Bankruptcy attorneys will be intrigued by this early comprehensive treatment of the law governing voluntary assignments for the benefit of creditors. i.e., transfers not under the compulsion of law by debtors of their property in trust for the payment of their debts. Presentation of the subject is made in the time order in which its various aspects occur. Thousands of cases are cited along the way.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

A Treatise on the Law Pertaining to Corporate Finance including the financial operations and arrangements of public and private corporations as determined by the courts and statutes of the united states and england by William A. Reid. In two volumes: Volume I