PEEFACE 



TO THE FIFTH EDITION. 



Owing partly to the course of legislation, and 

 partly to the very considerable increase of case la-w- 

 in relation to many of the subjects dealt with in 

 this -work, the preparation of the present Edition 

 has been attended -with unusual difficulty. The 

 codification of the la-w relating to the sale of goods 

 by the Sale of Goods Act, 1893, has rendered it 

 necessary to incorporate a number of the sections 

 of that Act in the text, and to make frequent 

 references to many other sections, but, in so doing, 

 the Editor has taken great pains to preserve as 

 much of the original text as is consistent -with 

 the provisions of the statute, and this more par- 

 ticularly -where the cases cited as authorities are 

 decisions upon contracts relating to the sale of 

 horses as distinguished from the sale of other 

 goods. 



The provisions of a variety of other statutes, 

 including the G-aming Act, IS 92, and the Betting 



