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| Title | Cases on the General Principles of the Law of Private Corporations, Volume 2 Cases on the General Principles of the Law of Private Corporations, Horace La Fayette Wilgus |
| Author | Horace La Fayette Wilgus |
| Publisher | Bowen-Merrill Company, 1902 |
| Length | 2213 pages |
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