PREFACE. A majority of civil suits seek recovery of money judgments. The rules determining the amount a plaintiff shall receive in such cases are of vital importance. The profession and others interested in law will welcome, therefore, "Law of Damages," by Dean William Perry Rogers, A.B., LL.D., of the Cincinnati Law School, the first treatise in this Fourteenth Volume of Modern American Law. The second treatise, "Law of Insurance," is by Professor Henry W. Humble, A.M., LL.B., of the University of Kansas. His work includes a full discussion of the legal aspects of life insurance, as well as of fire and maritime indemnity. Former Judge George C. Holt, A.B., LL.B., LL.D., is the author of the text on "Admiralty Law." Though this subject usually receives scant consideration from the profession at large, a knowledge of its interesting history and underlying principles will more than compensate for the time spent in reading this treatise. "Medical Jurisprudence," by Professor George Fitch Wells, LL.D., of the University of West Virginia, presents a very practical analysis of a difficult subject. It outlines particularly and definitely the sort of evidence which must be produced in criminal prosecutions and in personal injury cases. A useful compilation of legal forms is appended in this volume. These models have been selected and edited by Francis L. Harwood, A.B., LL.B., of the Chicago Bar. They cover a great variety of situations and will furnish to lawyer and layman a ready and reliable guide in the drafting of instruments. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Brief historical statement... 2. Responsibility for wrongful act.. 35. Same subject-Buildings erected on another's land 50 |