Excerpt from A Treatise on the Statutory Jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery: With an Appendix of PrecedentsA few words may be necessary to explain the object of the present treatise. For many years, the jurisdiction conferred on the Court of Chancery, by means of particular statutes -giving special powers exercisable on petition, has been increasing in extent and importance. The ordinary books of practice, however, contain only a very general statement of the statutory branch of the jurisdiction of the Court, and hence the want of information on this head has been supplied by writers who have furnished to the profession editions of the several Acts, with the results of the decisions appended in the shape of introductions and notes. Far be it from the author to undervalue or depreciate such efforts, on the contrary, he has received much valuable assistance from the labours of these learned editors. Still, it occurred to the writer, that a work comprising under one cover, and in the form of a regular treatise, the several important statutes conferring on the Court of Chancery a special jurisdiction, together with the decisions thereon, would be found more agreeable reading to the student and of importance also to the practitioner. In the performance of his task, however, the compiler has allowed himself a wide discretion.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.