The Law of Insolvency, Being the Voluntary Insolvency Law of...
A Scarce Early Treatise on Insolvency in California Cowdery, Jabez F. [1834-1914]. The Law of Insolvency. Being the Voluntary and Involuntary Law of California; With Full Annotations and References to the Decisions of the Supreme Court of California, And Other Decisions Applicable. Also an Appendix with Forms. San Francisco: A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1880. xii, 174 pp. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind frames to boards, blind fillets, lettering piece and fragment of owner label (J.G. Press[ley]) to spine. A few small scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, joints cracked, light scuffing to board edges, front hinge starting at head, owner signature (of John G. Pressley, dated 1888) to front pastedown. Moderate toning to interior, light foxing and faint offsetting to edges of a few leaves, internally clean. $350. * Third and final edition. This treatise on insolvency from a prolific California legal scholar "is intended to be useful to the judge, court officer, assignee and attorney, as well as the community at large" (Preface to 1878 ed.). It includes several sample schedules and forms for pleading. The first edition appeared in 1848 and the second edition in 1878. Our copy of the third edition was owned by John Gotea Pressley [1833-1895], a South Carolina native who served as a lieutenant colonel in the Confederate Army. After the war, he moved to California to practice law and remained there until his death. He was a highly regarded judge of the Superior Court of Sonoma County from 1880 to 1890. Lewis Publishing Co., An Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California 580.
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