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George Chase, the son of David T. and Martha E. (Haynes) Chase, and descendant of Aquila Chase, was born on December 29, 1849 at Portland, Maine, United States.
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Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books (The American Students' Blackstone)
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Abridged as to retain all portions of the original work which are of historical or practical value with notes, and references to American decisions for the use of American students.
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Chase's pocket code; the code of civil procedure of the state of New York as amended to the close of the legislative session of 1914, with table of cases cited
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1914 Excerpt: ... the office for recording deeds in the county, in which the person making the appointment resided, at the time of the execution thereof. Where a deed containing such an appointment is not recorded within three months after the death of the grantor, the person appointed is presumed to have renounced the appointment; and if a guardian is afterward duly appointed by a surrogate's court, the presumption is conclusive. Former § 2851 of this Code. From L. 1877, c. 206, §§ 4-7. § 2658. Guardian by will or deed; qualification, letters, etc. Where a will, containing the appointment of a guardian, is admitted to probate, or a deed is recorded as provided in the foregoing section, the person appointed guardian must, within thirty days thereafter, qualify by taking and filing his oath of office, and a bond as fixed by the surrogate, unless contrary to the express provision of the will or deed, and by filing a petition or affidavit setting forth the facts which entitle him to so qualify and receive letters; except that a trust company so named, instead of filing such oath and bond, shall file a consent to accept such appointment duly executed and acknowledged; otherwise he is deemed to have renounced the appointment. But the surrogate, either before or after the expiration of thirty days, may extend the time so to qualify, upon good cause shown, for not more than three months. A person appointed guardian by will or deed may, at any time before he qualifies, renounce the appointment by a written instrument, acknowledged, or proved, and duly certified, and filed in the surrogate's office. Former § 2852 of this Code. From L. 1877, c. 206, §§ 4-7. 756 § 2659. Appointment of successor. Where no guardian appointed by will or deed remain...
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Leading Cases Upon the Law of Torts (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Leading Cases Upon the Law of Torts A word 'of caution may be addressed to law students in regard to the study of cases. A student should remember carefully that judicial decisions, though they may be leading cases and the most valuable that can be found, may nevertheless contain dicta, and that he must discriminate between dicta and the points actually decided. Moreover, statements of general principles, as set forth in the decisions, are sometimes made too broadly, because the judge has his mind concentrated upon the questions involved in the particular case he has to decide, and does not think of the possible limitations which the doctrine may need to adapt it to analogous cases of varied character. Still, these sources of error are less likely to be found in a col lection of leading cases. Containing the opinions of judges of eminence than in other instances. And, besides, the authors of the best text-books, in preparing their trea tises examine and compare the numerous and varied cases that bear upon the same points, and thus are able to set forth the principles of law in their true and accurate form, properly limited and classified. This is, again, another important reason for studying the text-books and illustrative cases together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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George Chase
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George Chase received a good primary education at the public schools, and, proceeding to Yale University, graduated in 1870, being valedictorian of his class. He also attended the Columbia Law School, where he graduated with the Bachelor of Laws Degree in 1873, winning also the Townsend Prize. He was admitted to the New York bar but never practised.
Career
Chase taught for three years in the classical department of the University Grammar School in New York City. About 1873 he received the invitation of Profesor Theodore W. Dwight to join the faculty as instructor in municipal law at Columbia Law School. He become shortly his assistant professor. In 1878 he was appointed professor of criminal law, torts, and procedure, and occupied this post for thirteen years.
He was admirably equipped for academic work; a fluent graceful speaker with great powers of exposition and analysis, he was distinguished for accuracy of statement and aptness of illustration.
In 1891, when the Columbia Law School was reorganized, he was not in sympathy with the policy which was about to be implemented. He accordingly resigned and founded the New York Law School, with the avowed object of developing the method of instruction devised by Dwight, viewing “the law as a system of principles and not as a mere aggregation of cases decided by the courts”. The new institution opened October 1, 1891, with Chase as dean, a position which he retained for over thirty-two years.
Steadfastly pursuing the policy that the major subject of study ought to be treatises, the reading of reported cases being merely supplementary, he achieved a notable success. In 1920 his health gave way, but, though unable to leave his home, be continued to direct the work of the school until his death.
Chase was the author of The American Students' Rlackstone (1876 - 1877), an abridgment retaining such of the original as he considered of historic or practical value; Leading Cases Upon the Law of Torts (1892); Leading Cases Upon the Law of Wills (1892) and other works. He edited Johnson’s Ready Legal Advertiser (1880) and an American edition of Sir James Stephen’s Digest of the Law of evidence (1886). For a time he was editor of the New York Law Journal and also assisted in the preparation of Johnson's Universal Cyclopcedia.
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Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books (The American Students' Blackstone)
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Leading Cases Upon the Law of Torts (Classic Reprint)
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Chase's pocket code; the code of civil procedure of the state of New York as amended to the close of the legislative session of 1914, with table of cases cited
(This historic book may have numerous typos and missing te...)
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Commentaries on the Laws of England in Four Books (The American Students' Blackstone)
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On November 25, 1884, George Chase was married to Eva R. Hawley of Boston.
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