Benjamin's Treatise on the law of sale of personal property with references to the American decisions and to the French code and civil law

Excerpt from Benjamin's Treatise on the Law of Sale of Personal Property. IN presenting a New Edition of Benjamin on Sale the Editors must crave a full measure of indulgence by reason of the difficulties with which they have had to contend through the enforced retirement of the learned Author from the Profession. It was Mr. Ben jamin's intention to have revised the Work throughout as it passed through the press and he had accordingly revised and approved the Editor's labors up to the end of the Chapter on Delivery (page when his health gave way and he was interdicted by his physicians from any further work and ordered absolute repose and cessation from all intellectual fatigue. Under these circumstances the Editors are compelled to issue the Work as completed by themselves. In accordance with the Author's desire the text of the last Edition has been retained and all fresh matter other than that inserted in the Notes is included in brackets. This course whilst entailing the retention of some portions of the Work the subject  matter of which has been rendered obsolete by later decisions and statutes is in the opinion of the Editors justified by reason of the high value which has attached to the text of the Treatise. It must also be remembered that the learned Author had not at his disposal the leisure time necessary for re-casting the Work.