I
■;':i,v * V V " '
v-'vv^,^^
^^^$m^
'WW^'vW!*.
^w^vvv^^;;.v'"'*''vV»Vv:vvvV^W***'.v^V^V »vt
'VVVV«.
-'v
' V, v ■j'^i 'v:-.
^vVvvi^V vW^
'Vv^v*v*__ w'»'w'*''*'*»'^V.
„,o.TVvvv
■ 1 1 lj i
vyy^^Vw^^-;v.3v^
*^iytajKr
' *;»*
[
f^^i
I>resentc& to
ZTbc Xlbrar^
of tbe
Tllniverstti? of ZToronto
bB
The Executors of the Estate of the late
George Tate Blackstock, Esq., K.C.
K^74c COMMEisTTARIES
ON
AMERICAN LAW.
JAMES KENT.
IN FOUR VOLUMES.
VOLUME I..e^^
\o
SOWN AND THOROUGHLY REVISED EDITION
WILLIAM M. LACY,
or THB PHlLAD£liPHIA J.^f£/V
^An
Jtoy
PHILADELPHIA:
THE BLACKSTONE PUBLISHING CO.
1889.
Entered according to the Acts of Congress, in the year 1889, by tl
Blackstone Publishing Company, in the oflace of the
Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
(2)
NOTE.
We suggest to oiir patrons that, to facilitate the labor of the
Judges and Reporters, they cite the TOP PAGING of books of our SERIES, and add [TEXT BOOK S^HIES.]— Editor.
(3)
14)
EDITOR'S PREFACE.
In preparing this edition, I have had in view the essential merit of the work to be revised, and the particulars in which its usefulness Had been impsdred through changes in the law.
The author's aim was to instruct students of American jurisprudence in the fundamentals of that system. Admirably adapted to the needs of such, his treatise addressed itself to those most ardent of students, pr…