A Treatise on the Law of Insurance (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book A Treatise on the Law of Insurance (Classic Reprint) written by Willard Phillips and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Treatise on the Law of Insurance At the time of beginning this treatise, it was intended that it should include the whole subject of insurance, not excepting the legal proceedings, but it was found to be impracticable to pursue the work upon this plan, without extending it to more than one volume. Under these circumstances, it was thought expedient to omit the legal proceedings, as being the part of the subject, of the least practical importance, since the legal proceedings upon a policy, do not differ materially from those upon other written contracts. The different parts of the subject of insurance are so blended together, and implicated with each other, as to render a simple and methodical arrangement very difficult, and, in the opinion of some persons, even impossible. The perplexity which seems, in some degree, to belong to the subject, was increased, in consequence of the numerous points and decisions, which had not been embodied in any elementary work. If it shall be found that the difficulties, arising from these causes, have not been wholly overcome, and that some cases and points are not inserted in the places, where they might have been most appropriately introduced, I hope that the very great difficulty of disentangling, and reducing to complete order, such multifarious and complicated materials, will be regarded as some apology for any defect of this sort. 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.