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COMMENTARIES
ON
EQUITY JURISPRUDENCE
Hon. Mr. JUSTICE STORY, LL.D.
Sometime one of the Justices of the Supreme Oourt of the United States.
THIRD ENGLISH EDITION,
BY
A. E. RANDALL
of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister - at - Law.
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PEEFACE TO THE THIKD ENGLISH EDITION.
My main difficulty in preparing this edition was how to deal with the author's text. It is a recognised classic, and many passages have been adopted judicially. At the same time there are many statements which have been allowed to stand in previous editions, and which could not be supported at the present day. To allow the original text to remain unmodified would clearly mislead the student without assisting the practitioner.
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