Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847, by

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

CAMBRIDGE:

METCALF AND COMPANY,

PRINTERS TO THE UNIVERSITY.

TO

SIMON GREENLEAF, Esq., LL. D.,

DANE PROFESSOR OF LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE,

EMINENT ALIKE FOR THOROUGH PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE

OF THE LAW, FOR ARDOR, SKILL, AND SUCCESS AS A PROFESSIONAL
INSTRUCTOR, AND FOR THE PRECISION, ACCURACY, PERSPI-
CUITY, AND ABILITY OF THE VARIOUS CONTRIBUTIONS

BY WHICH HE HAS ENRICHED THE JURIS-
PRUDENCE OF OUR COUNTRY, -

THIS THIRD AMERICAN EDITION OF COLLYER ON PARTNERSHIP

IS INSCRIBED,

IN TOKEN OF REGARD AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE,

BY HIS FORMER PUPIL,

THE EDITOR.