Book Detail

Author:      Preston, Richard
Title:       A Succinct View of the Rule in Shelley's Case; Exhibiting, By
             negative and affirmative Propositions, the Instances in which
             several Limitations, one to the Ancestor, the other to the Heirs .
             . . do and do not give the Inheritance to the Ancestor
Publisher:   Printed for the Author, by Trewman and Son, Exeter, 1794.
Description: One of the earliest works by the Inner Temple barrister whom
             Holdsworth referred to (twice) as "the famous conveyancer",
             critically examining one of the longest-lived and debated
             doctrines of English real property law, finally abolished in 1926
Condition:   Later cloth, gilt, rubbed, some foxing, ex-library, else a good
             copy
Book No.:     W-74381                Price: $     650.00