Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable on the Trial of...
Reflects Changes Introduced by the New York Code of Procedure Abbott, Austin [1831-1896]. Trial Evidence. The Rules of Evidence Applicable on the The Trial of Civil Actions (Including Both Causes of Action and Defenses) at Common Law, in Equity, and Under the Codes of Procedure. New York: Baker, Voorhis & Co., 1889. First edition, later printing. xxx, 884 pp. Octavo (9-1/4" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind rules to boards, raised bands, blind filets and red and black lettering pieces to spine, blind tooling to board edges. Worn and scuffed with smudges to boards and spine, moderate rubbing to extremities, minor wear to corners. Light toning to text, offsetting to margins of endleaves, front endleaves loose. Bookseller's ticket "Baker, Voorhis& Co./New York" to front pastedown. A good copy. $200. * This comprehensive treatise reflects the significant structural shifts introduced by the New York Code of Procedure (the Field Code). As Abbott notes in his preface: "Recent changes in procedure accompanying or resulting from the code practice, have had far-reaching consequences in respect to the mode of dealing with the subject of evidence" (Preface). A second edition edited by J.J. Crawford was published in 1900. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:3.
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