U.-I. TESSIER

Doyen de la Faculté de Droit à P'Université Laval, L. L. D. Juge de la Cour du Banc de la Reine,

A E, Lef. de Bellefouille, éer, avocat, CR, Montréal.

Quebec, 7th Sept. 1879,

DEAR sir,

Thave perused the portion of a new edition of the Civil Code of Lower Canada vou were good enough to afford me the opportunity of doing, and upon which you are engaged, with as much care as the time at my com-| mand would admit, and I have great pleasure in congratulating you upon thcl mapner in which you have achieved the purpose you have in view. The many amendments made to the Code, at almost every session of Parlia-! ment since its enactment, have made such a work a pressing want. Had you confined yourself to the mere production of the text at the present} time, your work would have been a very useful one, but you have given a scope} dot and importance to it by a reference to the decisions of our Courts upon the Codef,. Jo civil une éd and by a large citation of authorities as cannot fail, I think, to make it one of} Depuis sa promul preeminent value to all practitioners. It bears the impress in its execution o

# anti Lindust édition qui les inc iorough conscientious care and industry. + e gh entious care a ustr] “Mile satisfora plein

d'auteurs que vou 4 posé do la jurispr “son silence. Ie ] Hpuissiez adopter, Mquelques-unes des à dire que cette n Alours fonctions a même manquer d MAnotions exactes su Mfamilles. En vou Atrès laborieuse, je dtitres à la reconna

£ a, ; | ; Veuillez accepte La consolidation du Code civil, que vous êtes sur le point de publierk d'être, monsieur, \

est un travail aussi utile qu'opportun, et que les modifications faites depuis sa promulgation rendaient presque nécessaire, Ed, Lef. de Bellefer

De plus, vous multipliez les références aux auteurs les plus accrédités, ce qui permet de mettre de suite la main sur les dissertations les plus propres à fixer

E, Lof, de Billefer

Mox citer

I am, dear Sir, yours very faithfully,