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THE

MERCHANTS' MAGAZINE,

AND

Commercial Review.

CONDUCTED BY FREEMAN HUNT.

VOLUME IV.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED AT 142 FULTON-STREET, (REAR BUILDING.)

MDCCCXLI.

2 9 1917
Smith, Ida
(Substituted for
import. vol.)

1111373

ORIGINAL PAPERS.

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NEW JERSEY The Mode of Proceeding in New Jersey for the Recovery of Debts
and Demands against Absconding and Absent, or Non-resident Debtors-Pro-
cess-The Manner in which the Writ is Executed by the Officers-The Mode
of Proceeding to Recover the Personal Estate of the Debtor and his Effects, in
the Hands of a Third Person-When the Goods Attached by the Sheriff are
Claimed by any Person-Action of the Court on the Return of the Writ-Duty
of the Auditors-Rights and Obligations of the Creditors-Proceedings before
Justices, by John Chetwood, Esq., attorney and counsellor at law, Newark, N. J. 253
PENNSYLVANIA-The Case of Judgments obtained in other States, &c.-Promissory
Notes-Bills of Exchange-Book Accounts, etc., to which there is no Defence-
Cases in which the Liability is not contested, by P. P. Morris, Esq., of the
Philadelphia Bar.............
MASSACHUSETTS-Attachment-Imprisonment for Debt-Discharge of the Debtor
-Poor Debtor's Oath-Effect of the Oath-Charges of Fraud-Trustee Pro-
cess and Foreign Attachment-Insolvent Law-Kinds of Insolvency-Effect
of Petition-Choice of Assignee-Duty of Assignee-Debts Provable-Meetings
of Creditors-Secured Debts-Preferred Creditors-Effect of Discharge-Objec-
tion to Discharge-Debts for Labor Privileged-Promissory Notes, by A. C.
Spooner, Esq., counsellor at law, Boston, Mass.....

MERCANTILE BIOGRAPHY.

Life of Stephen Girard, by James H. Lanman, Esq.
The Rothschilds, by Louis Harper, L.L.D.....
Isaac de Buirette and his sons, by Louis Harper, L.L.D..,

448

549

359

544

546

MERCANTILE LAW DEPARTMENT.

REPORTS, DECISIONS, ETC.

Action on a Guarantee-Action for Freight.....

.81, 82

Illegality of Factors Pledging Notes for Goods sold by them,.....

82

Factors Selling Goods to Refund themselves for the Duties they Paid-Common
Carriers.

83

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Liability of Tenants in Case of Fire-Collision-Bottomry....

266

English Law of Wrecks-Salvage Services-Action for Freight...
Legal Rate of Interest in the Different States and Territories...
Punishment for Usury in the Different States and Territories....

267

268

268

Statute Laws Relating to Vessels-Registered Vessels-Of the Transfer of Vessels
-Enrolled Vessels-Coasting Trade—Vessels Engaged in the Fisheries, 372, 374, 374
Procuring Goods by False Pretences..

376

Decisions in the Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts-Trustee Law-Prom-
issory Note-Assignment....

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Entz's Exchange and Trade between England and the United States.....
Lives of the most eminent French Writers....

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Campbell's Centennial Address at Cherry Valley.

Coutes Physiology for Schools....

Halleck's Selections from the British Poets....

Heroines of Sacred History-Young Ladies' Companion................

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