COPIOUS REFERENCES TO DECISIONS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAINE, &C. WITH THE RULES OF THE STATE AND UNITED STATES COURTS, AND AN APPENDIX OF FORMS. By H. G. O. COLBY, RECENTLY JUDGE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MASSACHUSETTS. BOSTON: CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN. M DCCC XLVIII. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, by H. G. O. COLBY, in the Clerk's office, of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. BOSTON: PRINTED BY THURSTON, TORRY AND CO. 31 Devonshire Street. TO THE HONORABLE DANIEL WELLS, CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF MASSACHUSETTS, UPON WHOSE SUGGESTION THIS WORK WAS UNDERTAKEN, IT IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, AS A TESTIMONIAL OF HIGH REGARD, BY THE AUTHOR. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PRACTICE. Its importance. Nature of this work. Character of Massachusetts practice. Changes recently made. Revised statutes and rules of the Courts. |