[Item #87879] Blackstone's Commentaries for American Students in the form of Questions and Answers. Prefaced by questions and answers on the introduction to Robertson's Charles V. together with a note on the rule in Shelley's case as applied in Pennsylvania. LAW, Carroll BREWSTER, BLACKSTONE, rederick.

Blackstone's Commentaries for American Students in the form of Questions and Answers. Prefaced by questions and answers on the introduction to Robertson's Charles V. together with a note on the rule in Shelley's case as applied in Pennsylvania

Philadelphia: Privately Published; printed by Allen, Lane & Scott, 1887. First Edition. Octavo (23cm). Full sheep with leather spine label; 267pp. Slightly rubbed and worn; endpapers mildly foxed with offsetting at margins; still a tight, clean, Very Good copy. With bookplate and ownership signature of a William S. Seibert to front endpapers; bookseller's stamp of T. & J.W. Johnson (Phila) to front pastedown.

A rather uncommon edition of Blackstone, presented in catechism form, intended specifically for Pennsylvania law students. Brewster (1825-1898) was a prominent member of the Bar in Philadelphia and served four years as the state's Attorney General (1869-1873). Includes a lengthy section summarizing Pennsylvania precedents involving the application of The Rule in Shelley's Case, a now mostly obsolete principle of common law pertaining to the inheritance of real property.

Price: $200.00

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