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Excerpt from Bills, Notes, and Checks, Vol. 1: Instruction Paper
I am also of opinion that the common method of writing textbooks is wrong. It is not enough to state a doctrine and to support it by an array of decisions, even if decisions to the contrary are also cited. The correctness of the doc trine itself should be established by conclusive reasoning, or it should be shown that the particular doctrine, though supported by a long array of decisions, is not in accord with some accepted principle of law. If a textbook is to have authority, it must, therefore, be something more than a collection of authorities.
I have used largely Bigelow's excellent book, The Law of Bills, Notes, and Cheques; Ames' Cases on Notes and Bills; and The Negotiable Instruments' Law; citing many decisions under that law, as well as earlier decisions. Many more might have been added but for the limitations of space. I have borrowed largely from Ames' Index Digest to his collection of cases because his admirable terse statements cannot be bettered.
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