and so furnish the bench and bar with a work which will not be a mere reference text-book, but a treatise, and one which can be consulted and used to advantage by courts and lawyers, and be also of practical value, both to them and to electrical corporations. The authors have also endeavored to supply the needs of both the case lawyer and the one who relies upon principles. To this end numerous illustrative cases have been given, although underlying principles have been made the basis of the work. English and Canadian cases, involving the uses of electricity or some phase thereof, have been fully presented, both as to the law and the facts. Where statutes have been construed, explained or considered in judicial rulings, such statutes have been examined and cited herein, together with said rulings, and the statutory citations have been given in connection with the table of cases. Careful and conscientious examination has been made of all conflicting decisions and it is believed that they are so fully considered and compared as to preclude the necessity of searching elsewhere for the law upon the points involved. Each case relied on throughout the work, in support of the text, has been personally and critically examined. The authors, therefore, submit this treatise to the fair, impartial, and just consideration of the profession. Nyack-on-Hudson, N. Y., June, 1900. JOSEPH A. JOYCE, HOWARD C. JOYCE. |