A

MANUAL OF PRACTICE

IN THE COURTS OF THE

UNITED STATES.

Embracing the provisions of the Constitution, the Revised
Statutes, and Amendments thereto relating to Federal
Courts, together with the Rules promulgated by
the Supreme Court of the United States.

WITH NOTES OF DECISIONS.

BY

ROBERT DESTY,

ATTORNEY AT LAW

EIGHTH EDITION.

REVISED, REWRITTEN AND ENLARGED TO TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

SAN FRANCISCO.

BANCROFT-WHITNEY CO.

LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS,

1893.

LIBRARY OF THE LELAND STANFORD JIR JHIVERSITY. 742697

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