45 THE 71126 AMERICAN AND ENGLISH ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF LAW. COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF JOHN HOUSTON MERRILL, Late Editor of the American and English Railroad Cases and the American VOLUME XII. and NORTHPORT, LONG ISLAND, N. Y.: EDWARD THOMPSON COMPANY, LAW PUBLISHERS, Lateral Railroads, LUTHER E. HEWITT, of the Philadelphia Bar. E. W. METCALFE, of the Lincoln (Neb ) Bar. PHILIP H. GOEPP and ALEX. R. DE WITT, } of the Philadelphia Bar. D. B. VAN SYCKLE, of the Girard (Kan.) Bar. J. C. THOMPSON, Editor Am. & Eng. R. R. Cases and Corp. Cases. JOHN W. SMITH, of the Chicago Bar. FRANK H. BOWLBY, of the Rochester (N. Y.) Bar. W. M. MCKINNEY, Associate Editor Am. & Lateral and Subjacent Support, ELMER G. SAMMIS, of the New York City |