Excerpt from The American Law of Real Property, Vol. 1 of 2 The following work is designed to be for the American lawyer, what Cruise's Digest hitherto has been for him, and still continues to be for the English lawyer. Cruise, although undoubtedly one of the best elementary law books that England has produced, and although heretofore an indispensable part of the library Of an American practitioner, has been extensively used in this country, not because it is the book which is wanted, but because it is the only one, in any degree answering the purpose, which could be had. It is believed that the present work is the first attempt to compile a book, upon the important subject of Real Property, corresponding in extent and general plan with the English text-book, and, at the same time, thoroughly American in the materials of which it is composed. It may be statedrin few words, what are the chief characteristics which distinguish this work as strictly American, from the popular Abridgment above referred to. 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.