AMERICAN

LAW AND PROCEDURE

VOLUMES I TO XII PREPARED UNDER THE
EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

JAMES PARKER HALL, A.B., LL.B.
Dean of Law School, University of Chicago

AND

VOLUMES XIII AND XIV BY

JAMES DEWITT ANDREWS, LL.D.

FORMERLY OF THE LAW FACULTY
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Author of "Andrews' American Law," Editor "Andrews'
Stephens' Pleading," "Cooley's Blackstone,"
"Wilson's Works," etc.

A Systematic, Non-Technical Treatment of American
Law and Procedure, Written by Professors and
Teachers in Law Schools, and by Legal
Writers of Recognized Ability.

PUBLISHED BY

LA SALLE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY

CHICAGO

311871

AMERICAN LAW AND PROCEDURE

VOLUME I.

PREPARED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF

JAMES PARKER HALL, A. B., LL.B.
Dean of the University of Chicago Law School

CONTRACTS

BY

HARRY SANGER RICHARDS

Ph.B., LL.D. (State University of Iowa)
LL.B. (Harvard University)

Dean of College of Law, University of Wisconsin

QUASI-CONTRACTS

BY

WALTER WHEELER COOK

A.B., A.M. (Columbia University), LL.B. (Columbia University)
Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin

AGENCY

BY

CHARLES ANDREWS HUSTON

A. B. (University of Chicago), J. D. (University of Chicago)
Associate Professor of Law, Leland Standford, Jr., University