LETTER ADRESSED TO ROBERT H. IVES, IN REPLY TO HIS PUBLISHED STATEMENTS IN RELATION TO THE CASE IN EQUITY IVES VS. HAZARD.

Newport: George T. Hammond, Printer, 1859. 48pp, bound in contemporary quarter morocco and marbled boards. Very Good plus.

The bizarre background of the controversy is as follows: Samuel Ames was Reporter of Decisions of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, as well as its Chief Justice. Ames reported the case of Robert H. Ives against Charles T. Hazard, in which [believe it or not] Ames had also been Ives's lawyer. Hazard denounced the report as false and obviously slanted, and prepared a petition to that effect for the Rhode Island General Assembly. Ames then sued Hazard for slander.
Hazard's noisy complaints also set off a pamphlet war with Ives. This detailed review of their conflict is one of Hazard's salvos.
Cohen 11311. Sabin 31112n. Item #28127

Price: $125.00

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