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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
PAGE
GENERAL INTRODUCTORY OBSERVATIONS ON
THE ADMISSIBILITY OF PAROL AND EX-
TRINSIC EVIDENCE.
PART I.
Of the effect of writing in validating contracts 2
Of the general criteria for deciding upon the
admissibility of parol evidence - 10
PART II.
Ambiguities . . . . . . .
PART III.
The admissibility of extrinsic evidence to raise a
case of election or satisfaction in equity
PART IV.
Admissibility of extrinsic evidence to rebut pre.
sumptions - - - - - 55
PART V.
Of the presumptive trust in the executor for the
next of kin of the testator, as to the surplus
undisposed of by the will - - 68
PART VI.
Of the admissibility of extrinsic evidence to pre-
vent fraud, to correct mistakes, and to protect
against the consequences of loss or accident . 78
PART VII.
Some Miscellaneous Topics.-Mercantile Con-
tracts, &c. - - - - -
.
86
CHAPTER III.
CONTRACTS - - - - - 104
PART 1.
General preliminary topics.
First.— Form of the agreement - - 105
Second. - Contents of the agreement.—Consi-
deration - - -
116
Third.— Signature - - - - 120
PART IT.
On the fourth clause of the fourth section of the
statute respecting contracts or sales of lands, &c. 125
Contracts for the sale and purchase of goods and
chattels - - - - - . 164
Contracts in consideration of marriage 190
On promises by executors and administrators 201
PART VI.'
On collateral promises . . . . 207
CHAPTER V.
Execution of wills - - - - 28°
Extent of the statute of frauds, as to wills of
real and personal property · · 315
Of the signature of the testator, and the sub-
scription of the witnesses . . 381
PART IV
of the qualification of the witnesses - 415
Construction of the words, requiring the sub-
scription of the witnesses to be in the testator's
presence . . . . . 427
Of the evidence of the attestation . 439
Of the requisites to the validity of a personal
testament - - - - - 448
PART VIII.
Of the sixth section respecting revocations of
wills of lands - - - - 460