AN Index-Digest OF BALLARD'S Law of Real Property VOLUMES I-XII EDITED BY EMERSON E. BALLARD EDITOR OF "BALLARD'S LAW OF REAL PROPERTY," "Deed FoRMS ANNOTATED, CHICAGO, ILL. T. H. FLOOD & CO. 1910 INTRODUCTORY The fact that the first twelve volumes of Ballard's Law of Real Property contain citations to more than 70,000 cases has made the need of some more comprehensive key to their contents apparent to every user of this set of books. To supply this need is the purpose of this volume. The volumes covered being condensed epitomes of decisions rendered the ordinary system of indexing inadequate, and at the same time precluded the full adoption of the digest method as that would have resulted in an abbreviated reprint of the books themselves, and thus have made it impossible to bring this work within any reasonable compass. We have avoided these difficulties by a combination of the available features of both indexing and digesting, and accordingly have designated this book as an Index-Digest. In so far as possible the text is grouped under general comprehensive titles, printed in large type, and to these appropriate cross references are made from all other topics to which any inquirer might direct his search. The matter under all important general topics is classified and arranged in accordance with a comprehensive analysis of the subject, which analysis is printed immediately after the topic head, with divisions and subdivisions properly numbered and designated. To this analysis the searcher should give close attention, and keep constantly in mind the topical arrangement of the subdivision which he is consulting, as the full meaning of many of the condensed statements in the text is made clear only by refer |