ON THE

LAW OF NEGLIGENCE.

BY

FRANCIS WHARTÓN, LL. D.,

"

AUTHOR OF TREATISES ON THE CONFLICT OF LAWS," CRIMINAL LAW,"
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE."

AND

PHILADELPHIA:
KAY AND BROTHER, 17 AND 19 SOUTH SIXTH STREET,
Law Booksellers, Publishers, and Emporters.

LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY.

A28952

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
FRANCIS WHARTON,

in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

TO MY BROTHER,

HENRY WHARTON,

THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,

IN COMMEMORATION OF HIM FROM WHOM IN EARLY LIFE, WE BOTH RECEIVED NOT ONLY CAREFUL PARENTAL TRAINING, BUT AN ABIDING

TASTE FOR THE SCIENCE OF JURISPRUDENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, October, 1874.