THE

HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT

OF

CODE PLEADING

IN

AMERICA AND ENGLAND

WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE CODES OF

NEW YORK, MISSOURI, CALIFORNIA, KENTUCKY, IOWA, MINNESOTA,
INDIANA, OHIO, OREGON, WASHINGTON, NEBRASKA, WISCONSIN,
KANSAS, NEVADA, NORTH DAKOTA, SOUTH DAKOTA, IDAHO,
MONTANA, ARIZONA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAR-
OLINA, ARKANSAS, WYOMING, UTAH, COLO-
RADO, CONNECTICUT, AND OKLAHOMA.

BY

CHARLES M. HEPBURN

OF THE CINCINNATI ÜR

LELAND STANFORD

CINCINNATI:

W. H. ANDERSON & CO.
1897.

ΤΟ

ARPHAXED LOOMIS,

DAVID GRAHAM,

DAVID DUDLEY FIELD,

COMMISSIONERS WHO FRAMED THE

NEW YORK CODE OF PROCEDURE OF 1848,

AND THE PROPOSED

NEW YORK CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE OF 1850.

THEIR WORK,

THE WORK OF PIONEERS, STILL ENDURES, AND
THROUGH ITS WIDE INFLUENCE AT HOME AND
ABROAD HAS STAMPED ITS CHARACTER UPON
THE FIRST STAGE OF OUR PROGRESS TOWARDS
THE MORE SIMPLE, UNIFORM, AND DURABLE

AMERICAN CODE.