Selection of Cases Illustrative of the Law of Contract: Based on the Collection of G. B. Finch (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Selection of Cases Illustrative of the Law of Contract: Based on the Collection of G. B. FinchThe late Mr G. B. Finch, after long experience at the bar, in London, accepted in Cambridge the duties of an academical teacher of law. Wishing to adopt the methods of the Harvard Law School, which he had visited, he prepared and published a collection of judicial decisions on the law of Contract. After his death, a second' edition of this work, enhanced in value by the care and learning of Mr R. T. Wright and Professor W. W. Buckland, was issued in 1896. It has long been out of print, and even second-hand copies of it can seldom be obtained. The desirability of its reproduction has thus been obvious. But, under present commercial conditions, a volume of dimensions so large could not be published except at a prohibitive cost.Under these circumstances, the Cambridge University Press, as proprietors of the copyright, decided that the book should again be made accessible, but in a form so abridged that its price should not place it beyond the reach of the ordinary student. The Syndics, with the kind and ready consent of Mr Wright and Professor Buckland, entrusted to me the preparation of the proposed work.I have omitted only those very few decisions that seem to have lost their authority or their interest. By the generous permission of the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting, I have been 'enabled to insert various cases that have been decided since the edition of 1896 was published. Most of the cases contained in that edition I have abridged greatly, but without much detriment, I hope, to their educational value. To some of the judgments I have added brief annotations, to explain or to develop the doctrines they establish. And, as questions of the Interpretation of Contracts arise so frequently in legal practice, I have introduced a chapter upon that subject. I have also added a few decisions upon the Assignment of Contracts. The net result is to give the student, in a volume of moderate dimensions, the pith of the facts and law of some two hundred and forty reported cases.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.