A SELECTION OF CASES ON EVIDENCE AT THE COMMON LAW. WITH NOTES. BY JAMES BRADLEY THAYER, LL.D., WELD PROFESSOR OF LAW AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY. Second Edition. CAMBRIDGE: CHARLES W. SEVER & CO. 1900. Copyright, 1892, 1900, University Press: JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGE, U.S. A. NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION. AFTER using the first edition of this book for eight years with my classes, I find that the general scheme of it and the general arrangement of topics seem to stand the test; and such, as I am advised, has been the experience of other schools where the book has been used. These, therefore, in the present edition remain substantially as they were. In a few matters of detail it has seemed well to make changes; not merely by substituting some late cases for older ones, this was likely to be a thing of course, but also, here and there, by a better selection as among the older ones, by a better abbreviation of cases, by improving the classification and arrangement of them so as to discriminate and work out a subject more clearly, and by omitting or adding, as the case might be, so as to give the different parts of the book a better proportion. The preliminary matter has been shortened, and the section on Alterations in writings has been replaced by a brief note; while, on the other hand, additions have been made to the notes, a separate section has been introduced on Account Books of Parties to the Litigation, and the topics of Confessions, Entries in the Course of Business or Duty, the so-called Parol Evidence Rule, and Witnesses, have been more fully treated than before. I have struggled hard to diminish the size of the book; and with some success until reaching the last chapter. Here it seemed best to enlarge a little; and so the volume goes out a few pages, but only a few pages, larger than it was before. JAMES BRADLEY THAYER. AUGUST 15, 1900. |