ON THE

LAW OF RECEIVERS

WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE APPLICATION

OF THAT LAW

TO

RAILWAY CORPORATIONS

BUT INCLUDING IN DETAIL

A COMPLETE CONSIDERATION OF THE WHOLE SUBJECT.

BY CHARLES FISK BEACH, JR.,

OF THE NEW YORK BAR,

AUTHOR OF THE LAW OF CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE," AND EDITOR OF
"THE RAILWAY AND CORPORATION LAW JOURNAL."

NEW YORK:

L. K. STROUSE & CO., LAW PUBLISHERS,

No. 63 NASSAU STREET.

LIBRARY OF THE

LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY.
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COPYRIGHT, 1887,

BY L. K. STROUSE & CO.

TO THE

HONORABLE ROGER A. PRYOR, LL.D.,

FOR MANY YEARS A LEADER AT THE METROPOLITAN BAR,

WHOSE

REPUTATION AS A BRILLIANT ADVOCATE,

EMINENCE AS A LAWYER

AND

CHARACTER AS A BROAD MINDED AND LARGE HEARTED MAN

NEED NO

ILLUMINATION OR ADVERTISEMENT,

THIS BOOK,

TESTIMONY OF THE AUTHOR'S ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION,

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