A MANUAL OF PRACTICE IN THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES. Embracing the provisions of the Constitution, the Revised BANCROFT-WHITNEY CO. LAW PUBLISHERS AND LAW BOOKSELLERS, 1893. COPYRIGHT, 1875, BY SUMNER WHITNEY & CO. COPYRIGHT, 1883, BY SUMNER WHITNEY & CO. COPYRIGHT, 1888, BY BANCROFT-WHITNEY CO. COPYRIGHT, 1893, BY BANCROFT-WHITNEY CO. univ, & Western Ontarie 5-2-31 ? PREFACE TO SEVENTH EDITION. THIS Manual, prepared in 1875 as a compilation of the statues and rules regulating procedure in the courts of the United States, contained brief references to some of the decisions construing them. Having passed through five editions in that form it was entirely recast in 1883, the notes of cases increasing its bulk from 447 to 970 pages. It has been again enlarged by the addition of all statutes relating to procedure in Federal courts, and an appendix of additional notes of cases, bringing the statutes down to December 1, 1888, while the notes include the decisions in volume 127 U. S. Reference to the new matter will be found both in the body of the work and in the index. SAN FRANCISCO, December 1, 1888. |