A Treatise on Attachment and Garnishment

1885. Waples, Rufus, [1825-1902]. A Treatise on Attachment and Garnishment. Chicago, Callaghan and Co., 1885. lxii, 641 pp. Contemporary law sheep with raised bands and gilt stamped red lettering piece to spine. Worn and scuffed. Previous owner's inscription "C.L. Lewis/ Rapid City/ D.J." to front pastedown. Some offsetting to edges of endleaves, otherwise internally clean. $150. * This work analyzes the legal procedures of attachment and garnishment as they existed in the late 19th-century United States. As a legal treatise from the period, the book is considered a culturally important historical work. It helps legal scholars and historians understand the development of American law regarding debt collection and property seizure. Clarence Leslie Lewis [1851-1926] was a notable South Dakota judge and professor.