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Excerpt from A Digest of New York Decisions, From July, 1878, to January, 1881, Vol. 2 The opinions have been read and many additional points drafted from them and, so far as the General and Special Term decisions are concerned, nearly all the syllabi have been re-written, with a view to condensation and improvement. The constant endeavor has been to present in its proper place every point decided in each case, whether deemed important or trivial, the reader, not the editor, being the proper person to judge of the value and soundness of the principles laid down. Dicta are indicated either by the use of the phrase It seems at the beginning of a paragraph, or the word Tha at the beginning and see [the case cited] ahthe end. Every citation has been verified, and all possible means have been taken to secure accuracy, while no part of the. Work has been done in haste - that most prolific of all causes of imperfections in books of this character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.