COMMENTARIES

ON THE LAW OF

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

BY

JOHN F. DILLON, LL.D.,

MEMBER L'INSTITUT DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL; LATE PROFESSOR OF REAL ESTATE
AND EQUITY JURISPRUDENCE IN COLUMBIA COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL ;

FORMERLY CIRCUIT JUDGE OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, AND

CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME

LIBRARY OF THE
LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,

BY JOHN F. DILLON,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

Copyright, 1890,
BY JOHN F. DILLON.

UNIVERSITY PRESS :
JOHN WILSON AND SON, CAMBRIDGB.

TO THE

HONORABLE SAMUEL F. MILLER, LL.D.,

ASSOCIATE JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT

OF THE UNITED STATES.

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