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Judge Paul Zakaib Collection
Sc2011-005


Many of these books were from the law library of John J. Davis of Harrison County, father of John W. Davis, 1924 presidential candidate

Box 1

A Digest of the Law of Action and Trials at Nisi Prius, Volume I, Part I, by Espinasse, 1811
A Digest of the Law of Action and Trials at Nisi Prius, Volume II, by Espinasse, 1811
A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume I, by Hawkins, 1824
A Treatise of the Pleas of the Crown, Volume II, by Hawkins, 1824
The Rules of Evidence on Pleas of the Crown, Volume I, by Macnally, 1811
New Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume II, by Stephen, 1843
New Commentaries on the Laws of England, Volume III, by Stephen, 1845
Digest of the Laws of Virginia, by Tate, 1841
Introduction to Equity Jurisprudence, by Holcomb, 1846
Removal of Causes from State Courts to Federal Courts, by Dillon, 1889
Treatise on the American Law of Attachment and Garnishment, Volume II, by Shinn, 1896
Forms in Chancery, Admiralty, and at Common Law, by Oliver, 1842
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume I, by Phillipps, 1849
A Treatise on the Pleadings in Suits in the Court of Chancery, by Mitford, 1816


Box 2

A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity, Volume I, by White and Tudor, 1876
A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity, Volume I, Part Second, by White and Tudor, 1876
A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity, Volume II, by White and Tudor, 1877
A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity, Volume II, Part II, by White and Tudor, 1877
A Treatise on Pleading, Volume II, by Chitty, 1851
A Treatise on Pleading, Volume III, by Chitty, 1851
A Selection of Leading Cases on Various Branches of the Law, Volume I, by Smith, 1852
A Selection of Leading Cases on Various Branches of the Law, Volume II, by Smith, 1852
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, Volume I, by Strange, 1795
Reports of Adjudged Cases in the Courts of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer, Volume II, by Strange, 1795


Box 3

The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 27, 1897
The Practice in Courts of Justice, Volume III, by Robinson, 1858
The Practice in Courts of Justice, Volume IV, by Robinson, 1860
The Practice in Courts of Justice, Volume V, by Robinson, 1860
The Practice in Courts of Justice, Volume VII, by Robinson, 1874
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume I, by Greenleaf, 1852
A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume II, by Greenleaf, 1852
The Law of Estoppel, by Herman 1871


Box 4

A Summary of Equity Pleading, by C. C. Langdell, 1883 (signed by John W. Davis)
Digest of the Laws Respecting Real Property.Law of Real Property in Virginia, by John Tayloe Lomax, Volume II, 1855
Digest of the Laws Respecting Real Property.Law of Real Property in Virginia, by John Tayloe Lomax, Volume III, 1855
A Treatise on Pleading, by Joseph Chitty, Volume I, 1851
An Analytical Digested Index of the Reported Cases of the Court of Appeals and General Court of Virginia, by Benjamin Tate, Volume I, 1847
An Analytical Digested Index of the Reported Cases of the Court of Appeals and General Court of Virginia, by Benjamin Tate, Volume II, 1847
A Guide to Magistrates.Adapted to the New Code of Virginia, by Joseph Mayo, 1850
Michie's Jurisprudence of Virginia and West Virginia, Volume VI, 1949
A Treatise on the Laws of West Virginia., by John A. Hutchinson, 1899
Pleadings and Forms, A Practical Treatise.State of West Virginia, by Charles E. Hogg, 1895
Instructions to Juries by West Virginia Courts as Approved by the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State, compiled and edited by B. H. Oxley, 1906
A Systematic Arrangement of Lord Coke's First Institute of the Laws of England, by J. H. Thomas, Volume II, 1827


Box 5

A Treatise on the Principles of Pleading in Civil Actions, by Henry John Stephen, 1894 (signed by John W. Davis)
5 notebooks, law school, Paul Zakaib


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West Virginia Archives and History