Name/Title
"REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, VOL. I," 1850-51Entry/Object ID
2004.8.1.1Description
"REPORTS OF CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, VOL. I," 1850-51
Color: Black; Brown; Red
"Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California, Vol. I [1850-51]," by Nathaniel Bennett (San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney Co.,) 1886. A reprint of the original report by state printer Eugene Casserly, the work has a leather cover with the term "CALIFORNIA / REPORTS" on the spine on a red label and "BENNETT / 1850-51," representing the term, on a black label. After a list of Supreme Court justices, District Court judges, and the state Attorney General, there is a preface by Bennett gives a history of law in the Mexican and Spanish periods with the transfer to American common law elucidated, as well. An alphabetical index of cases is followed by the reports. Appendices concern the alcalde system Spanish and Mexican California; the Mexican appellate court; San Francisco and its provisional government; and a report on civil and common law. With severe cover damage of many kinds, as well as acid burns, brittleness, discoloration, flaking, some losses, stains, and tears to pages, the condition is poor.Lexicon
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Three-dimensional, Reports, Bancroft-Whitney Company, Appellate courts--California, Common law--California, Civil law--California
