A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF TORTS or The Wrongs which arise Independent of Contract
Callaghan & Company, 1888. Leather. cxlviii, 899pp. Large 8vo, tan sheepskin with black and burgundy morocco labels stamped in gilt, four raised bands ruled in blind. Tail of spine stained and a few small stains to covers and edges, owner's name to FPEP, front hinge endpaper cracked but joints still tight. A clean, sound copy of an important legal treatise. 'THOMAS MCINTYRE COOLEY [1824-1898] was the most important American jurist of the late-nineteenth century. For twenty years he served as the leading justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He was appointed by President Grover Cleveland to serve on the Interstate Commerce Commission, where he was the leading commissioner and set several important precedents for administrative process. He taught at Johns Hopkins University and was dean of the University of Michigan Law School.'. VERY GOOD. Item #504803
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