The Probate Law and Practice of California, San Francisco, 1861

1861. Pre-Fire San Francisco Imprint Belknap, D[avid]. P[rice]. The Probate Law and Practice of California, Containing All the Statutes of the State, Relating to Probate Courts and the Jurisdiction Thereof; The Settlement of Estates of Deceased Persons; The Duties of Guardians; Descents; Wills; Etc., Etc. With Judicial Decisions of This and Other States, And an Appendix of Forms. San Francisco: H.H. Bancroft & Company, 1861. xvi, 241, cclxix pp. Cancel slips tipped in periodically. Octavo (8-1/2" x 5-1/4"). Recent cloth, printed label to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning to interior, occasional light foxing, a few partial cracks to text block, all leaves secure, faint stains (adhesive from cancel slips?) to a few leaves. $250. * Second edition. First published in 1858 under the title California Probate Law and Practice, this treatise provides a thorough guide to probate and estate management for executors, administrators and guardians and includes an appendix of forms. The tipped-in slips list relevant amendments and changes through 1868. Catalogue of the Library of the Harvard Law School (1909) I:143.