A

TREATISE ON FRANCHISES

ESPECIALLY THOSE OF

PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATIONS

CONTAINING ALSO IN AN

APPENDIX

THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS LAW

OF NEW YORK

AND

THE PUBLIC UTILITY LAW

OF WISCONSIN

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BY

JOSEPH ASBURY JOYCE

OF THE NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, AND CONNECTICUT BARS; AUTHOR
OF "JOYCE ON INSURANCE," "JOYCE ON DAMAGES" AND
JOINT AUTHOR OF "JOYCE ON ELECTRIC LAW."

THE BANKS LAW PUBLISHING COMPANY

23 PARK PLACE, NEW YORK

1914

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY

THE BANKS LAW PUBLISHING COMPANY

DEDICATED

TO THE MEMORY OF

MY FRIEND

AND

SOMETIME LAW PARTNER

THE LATE

JUDGE NOBLE HAMILTON

OF

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

WHO

RENDERED TO THE BENCH AND BAR

MANY YEARS OF

UPRIGHT AND ABLE SERVICE