ELECTRICAL CASES BEING A COLLECTION OF ALL THE IMPORTANT CASES (EXCEPT- THE TELEGRAPH, THE TELEPHONE, ELECTRIC WITH ANNOTATIONS EDITED BY WILLIAM W. MORRILL, Author of " Competency and Privilege of Witnesses," "City Negligence," etc. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year eighteen hundred and ninety-five, BY MATTHEW BENDER, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. PRESS OF WILLIAM BOYD, ALBANY, N. Y. PREFACE. The THE cases contained in this volume were nearly all decided in the period beginning Jan. 1, 1886, and ending July 1, 1889. They are arranged, however, not chronologically, as in vol. 1, but as far as possible by grouping together those upon the same or similar subjects. cases based upon error, delay or default of telegraph companies in the transmission of messages, which occupy the last part of the volume, are grouped by States. It is believed this plan will be more convenient and satisfactory than the other. Another change is the insertion at the end of the headnote to each case of a list of the cases of this series therein cited, with reference to the volume and page where each may be found. The editor desires to express his appreciation of the interest which members of the bar and editors of law journals have manifested in this series, as shown particu larly by criticisms and suggestions, some of which have been adopted for this volume and others may be for future volumes. He feels particularly pleased that the plan of the index seems to be generally acceptable, however faulty its execution may be and doubtless is. He also desires to express his thanks to a considerable number of lawyers for personal letters of information and suggestion; especially to Roger Foster, Esq., of New York city, and B. K. Miller, Jr., Esq., of Milwaukee, for copies of unpublished decisions, which he might otherwise have been unable to obtain. And he would be very grateful for future assistance of the same kind, from whatever source, especially for information as to unpublished cases and cases contained in legal periodicals and series of reports having local or limited circulation. |