Excerpt from The History of a Suit at Law: According to the Practice of This State, With a Sketch of the Practice in the Courts of the United States for South CarolinaThe kind welcome extended by the profession to this little work, soon exhausted the first edition, and a second has, for some time past, been desired.In preparing it I have noted such points as have been sug gested by the recent reports, and have added, at the request of many of the Bar, a Sketch of the practice on the Common Law side of the Courts of the United States.The nature and constitution of the United States Courts require the practice of those Courts, in each State, to conform to that adopted by the State Courts, and this diversity of prao tice is possibly the reason why no general treatise on the sub ject has been published. Some guide to the practice has, however, been eagerly desired by many of the Bar in this State, and as the laws defining the jurisdiction of the Court and regulating its proceedings, are contained in the Acts of Congress and Decisions of the Courts of the United States, comprising many volumes, not accessible to the majority of the profession, I have added a chapter on the progress of a suit at law in the United States Court. In doing so, I have adhered strictly to the original plan of the work, which is, to furnish an elementary guide to the student, rather than a manual of practice for the lawyer.With a deep sense of the kindness which has been so freely extended to me by my professional brethren, I again submit myself to their good will.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.