the Courts in Bankruptcy is given for the first time.

Many of the other parts of the Work are rewritten and new heads introduced. Forms of Particulars of Demand in numerous cases have been added, in compliance with the suggestions of purchasers of the last Edition.

CONTENTS.

PART I. The Proceedings of Plaintiffs and Defendants in Actions in the County Courts.-CHAP. 1. Jurisdiction of the County Courts in Actions.-2. Of the Plaintiff's Proceedings in order to commence an Action.-3. Of the Summons and Service.-4. Defendant's Proceedings on Service of the Summons.-5. Removal of Plaints by Certiorari, and Prohibition and Objections to Jurisdictions under the new Act.-6. Proceedings between the Summons and Trial.-7. The Trial and Judgment.-8. Proceedings between Judgment and Execution.9. Execution.-10. Actions of Replevin.-11. Interpleader Claims.-12. Proceedings to recover Possession of Tenements.-13. Of Costs of Attornies and Counsel in Actions in the County Courts.-14. Of the Judges and Officers of the Court.-15. Jurisdiction of the Sheriffs' Court of London.

PART II. Evidence in Actions in the County Courts.-Chap. 1. General Rules of Evidence; the thing or matter to be proved.-2. Oral Evidence.-3. Docu

Davis's County Courts-continued.

mentary Evidence.-4. Examination and Cross-Examination of Witnesses.5. Stamping Documents at the Trial-6. Contracts for the Sale of Goods. Evidence for the Plaintiff in an Action for the Price of Goods sold and delivered; where the Goods are supplied by the Person suing, to the Person sought to be charged.-7. Ditto-And the Contract is denied.-8. Ditto-Admitting the Contract, but objecting to the Proceedings.-9. Ditto-Admitting Claim originally, but asserting its discharge.-10. Contracts for the Sale of GoodsEvidence in Actions for the Price of Goods sold and delivered where the Goods were supplied by or to third Persons.-11. Contracts for the Sale of GoodsEvidence in Actions by and against Administrators and Executors, and by Assignees of Bankrupts and Insolvents.-12. Contracts for the Sale of GoodsEvidence in Actions relating to Goods bargained and sold.-13. Evidence in Actions for breach of Warranty of Goods, &c., and for the recovery of Goods wrongfully detained.-14. Contracts relating to the use of Goods and the oc cupation of Premises, &c.-15. Actions relating to Personal Services.-16. Contracts relating to Money.-17. Actions relating to Securities for Money; Promissory Notes.-18. Actions relating to Securities for Money; Bills of Exchange, Promissory Notes and Guarantees.-19. Evidence in Actions for Torts; Injuries to the Person, wilful or intentional.-20. Injuries to the Person arising from Negligence or Carlessness.-21. Actions for taking or keeping Possession of Property.-22. Injuries to Property; Intentional or arising from Negligence.-23. Evidence in Actions of Replevin.-24. Evidence in Interpleader Claims.-25. Evidence in Plaints to recover Possession of Tenements. PART III. Jurisdiction of the County Courts (Original and Auxiliary) in Miscel laneous Matters.-CHAP. 1. Balance of Partnership Accounts; Distributive Share or Legacy.-2. Jurisdiction in Friendly and other Societies.-3. Equit able Jurisdiction in Charitable Trusts.-4. Probate and Administration.5. Jurisdiction of the County Courts in Chancery, Winding up of Companies and Societies, Acknowledgments of Deeds, and under the Succession Duties, Customs, and Shipping Acts.-6. Jurisdiction of the County Courts in recovering Demands under the Nuisances Removal and Local Government Acts, and Penalties under various Acts.-7. Copyright of Designs.-8. Proceedings under the Metropolitan Building Act, 1855.-9. Causes sent for Trial by the Superior Courts.-10. Commitment on Judgments snd Orders of other Courts, and Arrests of Absconding Debtors.

PART IV. Jurisdiction and Practice of the County Courts in Bankruptcy.-CHAP. 1. Where a Debtor, whose Debts do not exceed £300, petitions for Adjudication of Bankruptcy against himself, not being in Custody.-2. Where a Debtor, whose Debts do not exceed £300, petitions for Adjudication against himself, and he is in Custody.-3. Where a Debtor, being in Custody, petitious in Forma Pauperis.-4. Where the Registrar of a County Court makes an Order of Adjudication against a Prisoner for Debt.-5. Where a Prisoner for Debt is certified to the County Court to be a Lunatic.-6. Where a Petition for Adjudication in Bankruptcy is transferred to a County Court.-7. Where a Judgment Debtor Summons is transferred to a County Court.-8. Miscellaneous Provisions in Bankruptcy.-9. Stamps, Fees and Costs in Bank

ruptcy.

APPENDIX containing Statutes, Rules and Orders, Fees and Forms.

From the Law Times.

"A new edition attests the continued confidence of the Profession in Mr. Davis as a guide to the Practice of the County Courts. From a humble beginning it has grown into a very ponderous volume. But its growth has been only concurrent with the expansion of the tribunal whose manifold jurisdictions it describes. Almost every year has added something to the work of the County Courts. Thus it is that the bulk of his book has unavoidably swollen. Whether a new jurisdiction has brought much, little, or no business, there it must be, set down fully in Mr. Davis's pages, with all necessary forms for practice, and full instructions to the court and to the practitioner

what is to be done, and how it is to be done, when a case comes before them.

"It was because these instructions were so full and accurate that Mr. Davis succeeded in so easily establishing his work as the Practice of the County Courts, and in maintaining the position he had won. All who have used it speak well of it. They say they can readily find what they want, and, better still, it contains the information they want, which cannot be said of all books of practice, whose error it often is, that the writers assume too much knowledge on the part of their readers, and omit instructions in common things. Every practitioner has found that it is on points of

Davis's County Courts-continued,

practice, apparently the most ordinary, that he most needs information. He can solve a difficult question in commercial or real property law, but is puzzled about a form in everyday use. A book of practice should assume that those who consult it require to be instructed upon the entire proceedings, from the first step to the close, and every form to be used, however familiar it may be thought, should be given in extenso, with minutest directions what the practitioner is to do, when to do it, and how to do it. This has been Mr. Davis's design in his Practice of the County Courts, and three editions prove with what success he has accomplished that design.

From the Law

"This is the third edition of a text-book which is well known in both branches of the Legal Profession. From a small beginning it has gradually grown into a bulky volume of 829 pages, and now contains an inexhaustive exposition of the Law and Practice relating to the County Courts. The second part of this manual contains a valuable digest of the Law of Evidence, as applicable to the Procedure of

There is another feature of this work. Besides the practice, it contains a complete treatise on evidence in the County Courts, after the manner of Selwyn's Nisi Prius. Each of the subjects of litigation ordinarily brought before the courts is separately treated, and the law minutely stated, with the evidence required to sustain or defend the action. Thus, all that can be wanted in court is contained under one cover, greatly to the saving of time and temper in laborious search.

"It is undoubtedly the best book on the Practice of the County Courts, and the appearance of a third edition proves that such is the opinion of the Profession." Magazine.

the County Courts. In this particular, it certainly excels all the other text-books on the subject. The importance of this part of the work cannot be too highly estimated. The chapters on the County Practice in Bankruptcy display the usual care and ability of the author, and give a completeness to a work which has hitherto been deservedly popular in the Profession."

From the Solicitors' Journal.

"This is a greatly enlarged edition of Davis's County Courts Practice, a work well enough known as to need no introduction to the legal public, or at any rate to that portion of it concerned with proceedings in the County Courts. The edition before us follows in its main

features the second edition of the book, but it is to that second edition as the full-blown rose to the bud, not merely in quantity but in quality of matter. We can heartily and safely recommend the book for the perusal of all intending practitioners in any County Court."

Grant's Law of Bankers and Banking.-Second Edition by Fisher.

Very nearly ready, 8vo. cloth.

GRANT'S LAW of BANKING; BANKER and CUSTOMER; BANKER and CORRESPONDENT; PRIVATE BANKS; BANKING CO-PARTNERSHIPS and JOINT-STOCK BANKS, COLONIAL BANKS, SAVINGS BANKS: comprising the Rights and Liabilities, and the Remedies of and against Directors, Managers, Clerks, Shareholders, &c.: the Rules as to Cheques, Orders, Bills payable at Bankers, Accountable Receipts, Bank Notes, Deposits of Securities, Guarantees, &c. Second Edition. By R. A. FISHER, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barristerat-Law.

"No man in the profession was more competent to treat the subject of Banking than Mr. Grant. This volume appears opportunely. To all engaged in the litigations, as well as to all legal advisers of Bankers, Mr. Grant's work will be an invaluable assistant. It is a clear and careful treatise on a subject not already

exhausted, and it must become the text-book upon it."-Law Times.

"The learning and industry which were so conspicuous in Mr. Grant's former work are equally apparent in this. The book supplies a real want, which has long been felt both by the profession and by the public at large."Jurist.

Brandon's Practice of the Mayor's Court.

8vo. 9s. cloth.

NOTES of PRACTICE of the MAYOR'S COURT of the CITY of LONDON in ORDINARY ACTIONS: with the Mayor's Court Procedure Act, and the Sections of the several Acts of Parliament applied by the Queen in Council to that Court. By WOODTHORPE BRANDON, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law.

"This treatise forms a very useful and necessary companion for practitioners of the Mayor's Court, and the clear and able mode

in which it has been completed will recommend it to everyone who consults it."-Law Times.