OF THE BAR OF THE CITY OF

NEW YORK, 1916

SOME LEGAL PHASES OF CORPORATE FINANCING, REORGANIZATION

AND REGULATION

FINANCING, REORGANIZATION

AND REGULATION

BY

FRANCIS LYNDE STETSON

JAMES BYRNE

PAUL D. CRAVATH
GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM

GILBERT H. MONTAGUE

GEORGE S. COLEMAN

WILLIAM D. GUTHRIE

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1917

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BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped. Published March, 1917.

Norwood Press
J. 8. Cushing Co. - Berwick & Smith Co.

Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

PAGE

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

vii

PREPARATION OF CORPORATE BONDS, MORTGAGES, COLLATERAL

TRUSTS, AND DEBENTURE INDENTURES, by Francis LYNDE

STETSON

1

FORECLOSURE OF RAILROAD MORTGAGES, BY JAMES BYRNE 77

REORGANIZATION OF CORPORATIONS, BY Paul D. CRAVATH 153

THE SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST LAW, BY GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM 235

THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION AND THE CLAYTON ACT, BY

GILBERT H. MONTAGUE

275

THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS, BY GEORGE S. COLEMAN 327

PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONS, BY WILLIAM D. GUTHRIE

347

INDEX

375

Cases CITED OR DISCUSSED

379

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