The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-20

The tenth volume of the CycIopedIa of
Law and Procedure covers 1870 pages,
and is one Of the largest text books ever
published on legal subject The book
is taken up entirely with treatment of
the law of private corporations
The author, Seymour D. Thompson, is
a widely known American law writer of
the present day. Judge Thompson was
youthful soldier Of infantry and an Of
ficer of artillery in the northern army in
the civil war. While the war was still
in progress, in 1864, his first published
work appeared. It was history OF the
infantry regiment in which he served, and
was entitled "Recollections with the Third
Iowa Regiment" After the close of the
war he entered upon the practice Of the
law, and soon became associated With
John F. Dillon in the management and
editing of the Central Law Journal He
entered the domain of legal authorship
over third Of a century ago. In 1870,
in associa ton with Thomas M. Steger,
who is still practicing law in Nashville,
| he revised the statute law of Tennessee.
| In 1874 he got out an edition of the bank
ruptcy law, and about the same time, in
! collaboration with E. G. Merriam, he pub
lished a work on "Juries." His Home
| stead and Exemption Laws was pub
flished in 1878. His Charging the Jury,
Liability Of Stockholders" one volume;
4 pOrations," one volume; Law of Negll-
Igence,' two volumes, now being revised
4 In six volumes, three of which are out
! and fourth about to appear; Carriers
Eof& Passengers,'' one volume; Law OF
| Trials two Volumes and Corporations, !,
| seven volumes, tho but a part of the work
! of this remarkable man, are monument
to his industry and ability In addition
4 to all this the author served a term Of
4 twelve years on the bench of the st. Louis
! court of appeals and he has been asso'
/ ciate editor of and chief contributor tt
The American Law Review ever since it:
consolidation with The Southern Law Re
i view He is also active in the practice
of his profession in New York city.
/ It is now about nine years since thu
first volume of Judge Thompson's Com
mentares on the Law of Corporations
| was given to the public. The work ha
!, taken high place at home and abroad
} This work is now out Of print. On th
account, therefore, the publication of thi
new work by the same eminent author
citing as it does the recent cases ant
tracing the later development Of the law
is matter of great interest.
The whole law Of private corporation
having joint stock is embraced, excep
what properly falls under the head of for
eign corporations, which will be treatet
under it's own title in later Volum
by the same author. Some idea of tn
exhaustiveness Of the treatment here AM
of the carefulness with which the detail
; is worked out may be gathered from tn
fact that the analysis covers 142 larg
octave pages. The citation embraces, 81
,, a conservative estimate, about $4,000 de
cided cases. The scope may be gathers
from the following chapter heads:
.Nature. Kinds and Organizations 'Reorgan
ization and Reincorporatfon''; consolidation OF
: Amalgamation of Corporations; Corporate
Meetings and Elections; BYLAWS, Rules ant
Regulations; Capital Stock and sqbscripti9l
Thereto''; "Shares Considered Property
/ Liability of Shareholders to Creditors Of Cor
porations'; Directors; ministerial Officer
!, Contracts; 'Notice to Corporations; Estop
pels with Respect to Corporations; ''Ratifca
ton by Corporations; Franchises, Privilege
and Ro ama
Mortgages'' ''Torts and Crimes of Corpora
$ tions'; "Insnlvent Corporations; Dissolution
5 and Winding Up; factions by and Agains
Corporations"
9 HazelPs Annual for 1904. a cyelopedi
J, record Of men and topics of the day, an
: a very comprehensive compendium OF al
= fairs of special interest to Britons, is on
q It is what the big .'almanacs'' are to tn
!. United States, and will prove a valuabl
: ready reference book. There are two spe
. cial features worthy Of note. One of thes
!, is a complete index, the other is a class
= ification of material. The article on In
5 British empire covers forty-four page
: which contain something like 10000 word
e The parliament" article covers Il
. . pages. "The Fiscal Question which
"a now the burning one in England. occupis
: twenty-nine pages. Altogether the al
3 nual is a very valuable work Of refer
ence.
It It is seldom that hook appears SO opportun
t, lly as Angus Hamiltons ''Korea,'' which II
1t Scribners will publish in a few days. 1t is
q absolutely up to-date description Of Korea and
= lpeople by a London newspaper corresponds
- who has just been over the field for the pu
; pose.
l. Washington dispatch to the Chicago Pc
ii states that novel s.By Order of the Prophet
by Alfred H. Henry, is likely to turn the seal
- In the Sn,oot case. Senator Julius Caesar Blu
- rows. chairman of the committee on privileg
p and elections, which has the Smoot case in
&c charge, has been reading this book with Ike
OF interest DR.. Henry has told story that VIII
at dispassionate is yet terrible arragnment
ct Mormonism. Senator Burrows In digging in
or Mormonism has found in this story somethi
/, that claims his attention.
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