Excerpt from A Report of All the Cases Determined by Sir John Holt, Knt., From 1688 to 1710, During Which Time He Was Lord Chief Justice of England: Containing Many Cases Never Before Printed, Taken From an Original Manuscript of Thomas Farresley, Late of the Middle-Temple, Esq., Also Several Cases in Chancery and the Exchequer-ChamberTo write a compleat Abridgment of the Common Law, may Jujily, at this 'time of Day, be thought a Work too extenfive for any one Perfon to undertake. Such a Work, or rather a Digefi of our Laws, is worthy of a Junéto of the firji Men in the Profe¿ion, of an Englifh Tribonian and h ws. When that fhall be ejfiéiually performed, the firming Contra diéiions of the Reports fhall be reconciled, and thofi.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.