Excerpt from Modern American Law, Vol. 7 of 15: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the Fundamental Principles of American Law and Procedure, Accompanied by Leading Illustrative Cases and Legal Forms, With a Revised Edition of Blackstone's CommentariesProfessor John N. Pomeroy, University Of Illinois, is the author of the commentary on Equity in this volume. He traces the history of the contest be tween law and equity and discusses thoroughly the present powers Of the long arm Of chancery courts.Following in appropriate order is the work Of Professor George G. Bogert, Cornell University, on the Law Of Trusts. This subject, which rests on equitable doctrines, is of especial practical impor tance to property interests.Professor A. M. Cathcart, Leland Stanford Junior University, is the author of the next treatise which discusses quasi-contracts. The law Of quasi contracts forms an interesting link between the principles Of law and those Of equity.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.