A

SUMMARY

OF

THE LAW OF RAILWAYS:

WITH

AN APPENDIX,

INCLUDING THE

THREE GENERAL CONSOLIDATION ACTS

WITH ANALYSIS AND NOTES;

REPORTS OF PROCEEDINGS BEFORE COMMITTEES ON

RAILWAY BILLS,

Pártamentary Practice,

FORMS, &c.

BY

FREDERICK WALFORD, ESQ.

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OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER AT LAW.

Second Edition.

BOSTON:

CHARLES C. LITTLE AND JAMES BROWN.

LONDON:

THOMAS BLENKARN.

PREFACE

TO THE

SECOND EDITION.

THE general order and arrangement of the Second Edition of this Work is the same as that of the first; so far, that is to say, as regards the body of the Work, the principal difference between the two Editions consists in the necessary enlargement which some portions of the text have undergone, in order to embrace more fully the many novel questions which the rapid growth of Railway Enterprise during the preceding year has produced. The chapter, in particular, which treats of the rights and liabilities of the parties concerned in Companies for the formation of Railways, such as allottees of shares, provisional directors, and the like, has been enlarged to the full extent deemed consistent with the scope and limits of the work. Abstracts, moreover, of many of the most important cases have been introduced into the notes, by way of illustrating the positions laid down in the text.

The main additions, however, are those which have been made to the Appendix. Reports have been given of the Proceedings of two of the most important Committees of last Session, that on