The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-16

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| panjes, makes IL unnecessary for tho writ
era OF this volume to explain at length
] tho purpose Of its productions"
1t is conceded that no apology can ex-
! crse n useless book; useful ono needs
nonc and with this kept in view the work
| Is presented. The idea Of collecting and
publishing such decisions In digest form,
with the pertinent stntutes annotated oc-
Cured to Mr.. Diggs some time ago, and
ho had begun to put II into execution
but realizing that the undertaking was OF
grentcr magnitude than contemplated, he
consulted Mr. Barrett who besides agree
Ing to join him In producing tho work.
suggested that the scope and object
should be so extended as to embrace by
fair use the views OF the best text
writers on the subjects comprised where
ever applicable to Virginia law.
Under the composite idea, the work
proceeded and Ia now offered, the product
OF their Joint labor.
ISAAC DIGGs,
BEN. T. BARRETT.
Richmond. Va. January, 1907.
The book Is divided into case and
statute law. In the case law It's titles
are: ~ Corporation Generally: t,).
Municipal Corporations; (3) Railroads,
Negligence and Damages" References
occasions, among them being: Cook on
Corporations, Beach on Private Corpora
tons. Thompson on Corporations, Taylor
on Corporations. Minors Institutes, Lies
Notes on Corporations, Dillon on Munich
pal Corporations, Lindley on Partnerships.
Parsons on Partnership. Jones on Negli-
gence, Watson on Damages Thompson
and Merriam on Juries. Bishop on Con-
tracts. Thompson's LAW of Electricity,
Elliott on Railroads. etc.
In the last named authority out OF 54.s67
cases cited. the 2z3 from Virginia, In va
rious applications, are compared by the
author with numerous other decisions
constituting the same and similar laws.
Federal decisions on these Virginia laws
are used throughout the work.
In tho statute laws are given all those
that are now operative. Included among
them are the general laws on certificates
OF charters; amendments, ETC.; capital:
surrender; management: directors and
other officers dissolutions; railroads,
steamships. telegraph, telephones. canal
turnpikes and other public service cor
porations; corporations requiring no capt.
tai stock: general provisions governing
all corporations other than those men
toned; general powers: duration; bonded
indebtedness: liens on property and fran
chise; business; directors: annual and
other meetings; property: offices; assign
ments: bylaws: subscriptions; ciass!hca-
ton of officers. ETC.: kinds OF stock; stock
holders; shares; voting: elections;
pledges; grievances; dana ges: irregulari-
ties; delinquencies; purchasers; bond
holders; Inspections; trustees; lost. etc,
stock; reports to Corporation Commission;
consolidation: suits; guarantees; &C
Acknowledgements: notices: misuser, etc;
fees; books, ETC.: liability of officers, re-
peals; foreign companies: State Corpora
ton Commission, and It's laws and gov
eminent Of corporations: public service
corporations; railroads, steamships. ca
nails, turnpike. transportation. transmits
sion and express companies: heat, power.
light. electric railway. cold storage. VIA
duct, conduit. bridge. gas and water
companies: eminent domain statutes; mis-
celaneous statutes. giving among them
fees on charters domestic and foreign,
tax on same; insurance laws: Bureau OF
Insurance. and It's laws; lie insurance.
co operative and casualty, marine and
indemnity, mutual assessment and cor
operative fire. lightning and storm insur-
ance; guarantee. trust, indemnity. fidelity
and security companies: annotations OF
New Jersey decisions on similar statutes,
from which ours are mostly taken.
Useful forms for preparing charters. by
laws. keeping minutes, and other papers
pertaining. BIS bonds, mortgages, etc.
All its statutes are specially apstfacteo'
with section headings.
A very full general index Of about 1o5
pages ls added to aid the digest or al
phabetical arrangement OF the subjects
treated in the work There is also an
appendix, being our new Constitution,
with an abstract OF It's sections IN spe-
cial headings and a very complete spe-
cial index OF thirty-seven double-column-
ed pages. amounting to seventy"four
pages of the usual style.
The work Is from the press of the c.
f. Picot Printing Company, of Richmond
Va. and went on sale Monday, January
14th. little more than year
after its beginning. and Mr.. John Hart,
of this city, has been selected as agent
to place orders for the book.
Greatest Foe to PHYSICAL Beauty.