A TREATISE OF THE LAW OF PROPERTY ARISING FROM THE RELATION BETWEEN Husband and Wife. BY R. S. DONNISON ROPER, ESQ. OF GRAY'S INN, BARRISTER AT LAW. THE SECOND EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS, BY EDWARD JACOB, ESQ. OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER AT LAW. VOLUME THE FIRST. LONDON: JOSEPH BUTTERWORTH AND SON, LAW BOOKSELLERS, PREFACE BY THE AUTHOR. A DIGEST of the Law of Property as founded upon the relation between husband and wife being called for by the profession, it has been attempted by the author, in the following treatise. In collecting the cases on the subject, which are scattered through a variety of books, his object has been to concentrate all that he considered elementary for the student, and useful to the practitioner. In traversing so wide a field the author is aware that many things worthy of notice may have escaped his observation; he has, however, treated upon every point connected with his subject which occurred to him as useful in practice, studiously avoiding the introduction of abstruse discussions unconnected with practical questions. The author has endeavoured to express himself throughout his treatise in such a manner as to be easily understood, but in instances where he may have failed to have so done, the defect |