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belief, which is a stigma upon the legal profession, that the ignorance of the masses of the people in questions of law, and of the "ways that are dark" and the "tricks that are vain," forms the necessary outwork and is the indispensable abettor in the perpetuation of business.

We are to-day upon the arena of great political revolutions, which should not only anathematize dishonest rulers and incompetent officials, but the moral influence of honorable men should permeate our whole civil, political, and judicial systems, and make them abler and nobler protectors and expounders of the people's rights and liberties. SAMUEL D. SEWARDS.

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FAC-SIMILE OF THE PROPOSED TICKLER OR MINUTE-BOOK OF THE REGISTER.

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SELECTED DIGEST OF STATE REPORTS.

[For the present number of the Digest, selections have been made from the following State Reports: 53, 54 Illinois; 32 Texas; 45 Alabama; 45 New York, (6 Hand. ;) 40 California; 26 Arkansas; 30 Iowa; 65 North Carolina; 20 Ohio.]

ABANDONMENT.-See CONTRACT, 22.

ABATEMENT.

1. Where an action is prematurely brought because of an agreement to extend the time of payment which has not elapsed, that is matter in abatement only-not in bar of the action: Archibald vs. Argall, 53 Ill., 307.

2. When the maker and indorser of a note have been sued in the same action, if the maker dies during the pendency of the suit, the suit abates as to him, and it is not necessary that his administrator be made a party defendant, although his estate remains liable for the debt: Aldridge vs. Mardoff, 32 Tex., 204.

ACCEPTANCE.-See CONTRACT, 12.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT.-See LIMITATIONS, 1.

ACTION.

1. An executor may maintain an action at law against one who was his co-executor, but who has been removed before the commencement of the suit, to recover the purchase money of property bought by the latter executor at a joint sale made by them, the payment of which became due before his removal: Hendricks vs. Thornton, 45 Ala., 299.

2. A married woman, after the death of her husband, can not be sued at law to enforce the liability of her separate statutory estate on contracts for articles of comfort and support of the household, furnished the family during the life of the husband, suitable to the degree and condition in life of the family, and for which the husband would be responsible at common law: Carter vs. Warm, 45 Ala., 343.

3. The plaintiffs were first and second, and the defendant third indorsers upon two drafts, and a note of one N., who held a contract

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