Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious typographical errors were repaired.
[P. 49]: Words of Chairman Mercer—"although the judgment of the as laid down in Lockner"—apparent missing word is as in the original.
[P. 78]: Words of Edwin Wright—"injured person fails to report within a very limited time, his it presented a question"—"his" is as in the original.
[P. 111]: "the number of reasons these bills took the form which they have taken"—original read "sons" in place of "reasons."