BRIEFS: Illinois Trust and Savings Bank vs. Pacific Railway Company, et al.

Bound collection of six legal briefs involving Los Angeles attorney Holdridge O. Collins (1844-1927), with his holographic table of contents and occasional marginalia. In addition to Illinois Trust and Savings Bank vs. Pacific Railway Company, the other cases represented here are: San Francisco & Fresno Land Company vs. J. Banbury, Treasurer of Los Angeles County; Henrietta Schart vs. Freda Schart and Louis J. Bock; L.A. Shead vs. C.I. Hinman, et al; William K. Sullivan vs. Herbert Swain, et al; and Ernst F.C. Klokke vs. Catharine Samouncet Escailler and others. The original wrappers are bound in. Thick octavo. In a period full burgundy pebbled cloth binding by Glass & Long Bookbinders of Los Angeles, with gilt-stamped titles. Collins' bookplate appears on the front flyleaf. Though the hinges are cracked, the binding is sound. The spine is lightly faded.