Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Building and Buildings: Especially Referring to Building Contracts, Leases, Easements, and Liens, Containing Also Various Forms Useful in Building Operations, a Glossary of Words and Terms Commonly Used by Builders and ArtisansThe Object Of this treatise is to fill this long-felt want, and if the design Of the author is but partially realized, he will have the consciousness of at least hav ing pointed out the general principles of this branch Of the law. TO accomplish his purpose, he has dili gently compiled and compared both the English and American authorities preparing his text directly from judicial determinations, strenuously avoiding all spe culations as to the law. He has also endeavored to state all propositions as brie¿y and concisely as is con sistent with clearness.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.