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 MIT were re-published by Mr. Bay, 3 vols, in 2, 1843. " The Missouri Re- ports contain many important Decisions as to the rights and liabilities of Common Carriers." 1 South West. L. J. 7. MITCHELL, W. A Treatise on the Law of Bills of Exchange, Inland Bills, Promissory Notes, &c. ; with an Appendix, and a Synopsis of the History of Banking. r2mo. Edinburgli. 1829. MITFORD, J., (Loud Redesdale.) A Treatise on the Pleadings in Suits in the Court of Chancery. By English Bill. 4th ed., with additional References and Notes. By George Jeremy. 8vo. London. 1837. 4th American ed., with Notes and References. By Charles Edwards. 8vo. New York. 1844. This excellent work was composed not for ambition or profit, but simply for the instruction of the author's pupil, who afterwards became Lord Chancellor Manners. It has been an especial favorite with the Profession from its first publication. Its value does not lie in its com- prehensiveness, as compared with later works of the kind, but in the accurate, perspicuous, analytical manner in which the author defines the jurisdiction and practice of Courts of Equity. It contributed very much to give uniformity to practice, and from the ability with which the sub- ject was treated, " the search and research into every record again and again, made in the course of its preparation," the volume at once assumed the very highest rank among elementary treatises. Lord Eldon says, "the book is a wonderful eifort to collect what is to be deduced from authorities, speaking so little what is clear, that the surprise is, not from the difficulty of understanding all he has said, but that so much can be understood." Judge Story transferred most of it into his Com- mentaries upon Equity Pleadings, and generally in Lord Redesdale's own language, which, as he says, " I have not the presumption to think I could improve; and from which I have rarely deviated, except to insist upon some qualification, or to make his text occasionally more definite and clear." Mitford's Equity Pleadings, says Chancellor Hart, is one of the few text books that is cited as authority, independently of the Cases it refers to, on account of the vast learning of its author, and his perfect knowledge of Equity. It has been said of him, that he was the only modern lawgiver, who lived to see a Case of his own formation established in full authority. The notes and references to American Cases, are judiciously made, but with all its excellencies there are few lawyers who would not prefer the more comprehensive and satisfactory Treatise of Judge Story, upon Equity Pleadings. 9 Ves. 54 ; (6) 595 ; 2 Jac. & Walk. 151 ; (1) 344 ; 1 Molloy, 154 ; Pref. Sto. Eq. PI. ; Pret Blake's Ch.; G N. A. Rev. 55; 7 L. O. 310; 2 Y. & J. 41; 1 Sim. 369; M'CL & Y. 319; Warren's L. S. 390; Mont. Eq. PI. Pr. 5. 517