ABSTRACT
There is nothing more dangerous to litigants than the unseasonable necessity imposed upon them of now and then of producing their title deeds for professional revision. It not unfrequently happens that the disproval of the plaintiff’s title may lead to proof of the existence of a better title than that set up by the defendant. Man is born with propensities which may be nourished into virtues or thwarted into vices, according to his training. Mildness, forbearance, and honesty will, we believe, correct, or altogether subdue, evil propensities, bad customs, and bad habits, and law is only necessary to curb or restrain the instincts of nature. The poor are to be sacrificed, lest Jacob should make an assault upon the dominion of Esau, who is still strong in the State.
