THE LAW OF ELECTRICITY. A TREATISE ON THE RULES OF LAW RELATING TO TELEGRAPHS, TELEPHONES, Electric Lights, Electric Railways, and Other BY SEYMOUR D. THOMPSON, LL.D. ST. LOUIS, MO.: CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL COMPANY. LAW PUBLISHERS AND PUBLISHERS OF THE CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL. L14202 COPYRIGHT, 1891, BY SEYMOUR D. THOMPSON. St. Louis, Mo.: Printed by Central Law Journal Company. TO THE HON. GEORGE W. STONE, LL.D., CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA, THIS WORK IS INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR, AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS EMINENT JUDICIAL SERVICES, EXTENDING OVER A PERIOD OF MORE THAN FORTY YEARS: AS A TESTIMONIAL OF THE ESTEEM IN WHICH HE IS HELD BY THE BAR OF OUR COUNTRY: AND ALSO IN RECOGNITION OF THE HIGH CHARACTER, PAST AND PRESENT, OF THE COURT OVER WHICH HE PRESIDES. |