Commonplace book on law points, arguments and maxims, forms and precedents

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Commonplace book on law points, arguments and maxims, forms and precedents

1838-1840

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/235989265

Contains entries on various legal topics including husband and wife, burden of proof, promissory notes, witnesses, mistakes of law, statute of frauds, declarations, and bills in equity. Notes possibly taken by a student in a class given by Simon Greenleaf.

[2], 434, [9] p. ; 20 cm.

eng, Latn

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Greenleaf, Simon, 1783-1853

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Simon Greenleaf was born on December 5, 1783 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he attended the Latin School from 1790-1799. In 1801, he entered apprenticeship in Ezekiel Whitman's Gloucester, Maine law office. In June 1806, Cumberland County, Maine admitted Greenleaf to the Bar. On September 18, 1806, Greenleaf married Hannah Kingman, daughter to Capt. Ezra Kingman of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. From 1807-1817, Greenleaf practiced law in Gray, Maine before moving his law practi...