Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman

by Albert Sidney Bolles

Index

• Acceptance and delivery, what constitutes, [242]
• Action, defined, [4]
• Actions, different kinds of, [165] 166
• Administrator, may dispose of lease, [155], [156];
  • can assign remainder of lease, [157]
• Adoption of children, form for or agreement for, [312].
  • See Child, Adopted
• Adulteration of a commodity, [260]
• Advantage, incidental, [218]
• Agency, [6];
  • how created, [7];
  • post-office agency of offerer of contract, [69], [70]
• Agent, when authority must be in writing, [7];
  • cannot purchase principal's property, [8];
  • power affected by usage or custom, [8];
  • invalid act of, cannot be ratified, [9];
  • ratifying a forgery, [9];
  • cannot appoint a substitute, [10];
  • liability of, [10];
  • secret instructions to, [11];
  • cannot act for both parties, [12];
  • cannot receive profit from transaction, [12];
  • must be faithful, [12];
  • termination of relation of, [13], [14], [15];
  • duties of affected by insanity of principal, [13];
  • marriage of principal, [13];
  • must keep principal informed, [14];
  • liability of principal for acts and statements, [9], [10], [11], [12], [13], [14];
  • auctioneer owners, [16];
  • auctioneer purchaser's, [16], [1];
  • length of term of, [17];
  • for corporation, [26];
  • bailor as, [28];
  • broker as, [45];
  • may make chattel mortgage, [53];
  • how should sign checks, [58];
  • authority of to receive stock subscriptions, [77];
  • deception of releases subscriber, [77], [78];
  • corporation can do wrong through, [98];
  • can be appointed to examine books, [101];
  • has insurable interest in goods, [126];
  • state prosecutes through, [164]
• Agent, general, [6], [7], [8], [10];
  • partner is a, [198]
• Agent, special, [6], [7], [18];
  • insurance broker is a, [46]
• Agisters, [30]
• Alien, may become voluntary or involuntary bankrupt, [31];
  • woman who marries American, [62];
  • may be naturalized, [62], [63];
  • rights of, [63];
  • owes temporary and limited allegiance, [63];
  • non-resident, [63], [64]
• Animals, vicious, a nuisance, [258]
• Annoyances, temporary, [256]
• Apologies for slander and libel, [255]
• Appeals, court of, [4]
• Apprentices, and Compensation Acts, [268]
• Arbitration, [45]
• Assault and battery, a wrong, [250]
• Assent, mutual, basis of sales and contracts to sell, [227]
• Assets, disposition of in partnership failure, [202]
• Assignment. See Bankruptcy: Patent
• Associations, beneficial, [38];
  • social and business, [38];
  • voluntary, [39];
  • incorporated, [39];
  • articles and rules, [39];
  • legal status, [39];
  • members not partners, [39];
  • liability to creditors, [39], [40];
  • rights of members, [40];
  • recovery of property by members, [41];
  • exemption from taxation, [41];
  • admission of members, [41], [42];
  • initiation, [42];
  • property rights of religions, [42];
  • benefits to sick members, [42], [43];
  • power to expel, [43], [44];
  • expulsion in subordinate lodges, [44];
  • restoration of members, [44];
  • withdrawal of members, [44];
  • liability of members for promised benefit, [44], [45];
  • cannot confer judicial power on its officers, [45];
  • cannot defer future controversies to arbitration, [45]
• Assumpsit, action of, [165]
• Attorney. See Power of Attorney
• Auctioneer, [16];
  • owner's agent, [16];
  • purchaser's agent, [16], [17];
  • must bind purchaser, [16];
  • completes sale, [17];
  • authority, how conferred, [17];
  • a special agent, [18];
  • authority of, [18], [19];
  • has properties in goods to be sold, [45]
• Automobile, [19];
  • rights of owner,19, [20];
  • no superior rights, [20];
  • non-resident driver, [20];
  • license, [20];
  • liability of bailor, [20], [21];
  • responsibility of hirer, [21];
  • sale of, by hirer, [21];
  • obligation on hirer's part, [21];
  • owner's redress of car misused, [21];
  • duty of owner or hirer when carrying passengers, [22];
  • compensation of owner, [22];
  • liability for using without owner's consent, [22];
  • liability of a corporation hirer, [22];
  • liability for joy riding, [22];
  • speed of, [22];
  • exclusion of, [22];
  • "the law of the road," [22], [23];
  • rights of pedestrian, [22], [23];
  • passing each other, [23];
  • backing, [23], [24];
  • meeting in street, [23];
  • at intersecting streets, [24];
  • obstructions in road, [24];
  • driver must use care to avoid injury, [24], [25];
  • competency of driver, [25];
  • must be under reasonable control, [25];
  • driving in a fog, [25];
  • liability of owner, [25]
  • See Chauffeur, Garage Keeper
• 
  
• Bacon, quoted, [45]
  • corporation as, [26];
  • finder of lost property is, [26], [27];
  • rights of creditor of, [28];
  • liability of, [28], [29];
  • must be informed of all faults, [28], [29];
  • liability of bank as, [29];
  • liability of a safe deposit company as, [29];
  • usually a keeper only, [29];
  • exceptions, [29], [30];
  • return of property at end of bailment, [30];
  • lien for services, [30];
  • has insurable interest in goods, [126];
  • garage keeper is a, [133]
• Bailee, liability of a minor, [26];
• Bailment, [20], [26]-30
  • may bring action against innocent purchaser, [21];
  • corporation as, [26];
  • and bailee, [26];
  • rights of, [28];
  • not always owner of thing bailed, [28];
  • must explain all faults, [28], [29]
• Bailor, not responsible for negligence of hirer, [20];
  • liability as bailee, [29];
  • not legally bound to pay check to holder, [58];
  • agreement to pay check is with depositor, [58];
  • responsible for payment of checks, [59];
  • not responsible for checks carelessly written, [60];
  • liability for forged checks, [60];
  • is liable if makes payment on stopped check, [61];
  • life of a national, [73];
  • can retain dividend, [78];
  • liability of national shareholders, [78], [79];
  • directors of national, [87];
  • directors of, [88], [91], [94];
  • who loans money of, [88];
  • president, [91], [92];
  • national cannot always certify a check, [99]
• Bank, custodian of lost property, [27];
  • filing of petition of voluntary, [33];
  • withdrawal of petition, [33];
  • what must accompany petition, [33];
  • filing of petition against, [33], [34];
  • must file schedule of property, [34];
  • first meeting of creditors, [34];
  • subsequent meetings, [34];
  • represented by trustee, [34], [36], [37];
  • proving and allowing claims against, [35], [36];
  • insurance policy of, [37];
  • discharge of, [38];
  • punishment of, [38]
• Bankrupt, voluntary and involuntary defined, [31];
  • Federal Act 1898, [31], [37], [38];
  • courts of, [31];
  • voluntary and involuntary, [31];
  • acts of, defined, [32], [33];
  • procedure in, [33]-38
• Bankruptcy, [31];
• Beneficial associations. See Associations, Beneficial
• Benefit, conference of a, [218]
• Bid, authority of auctioneer to accept, [18]
• Bill and note broker, [45]
  • assignment of drawee's funds, [196];
  • similarity of, and endorsed note, [196]
• Bill of exchange, definition, [196];
• Bill of Lading, [48], [243]
• Bill of sale, form for, [281]
• Boarding house, liability of keeper of, [149]
• Bonds, government, equity does not require delivery of actual bonds purchased, [120]
• Bottomry loan, [239]
  • has no property in goods to be sold, [45];
  • must sell in principal's name, [45];
  • commission, [45], [47];
  • acts as agent, [45];
  • kinds of, [45], [46], [47].
  • See Agency
• Broker, [45];
• Brokerage, [45]
  • See Real Estate, Land
• Building, form for agreement for, [278].
• Burglary, excused by drunkenness, [117]
• Buy and sell, regulations concerning capacity to, [228]
• By-laws, neglect of, in holding meeting, [81]
  
• Capital, [74], [78], [94]
  • kinds, [48];
  • authority of private, [48];
  • required to use great care, [48];
  • may modify common law by contract, [48];
  • can limit liability, [48], [49];
  • must carry all responsible passengers, [49];
  • regulations for carrying freight, [49];
  • have lien to hold freight, [50];
  • statutes regarding loss of life, [50];
  • liability for injuries, [50], [51];
  • sleeping car company not common, [51];
  • liability for loss of baggage, [51];
  • distinction between general and local express companies, [51], [52];
  • United States common, for mails, [52].
  • See Mails
• Carrier, [48];
• Carrier common, duty to an intoxicated person, [118]
• Cattle, trespassing, liability of owner of, [257]
• Car, liability of principal for acts of conductor of, [11]
• Certificate of stock, form for, [301]
• Charities. See Associations, Beneficial
  • perpetual, [73]
• Charters, of national banks, [73];
  • See Mortgage, Chattel
• Chattel mortgage with power of sale form for, [288].
  • employer's liability for, [25];
  • minor as, [57];
  • license, [57];
  • liability of employer for pay of, [57];
  • employer's liability for injury to, [57];
  • injured, when speeding, [57], [58];
  • liable for injury to employer, [58];
  • authority of, to make repairs in garage, [134].
  • See Automobile; Garage
• Chauffeur, physical fitness of, [25];
  • signing of, [58];
  • bank not legally bound to pay, to holder, [58];
  • payment of, when funds insufficient, [58], [59];
  • banks responsible for payment of, [59];
  • two rules relating to payment of, [60];
  • forged, [60];
  • holder of, should deposit immediately, [60], [61];
  • drawer may stop payment of, [61];
  • certified, [61];
  • when given in payment, [212]
• Check, [58];
  • rights of natural and adopted parents, [5];
  • rights of inheritance, [5]
• Child, adopted, [5];
  • who have property, [197];
  • protection of, by parent, [197];
  • of workmen, and Compensation Acts, [273];
  • form for agreement for adoption of, [312].
  • See Adopted Child, Husband and Wife
• Children, must be supported by parent, [197];
• Church, form for subscription to build a, [299]
  • definition of, [62];
  • duty of, [62];
  • double allegiance of, [62];
  • state protects ordinary rights of, [62];
  • protection of, defined by constitution and Federal law, [62];
  • corporation may be included in term, [62];
  • who is, of United States, [62];
  • alien woman as, [62];
  • American woman loses rights by foreign marriage, [62];
  • alien may be naturalized, [62], [63]
• Citizen, [62];
• Coin, legal limit of, in payment, [211]
• Cold storage, [29]
  • basis for computation of compensation under, [274]
• Compensation Acts, Workmen's, [266];
• Complaint, action of, [166]
  • kinds of, [64];
  • parties to, [65], [66];
  • consideration of, [66], [67], [68];
  • mutuality of, [68];
  • acceptance of, at time of offer, [68];
  • offer made on time, [68];
  • offer can be withdrawn, [68], [69];
  • acceptance after reasonable time, [69];
  • by correspondence, [69], [70];
  • acceptance of, by telegraph, [69];
  • withdrawal of, by telegraph, [69];
  • offers and rewards, [70], [71];
  • dates of, [71];
  • interpreted by law of place when made, [71];
  • execution of, [71];
  • damages for failure to execute, [71], [72];
  • effect of drunkenness on, [116], [117];
  • equity enforces, [118], [119], [120];
  • insurance policy is, [125], [126];
  • of insurance can be reformed by court of equity, [128];
  • responsibility of innkeeper may be changed by, [149];
  • life insurance, [167];
  • of a minor, [176];
  • to sell in the future, [227];
  • when necessary to be within, [242];
  • for manufacture not included in Statute of Frauds, [243];
  • form for bond to perform a, [280].
  • See Deceit, Drunkenness, Quasi-Contracts
• Contract, [64];
• Contract of service, [267]
• Contract, Quasi. See Quasi Contract
• Contractors, independent, and Compensation Acts, [271]
• Conveyance of real estate, in Statute of Frauds, [242]
• Co-partnership, form for articles of, [305], [307]
• Corporate owners of vessels, [236]
  • an involuntary bankrupt, [31];
  • definition of manufacturing, [31];
  • trading, [32];
  • through its officers can admit inability to pay debts, [32];
  • when paying benefits not exempt from taxes, [41];
  • liability for injuries, [41];
  • as mortgagee, [53];
  • may be included in term citizen, [62];
  • kinds of, [72], [73];
  • formation of, [73], [74];
  • perpetual charters, [73], [74];
  • has no heirs, [74];
  • continues through succession, [74];
  • purchase of stock by one member, [74];
  • capital of, [74];
  • reasons for forming, [75];
  • who can subscribe to stock of, [75];
  • fictitious subscriptions to stock of, [75];
  • stock certificates [76], [86];
  • capital stock increased [76];
  • rights of stockholders, [76];
  • preferred stock, [76];
  • subscriptions
  • to shares is a contract, [77];
  • cannot purchase own shares, [78];
  • has no lien on its stock, [78];
  • liability of shareholders, [78], [79];
  • appointment of receivers, [79];
  • assessments on stock, [79];
  • meetings, [80];
  • power of, [80];
  • charter of, [80];
  • majority shall rule may be modified, [80];
  • who may call meetings, [80], [81];
  • annual meetings, [81];
  • regular meetings, [81];
  • special meetings, [82];
  • notices waived, [82], [83];
  • who can vote, [83], [84], [85];
  • right of transferee, [85];
  • directors of, [86]-93, [94], [96], [100], [101];
  • affairs handled by few men, [88]; failure of, [92];
  • dividends, [92], [94]-98;
  • wrongs of, [98];
  • liability for acts of agents, [98], [99];
  • owner of stock has insurable interest in goods, [126];
  • when private may make lease, [155];
  • municipal, and leases, [155];
  • may take lease, [155];
  • can sue for slander or libel, [253];
  • may be a devisee, or legatee, [264]
• Corporation, cannot become a voluntary bankrupt, [31];
  • district, [4];
  • of appeal, [4];
  • of equity, [16], [118]-122, [128];
  • United States district, [31];
  • civil, [164]
• Court, federal and state, [1], [4];
  • See Deeds
• Covenants, [104], [105], [122], [165].
• Credit, letter of, form for, [309]
  • assignment for benefit of, [32];
  • filing of petition against bankrupt, [33], [34];
  • claims of, [34], [35], [36];
  • election of trustee by, [34], [36];
  • right to vote at meetings, [35];
  • may object to discharge of bankrupt, [38];
  • liability of beneficial associations to, [39], [40];
  • several may join in giving mortgage, [53];
  • attachment has insurable interest in goods, [126]
• Creditor, of bailee, [28];
  • how prosecuted, [2], [3].
  • See Husband and Wife, Tort
• Crime, drunkenness as excuse for, [117];
• Curtesy, [101], [102]
  • liability of innkeeper changed by, [149].
  • See Usage
• Custom, when no defense to chauffeur, [58];
• 
  
  • of stockholder before transfer, [82];
  • of partner, [85];
  • of husband, [114];
  • of homesteader, [136];
  • separation agreement cannot be set aside by, [144];
  • of ward terminates lease, [155];
  • lease made by wife terminated by husband's, [155];
  • of mortgagor, [182], [183];
  • of partner, [201];
  • of inventor, [206];
  • of a contractor, [223];
  • of master of vessel, [239];
  • of workman, [274]
• Damages, nominal and compensatory, [253]
  • revival of, [244], [245]
• Death, of principal or agent, [15];
  • when seller not liable, [102];
  • purchaser of land not liable, [103];
  • a wink not deception, [104]
• Debts and Statutes of Limitation, [244];
• Deceit, [102];
  • several, used in land deal, [104];
  • warranty, [104];
  • what warrantor agrees to do, [104], [105];
  • encumbrances, [105];
  • indenture, [105];
  • release or quit-claim, [106];
  • poll, [106];
  • use of seal, [106];
  • witnesses, [107];
  • lease, [107];
  • completed before delivery, [107];
  • executor of, [107];
  • when must be read, [107];
  • delivery essential, [107], [108];
  • should be recorded, [108], [109];
  • acknowledgment, [109], [110];
  • execution of, by married woman, [109], [110];
  • Commissioner of, [110];
  • correction of mistake, [110];
  • land must be bounded, [110], [111];
  • equity compels delivery of, [119];
  • of warranty, form for, [282], [283];
  • of indenture, form for, [284];
  • of quit-claim, form for, [285], [286];
  • of mortgage, form for, [287];
  • of mortgage with power of sale, form for, [287];
  • of mortgage on goods and chattels, form for, [289]
• Decisions, highest court, [1]
• Deed, [7], [104];
• Defenses, in actions for slander and libel, [254]
• Delay in telegraph messages, [246]
  • See Bank; Check
• Dependents of workmen, and Compensation Acts, [272]
• Deposits, how made by agent, [12].
• Desertion, its effect on homestead, [136]
  • who may be a, [263], [264]
• Devise of lands, [265]
• Devisee, of mortgaged land, [182];
• Director, of corporation, [86]-93, [94], [96], [100]
  • See Corporation
• Discomfort acts of, wrongs, [256]
• Dividends, [94]-98, [125].
  • effect of on homestead, [136];
  • for what causes granted, [144], [145];
  • absolute, [146];
  • legal effect of, [146], [147].
  • See Husband and Wife
• Divisional tree, law relating to, [113]
  • husband's becomes wife's, [139]
• Divorce, effect of on dower right, [116];
  • defined, [113];
  • paramount to claims of husband's creditors, [113];
  • mortgage has preference, [113];
  • legal marriage necessary, [114];
  • assignment of, [114];
  • may be barred, [115];
  • non-existence of, [115];
  • in exchanged lands, [115];
  • rights of partner's widow, [115];
  • can be released, [116];
  • effect of divorce, [116]
• Domicile, of bankrupt, [31];
  • effect of, on contracts, [116], [117];
  • as excuse for crime, [117];
  • liability of sober party, [117], [118];
  • responsibility of common carrier, [118];
  • slander, [118]
• Dower, [113];
• Drunkenness, [116];
• 
  
• Earnings, the basis for computation of compensation, [274]
  • Federal and Compensation Acts, [271]
• Ejectment, action of, [166]
  • Compensation Acts, [266], [267]
• Elevator, sale of grain in, [229]
• Employees, casual, and Compensation Acts, [270];
• Employer and employee, relations as to patents, [207], [208];
  • law and, [3]
• Enrollment, of vessels, [235]
• Equitable remedies, [118]-122
• Equity, court of, [3], [16], [118]-122, [128];
  • a foreign, [85], [208];
  • may dispose of lease, [155], [156];
  • can assign remainder of lease, [157];
  • when, gets mortgagor's interest, [182];
  • when heirs may require, to pay, [183]
• Eviction, [160], [161]
• Exchange, bill of. See Bill of Exchange, Note, Negotiable Paper
• Executor, authority to vote at corporate meetings, [84];
  • employed to sell goods, [123];
  • has a lien on goods, [123];
  • authority of, [123];
  • limitations on, fixed by principal, [123];
  • use of credit, [123];
  • cannot exchange goods, [123];
  • may insure goods, [123];
  • cannot compound claim, [124];
  • has insurable interest in goods, [126].
  • See Agency
• Explosives, liability of keeper of, [258]
• Express company, distinction between general and local, [51], [52]
  
• Factor, [123];
• Farm, tenant of, [157]
• Farm lease, form for, [295]
  • of property lost in hotel or railroad car, [27];
  • when has lien for services, [30];
  • See Bailor
• Federal courts, [1]
• Federal employees, and Compensation Acts, [271]
• Finder, obligation of, as to lost property, [26], [27];
  • defined, [132], [133];
  • law favors tenant, seller, mortgagor, [132], [133];
  • what tenant can remove, [162], [163]
• Fire insurance. See Insurance, Fire
• Fires, starters of, liability of, [258]
  • of signature to negotiable paper, [188];
  • in a telegram, [247].
  • See Check; Negotiable Paper
• Fixtures, [132];
  • Agreement for sale of land, [277]
  • Agreement concerning party wall, [277]
  • Agreement for building, [278]
  • Agreement for work and labor, [280]
  • Agreement for lease, [293]
  • Agreement to sell shares of stock, [302]
  • Agreement for sale of physician's practice, [309]
  • Agreement between merchant and traveling salesman, [311]
  • Agreement for adoption of children, [312]
  • Articles of co-partnership, [305], [307]
  • Articles of incorporation, [318]
  • Assignment of mortgage, [292]
  • Assignment of lease, [298]
  • Assignment of policy of insurance, [302]
  • Assignment of patent right, [304]
  • Bill of sale, [281]
  • Bond to perform a contract, [280]
  • Bond for payment of money, [305]
  • Certificate of stock, [301]
  • Chattel mortgage, with power of sale, [288]
  • Claim of lien by workman, [279]
  • Deed of indenture, [284]
  • Deed of quit-claim, [285], [286]
  • Deed of mortgage, [287]
  • Deed of mortgage with power of sale, [287]
  • Deed of mortgage on goods and chattels, [289]
  • Deed of warranty, [282], [283]
  • Lease, [293], [294]
  • Lease, farm, [295]
  • Lease of furnished rooms, [297]
  • Letter of credit, [309]
  • Notice of sale under mortgage, [291]
  • Notice to quit, [299]
  • Power of attorney, [299]
  • Power of attorney, to transfer stock, [300]
  • Release by ward of his guardian, [314]
  • Subscription to build a church, [299]
  • Transfer of shares of stock, [303]
  • Will, [315], [316], [317]
• Food, warranty in sale of, [261]
• Forgery, ratification of, [9];
• Forms, legal:
  • owner's liability for car when in a, [133];
  • public, not a nuisance, [133];
  • lien of keeper of, for storage and repairs, [134];
  • care keeper of must use, [134];
  • liability of keeper of for negligence, [134];
  • keeper of not an insurer, [134];
  • keeper of must protect from theft, [134];
  • liability of keeper of for leaving car in alley, [134];
  • and for using car without permission, [135];
  • delivery of car by keeper of, [135];
  • liability of keeper of for delay in repairing, [135];
  • and for acts of servant, [135].
  • See Automobile, Chauffeur, Bailment
• Frauds, Statute of. See Statute of Frauds
• Furnished rooms, form for lease of, [297]
  
• Garage, keeper of a bailee for hire, [133];
  • may make lease, [155];
  • of a minor, [177];
  • may apply for a patent, [208];
  • form for release of, by his ward, [314]
• Gift, cannot be recovered, [218]
• Grain, sale of, in elevator, [229]
• Guardian, who can act as, [143];
  • See Automobile
• 
  
  • definition of, [135];
  • cannot be seized by creditors, [135];
  • head of family owning definition of, [135], [136];
  • effect of desertion and divorce on a, [136];
  • what land is included in, [136];
  • steps necessary to procure a, [136], [137];
  • residence required on a, [137];
  • liability of owner of, for debts, [137];
  • can be mortgaged, [137];
  • can be sold and other land bought, [137];
  • exemption from taxes, [137]
• Habeas corpus, action of, [166]
• Health of employees in relation to Compensation Acts, [268]
  • marriage a contract, [137];
  • essentials of marriage, [137];
  • false representations, [137];
  • effect of deceit in obtaining consent, [138];
  • of compulsion, [138];
  • of insanity, [138];
  • legal age for marriage, [138];
  • void marriages, [138];
  • marriage license, [138];
  • marriage performed outside jurisdiction, [138];
  • common law marriage, [138], [139];
  • husband's domicile becomes that of wife, [139];
  • when wife can retain her domicile, [139];
  • husband's liability for wife's crimes, [139], [140];
  • wife still liable, [139];
  • cannot steal from each other, [140];
  • right to sue each other, [140];
  • wife's liability for husband's wrongs, [140];
  • alienation of affection, [140];
  • wife's right to retain and manage her estate, [141];
  • can appoint husband to act for her, [141];
  • may act for husband, [141];
  • and as executor, administrator or guardian, [141];
  • wife's right to sue and be sued, [142];
  • husband's liability for wife's debts, [142];
  • duty of husband to provide home, [142];
  • his right to defend wife, [142];
  • his duty to provide home, [142];
  • wife must live with husband, [142];
  • duties of husband and wife toward each other, [142], [143];
  • guardian of children, [143];
  • husband and wife may live separately, [143];
  • may divide property, [143], [144];
  • when separation agreement cannot be sustained, [144];
  • death and share of estate, [144];
  • right of wife to use husband's credit, [144].
  • See Divorce
• Highway, [112], [135], [218].
• Homestead, agent's authority to sell, affected by owner's marriage, [14];
• Huddy, quoted, [22], [23]
• Husband and wife, [137];
• 
  
• Ice, liability for, on pavement, [162]
• Imprisonment, false, a wrong, [249]
  • form for deed of, [284]
• Imprisoned person, and Statute of Limitation, [244]
• Incapacity of workman, partial or total, compensation for, [275]
• Incorporation, form for articles of, [318]
• Indecent language in a telegram, [247]
  • against directors, [101];
  • against infringer of patent, [122];
  • to forbid tenants making alterations, [159]
• Indenture, [105];
  • persons must receive, [147];
  • persons must exclude, [147];
  • keeping of horses, [147];
  • liability for baggage, [147], [148], [149];
  • exempt from loss by fire, [148];
  • may make certain regulations, [148], [149];
  • keeper of boarding house not, [149]
• Indorsement, see Negotiable Paper
• Infancy, period of, defined by-law, [65]
  • of agent, [13];
  • how affects bid at auction, [18];
  • of master of vessel, [240];
  • and wills, [264]
• Inheritance, adopted child, [5]
• Injunction, temporary and permanent [22];
• Innkeeper, [147];
  • kinds of companies, [124], [125];
  • mutual company preferred, [124];
  • mutual plan protects against loss only, [125];
  • stock company pays dividends, [125];
  • insured must have interest in property, [125];
  • who has insurable interest, [126];
  • policy, as collateral security, [126];
  • policy void, [126];
  • policy a contract, [126];
  • standard policy, [126];
  • when is policy binding, [126], [127];
  • premium, [127];
  • policy may be assigned, [127];
  • when policy can be cancelled, [127], [130];
  • contract reformed, [128];
  • written and printed parts of policy, [128];
  • written application part of contract, [128];
  • interpretation of meaning, [128];
  • language of policy, [128], [129];
  • clerical errors, [129];
  • what policy covers, [129], [130];
  • when risk begins, [129];
  • misrepresentation, [129], [130];
  • concealment of facts, [130];
  • questions and answers a warranty, [130];
  • policy void, [130];
  • loss, total or partial, [130];
  • damage by water, [130];
  • from explosion, [131];
  • from theft, [131];
  • from lightning, [131];
  • from negligence, [131];
  • total loss, [131];
  • partial loss, [132];
  • open and valued policies, [132];
  • see Agency
• Insane person and Statute of Limitation, [244]
  • definition, [167];
  • validity of the contract, [167];
  • assignment of policy, [168], [172];
  • authority of general agent to vary the agreement, [168];
  • no contract until policy accepted by company, [169];
  • state requirements, [169];
  • delivery of policy, [169];
  • authority of general and special agents, [170];
  • payment of first premium, [170];
  • void under conditions contrary to public welfare, [170];
  • proceeds on which policy may be set aside, [171];
  • determination of beneficiary, [171];
  • date of commencement of risk, [172];
  • payment of premiums, [172];
  • reinsurance contracts, [173];
  • cancellation or surrender, [173], [174];
  • rescinding of a policy, [174];
  • surrender or cancellation value, [175];
  • conversion of policy, [175]
• Insanity, of principal, [13];
• Inspector, [83], [101]
  • form for assignment of, [302]
• Insurance Broker, [45], [46]
  • innkeeper is, [147]
• Insurance, fire, when liable for acts of agent, [6];
• Insurance, life, [167];
  • requirements necessary to obtain a patent, [203];
  • element of novelty, [204];
  • prior publication, [204];
  • usefulness, [204];
  • exercise of inventive power necessary for a patent, [205];
  • reduction of to practice, [206];
  • employer presumed to be the real inventor, [208];
  • inventor must apply for a patent, [208];
  • specification of, [208];
  • improvement on, [209]
• Insurance money, provision for, in lease, [159]
  • see Carrier, Innkeeper
• Insurance policy, of bankrupt, [37];
• Insurer, garage keeper not an, [134];
• Interstate Commerce Commission, controls interstate telegraph business, [248]
• Invention, patentable or not, [202], [203];
  • equity can forbid injuries to, [121];
  • equity will enforce covenants, [122];
  • devise of, in wills, [265];
  • form for agreement for sale of, [277]
• 
  
  • must be in writing, [15];
  • how signed, [15];
  • how complete, [15];
  • oral agreement, [15], [16];
  • part payment, [16];
  • period of option to purchase, [16];
  • see Contract, Statute of Frauds
• Jewelry, keeping of, by bailor, [29];
• 
  
  • for safety of persons and children, [259]
• Key, delivery of, constitutes delivery of goods, [242]
  
• Laborers, farm, and Compensation Acts, [268]
• Lake, title to land under and around, [112]
  • statute, [1], [2];
  • courts of, [4];
  • civil and criminal, [2], [164];
  • and equity, [3], [5];
  • insolvency, [31]
• Land, title to, bounded by navigable river, [112];
• Land, agreement to purchase, [15];
  • defined, [151];
  • oral or written, [151], [152], [153];
  • liability of lessee, [151], [159];
  • agreements in [152], [153];
  • year to year tenancy, [153];
  • term, defined, [153];
  • for a future period, [153], [154];
  • description of premises, [154];
  • distinction between, and agreement, [154];
  • valid, [155];
  • made by married woman, [155];
  • private corporation may make, [155];
  • municipal corporation restricted, [155];
  • corporation may take, [155];
  • executor may dispose of, [155], [156];
  • trustees may make, [156];
  • partner cannot make, [156];
  • for what can be made, [156];
  • ratification, [156];
  • construction of, [156];
  • presumes care on part of tenant, [156], [157];
  • rights of a mill tenant, [157];
  • rights of a farm tenant, [157];
  • assignment of, [157];
  • sublease, [157];
  • lessor may part with his interests in, [158];
  • not a warranty of good condition, [158];
  • lessor not required to make repairs, [158];
  • agreement to make repairs, [158], [159];
  • agreement to rebuild, [159];
  • alterations by tenant, [159];
  • renewal, [159];
  • rent, [160];
  • eviction, [160], [161];
  • land rented on shares, [161];
  • of parts of building separately, [161];
  • liability of lessor, [161], [162];
  • removals by tenant at expiration of, [162], [163];
  • form for agreement for, [293];
  • form for a, [293]; [294];
  • form for a farm, [295];
  • form for assignment of, [298];
  • of furnished room, form for, [297]
• Land license, see License
• Land owner, liability of, for nuisances on his property, [257];
  • and cash dividends, [97], [98];
  • and stock dividends, [97], [98];
  • definition of, [263];
  • who may be, [264];
  • see Will
• Landlord, see Lease
• Larceny, [27]
• Law, common, [1], [2], [3];
• Lawsuit, mode of conducting, [164]
  • and slander, [252]
• Lease, [151];
  • defined, [149], [150];
  • for what granted, [150];
  • granted informally, [150];
  • revocation, [150], [151];
  • duty of licensor to invitee, [151];
  • of vessels, [236]
• Legal remedies, [164]-166
• Legatee, property given to, disposition of, [37];
  • of livery stable man, [30];
  • of groom, [30];
  • of freight carrier, [49];
  • on bank stock, [78];
  • of factor, [123];
  • of garage keeper, [134];
  • of innkeeper, [148];
  • on real estate, [180], [181];
  • form for claim of, by workman, [279]
• Lessee, see Lease
• Lessor, see Lease
• Letter of credit, form for, [309]
• Libel, is a wrong, [250], [251], [252];
• License, land, [149];
• License to operate automobile, [20]
• Lien, of agister, [30];
  • United States is not liable for loss of, [52];
  • private express cannot be established for, [52];
  • liability of postmaster and assistant and clerk, [52];
  • liability of driver of, [52];
  • assent in contracts sent by, [69], [70];
  • delivery of insurance policy, [169];
  • see Negotiable Paper
• Life Insurance, see Insurance, Life
• Limitation, Statutes of, [243], [244], [245]
  • action of, [166]
• Livery stable, no lien on animals, [30]
• Lodging house, liability of keeper, [149]
• Lost property, [26]-28
  
• McClain, Justice, quoted on life insurance, [168], [174]
  • see Husband and Wife
• Mail, United States common carrier for, [52];
• Malice, liability of corporation for, [99]
  • duties and successors of, [240];
  • authority of, [240]
• Mandamus, issue of, [81];
• Manufacture, contract for, not included in Statute of Frauds, [243]
  • and traveling salesman, form for agreement between, [311]
• Manufacturer, liability of, [258]
• Margin, sale of stock on, [235]
  • may be produced by order of a court, [247];
  • criminal offense to divulge, [247];
  • to open or read a sealed, [247];
  • repeated and unrepeated, [248]
• Marriage, [13], [14], [115], [137];
  • bid made by, [18];
  • as bailee, [20];
  • cannot become a voluntary bankrupt, [31];
  • as mortgagee, [53];
  • as chauffeur, [57];
  • citizenship of, [62];
  • ability of to sign contracts limited, [65];
  • period of infancy of, fixed by law, [65];
  • cannot subscribe to stock, [75];
  • cannot be held for note, [91];
  • cannot make legal deed, [107];
  • lease made by, void, [155];
  • contracts of a, [176];
  • necessaries and luxuries supplied to a, [176];
  • disaffirmation of contract of a, [177];
  • fraudulent contract of a, [177];
  • can avoid sales contracts, [228];
  • and Statute of Limitations, [244];
  • may be a devisee or legatee, [264];
  • as employee in Compensation Acts, [268]
• Massachusetts courts, decision in respect to adopted child, [5]
• Masters, of vessels, law governing employment, [239];
  • kinds of, [177];
  • may cover future advances, [178];
  • improvements covered, [178], [179];
  • not an absolute conveyance, [179];
  • not changed by contemporaneous agreement, [179];
  • with power of sale, [179], [180];
  • how the power must be executed, [180];
  • mortgagor cannot purchase property sold, [180];
  • lien of vendor for purchase money, [180];
  • how subsequent purchaser is affected, [180];
  • notice of vendor's lien, [181];
  • mortgagor real owner, [181];
  • both parties may insure premises, [181];
  • rights of several mortgagees to same property, [181];
  • right of deviser to money due on, [182];
  • mode of foreclosure on a, [182];
  • payment by joint contributors to discharge, [183];
  • who can redeem a, [183];
  • payment by executor, [183];
  • rights of mortgage of vessel, [238];
  • form for deed of, with power of sale, [287];
  • form for deed of, [287];
  • form for notice of sale under, [291];
  • form for assignment of, [292];
  • see Deed, Chattel Mortgage, Shipping
• Meetings, [83]-86
  • definition of, [52], [53];
  • form of, [52];
  • who may make, [53];
  • creditors may join in giving, [53];
  • description of property, [53], [54];
  • may be given for future advance of money, [54];
  • to render secure from creditor [54];
  • Statutes of, [55], [56];
  • what is included in, [55];
  • rights of mortgagee, [55], [56];
  • form for, with power of sale, [288];
  • form for deed of, [289];
  • see Mortgage
• Merchant, duty of, towards public, [151];
  • has insurable interest in goods, [126]
• Merchandise Broker, [45], [46]
  • favored by law in regard to fixtures, [133]
• Messages, telegraph, should not be made public, [247];
• Minor, limited power of, [7];
• Morawetz, quoted, [88], [89], [100]
• Mortgage, creditor, can force contract to give, [120];
  • see Note, Promissory
• Mortgage, Chattel, [52];
• Mortgagee, [55], [56];
  • requirements for a, [183];
  • unqualified promise in a, [184];
  • payable on a contingency, [184];
  • payable at a fixed future time, [184];
  • dating of a, [184];
  • seal of a, [184];
  • payable on demand, [184];
  • overdue, [185];
  • payable to order; [185];
  • payable to bearer, [185];
  • ante or past-dated, [185];
  • title to, acquired from date of delivery, [185];
  • a wrongly dated, [186];
  • authority of holder to fill blanks, [186];
  • incomplete until delivery, [187];
  • mode of delivery, [187];
  • ambiguity of a, [187], [188];
  • signature to a, [188];
  • signature by agent, [188];
  • a forged, [188];
  • forged indorsement on a, [188];
  • consideration for a, [189];
  • accommodation party to a, [189];
  • negotiation of a, [189];
  • negotiation by delivery of a, [189];
  • by indorsement and delivery, [189];
  • kinds of indorsement of a, [189];
  • striking out indorsement of a, [189];
  • indorsing to bank or cashier, [190];
  • misspelled or incorrect indorsement, [190];
  • holder in due course, [190];
  • bad faith in negotiating, [190], [191];
  • agreement of maker, [191];
  • liability of indorser, not a party to, [191];
  • presentment of a, for payment, [191], [192], [193];
  • exclusion of days in reckoning due date of, [193];
  • payable at bank, [193]; notice of dishonor of a, [193], [194];
  • notice of, to joint parties, [194];
  • notice of, to address as directed, [194];
  • notice of waived, [195];
  • alterations in a, [195];
  • memorandum on a, [195];
  • similarity of indorsed, and bill of exchange, [196];
  • given in payment, [212];
  • and Statute of Limitations, [244]
• Mortgagor, [55], [56];
• Motorist, non-resident, [20]
  
  • of meetings, see Corporation;
  • to quit, form for, [299]
• Naturalization, [62]
• Negotiable Instruments Law, [213]
• Negotiable paper, definition, [183]-197;
• Newspapers, offers and rewards in, [70], [71]
• Note, promissory, definition, [183];
• Non-resident Alien, [63], [64]
  • cannot lease land of minor child, [155];
  • of a minor, [177];
  • obligations of, toward child, [197];
  • cessation of, [197];
  • protection of child by, [197];
  • use of child's property by, [197];
  • and child, relations between, [197];
  • see Adopted Child, Husband and Wife
• Notice, of sale under mortgage, form for, [291];
  • what surviving may do, [85];
  • may waive notice of corporate meeting, [85];
  • dower rights of widow of, [115];
  • cannot lease partnership land, [156];
  • non-investing, not liable for debts, [198];
  • a general agent, [198];
  • limitations of authority of a, [199];
  • silent or secret, liability of, [199], [200];
  • general or special, [200];
  • illegal contract made by a, [201];
  • death of a, [201];
  • succession to by executor, [201];
  • retiring, [201];
  • liquidating, authority of, [202]
• Nuisances, private, are wrongs, [255]
  
  • liability of members, [75], [78];
  • stock owned by, represented by partner, [85];
  • contract to form, cannot be enforced, [120];
  • member of, cannot make lease, [156];
  • between tenant and landlord, [161];
  • in a single transaction, [198]; Act, [198];
  • liability of non-investing partners in, [198];
  • can hold any kind of property, [198];
  • partners in, are general agents, [198];
  • limitations of authority of partners in, [199];
  • reception of a new member in, [199];
  • formed by definite agreement in writing, [199];
  • silent or secret partners in, [199], [200];
  • limited liability, [200];
  • dissolution of a, [201];
  • death of a partner in, [201];
  • retiring partner in, [201];
  • failure of, disposition of assets, [202];
  • liquidating partner in, [202]
• Obligations, various, included in Statute of Limitations, [245]
• Officer, public, liability of, [52]
  • compensation for carrying, [22];
  • see Carrier
• Option, to purchase land, [16]
  • design, [203];
  • invalidation of an American by a foreign, [204];
  • prior publication for a, [204];
  • defeat of on ground of lack of novelty, [204];
  • must be useful to get a, [204];
  • exercise of inventive power necessary for a, [205];
  • to whom can a be issued? [206];
  • a joint, [207];
  • must be issued in name of real inventors, [207];
  • rights of employee with a, [207];
  • may be issued to assignees, [208];
  • inventor must apply for a, [208];
  • specification of invention to get a, [208], [209];
  • duties of inventor to get a, [209];
  • duties of commissioner and examiner before granting a, [210];
  • right of appeal if not granted, [210];
  • infringement of, and injunction to prevent, [211];
  • form for assignment of right, [304]
• Owners, in common, of vessels, [236], [237]
  
• Parent, natural and adopted, [5];
  • legal forms of, [211], [212];
  • note or check given in, [212];
  • applications of general on several debts, [212];
  • receipt not conclusive evidence of, [213];
  • effect of a seal in a receipt for, [214];
  • on receipt of documents, [235];
  • partial, of purchase money completes sale, [243];
  • partial, revives debt barred by Statute of Limitations, [245];
  • of money, form for bond for, [305]
• Partner, a member of beneficial association not a, [39];
• Partnership, rules for termination of agency, [14];
• Party wall, form for agreement concerning, [277]
  • form for agreement for sale of practise of a, [309]
• Passenger, duty of automobile owner or hirer, in carrying, [22];
  • has insurable interest in goods, [126]
• Patent, [202];
• Pawn Broker, [45], [47]
  • form of assignment of, [302];
  • see Insurance, Fire; Insurance, Life
• Payment, when can double be required, [9], [211];
• Peck, quoted, [117]
• Pedestrian, rights of, [22]
• Physician, admission of, to beneficial associations, [41];
• Pledgee, authority of, [7];
• Pledgor, of stock, [85], [86]
  • given by a homesteader, [14];
  • revoked by woman's marriage, [14];
  • form for, [299];
  • to transfer stock, form for, [300]
• Policy, insurance, [168]-176;
• Poll deed, [106]
• Possession and control, transfer of constitutes delivery, [243]
• Postmaster, liability of, [52]
• Post office, is agency of offerer of contract, [69], [70]
  • to land, how gained, [214];
  • how determine whether or not fully acquired, [214];
  • to light and air, [215];
  • to use of water, [216];
  • to lateral support of land, [217];
  • excavations, [218]
• Pond, title to land under and around, [112]
  • determination of reasonable, [231]
• Power of attorney given to an agent, [7];
• Precedent, nature of, [1]
  • fraudulent transfer of, [32], [33];
  • real and personal, in wells, [263]
• Preference, defined, [32]
  • malicious, is a wrong, [249]
• Preferred stock, see Corporation
  • injured person as, [164]
• Premium, see Insurance, Life; Insurance, Fire
• Prescriptive Rights, [214];
• Price, fixing of, in a sale, [230];
• Promise to pay a debt, renewal of, [244], [245]
  • definition, [218];
  • gift cannot be reclaimed, [218];
  • recovery for incidental advantage to another, [218], [219];
  • for service rendered as gratuity, [219];
  • for goods accepted without intended payment, [219];
  • for perished property, [220];
  • premium on insurance policy, [220];
  • recovery in case of indefinite promise, [220];
  • contract not executed as law requires, [220], [221];
  • especially Statute of Frauds, [221], [222];
  • recovery for use of unpaid for land, [222];
  • recovery impossible in case of no benefit, [222];
  • recovery impossible by taking advantage of one's own default, [223];
  • recovery for loss in course of alteration and repair, [223];
  • in case of illness or death of contractor, [223];
  • in wagering contract, [224];
  • in contracts made on Sunday, [224];
  • on partnership note given for benefit of partner, [224];
  • of goods delivered by carrier to wrong person, [224];
  • of payment made by mistake, [225];
  • when consideration has totally failed, [225];
  • voluntary payment, [225];
  • recovery of check not covered by deposit, [225];
  • goods sold as own which are not, [225];
  • goods that are worthless, [225];
  • forced benefit cannot be recovered, [226]
• Property, lost, [26], [27];
• Prosecution, liability of corporation for, [99];
  • form for deed of, [285], [286]
• Prosecutor, State as, [164];
• Publication, prior, of an invention, [204]
• Public Officers, and Compensation Acts, [272]
• Purchasers of vessels, liability of, [238]
  
• Quasi Contract, [218];
  • deeds, [101]-112;
  • monuments, [111];
  • boundaries of, in cities, [111];
  • non-navigable stream, [111];
  • tidal navigable stream, [112];
  • natural or artificial pond as boundary, [111], [112];
  • title to land in public highway, [112];
  • liability of examiner of title, [112], [113];
  • equity awards money for failure of contract, [120];
  • equity will enforce covenants, [122];
  • seller favored by law in regard to fixtures, [132], [133];
  • conveyance of, in Statute of Frauds, [242].
  • See Lease
• Quit, form for notice to, [299]
• Quit-claim, [106];
  • has insurable interest in goods, [126].
  • See Corporation
• Quo warranto, action of, [166]
  
• Race track news by telegraph, [217]
  • by ward of his guardian, form for, [314]
• Railroad receivers, [8]
• Ratification, defective notice of meeting may be cured by, [83]
• Real Estate, broker, [45], [46];
• Receipt not conclusive evidence of payment, [213]
• Receiver, duties of, [79];
• Registration of vessels, [235]
  • to light and air, [215];
  • to use of water, [216];
  • to lateral support of land, [217]
• Release, [106];
• Rent, [160]
• Replevin, action of, [165]
• Representation, as distinguished from warranty, [260]
  • future contract to sell and present sale, [227];
  • based on mutual assent, [227];
  • executory, [227];
  • executed, [227];
  • based on mutual assent, [227];
  • may be conditional, [227];
  • regulation of capacity to buy and sell, [228];
  • contracts of a minor, [228];
  • Sales Act and Statute of Frauds, [229];
  • limit of enforcement of sale, [229];
  • an undivided share, [229];
  • specific goods, [230];
  • fixing of price in a, [230];
  • determination of reasonable price, [231];
  • and warranties, [231];
  • satisfaction of buyer necessary, [231];
  • implied warranty in a, [232], [233];
  • transfer of ownership in a, [233];
  • delivery and acceptance in a, [234];
  • delivery of goods or documents on payment, [234];
  • speculative stock, [235];
  • of goods, wares, and merchandise in Statute of Frauds, [242];
  • various modes of completing, [243];
  • of land, form for agreement for, [297];
  • Bill of, form for, [281];
  • form for notice of, under mortgage, [291]
• Retraction, of slander and libel, [255]
  • and undivided share of goods, [229];
  • and Statute of Frauds, [229];
  • and specific goods, [230];
  • fixing of price in, [230];
  • determination of reasonable price, [231];
  • satisfaction of buyer necessary, [231];
  • warranty and implied warranty, [232], [233];
  • delivery and acceptance, [234];
  • delivery of goods or documents on payment, [234]
• Revocation of wills, [266]
  • effect of, in a receipt for payment, [214]
• Right of way, [214];
• Riparian owner, rights of, [112]
• Roads, public, [19]
  
• Safe Deposit Company, as bailee, [29]
• Sale, [227];
  • See Corporation
• Sales Act, [17], [228];
  • of stock, form for agreement to sell, [302]
• Seal, use of, [106];
• Seamen, of vessels, laws pertaining to, [241]
• Separation, between husband and wife, [143], [144]
  • in case of drunkenness, [118];
  • and libel, action of, [166];
  • and libel, distinctions between, [252];
  • is a wrong, [250], [251];
  • definition of, [253]
• Servants, domestic and Compensation Acts, [269]
• Service, contract of, [267]
• Shareholder, rights of, [101].
• Shares, land rented on, [161];
  • and lease, [152];
  • and recovery on contract, [221], [222];
  • and sale of goods, [229], [242], [243];
  • and delivery and acceptance, [242];
  • and sale of real estate, [242];
  • and manufacturer, [243]
• Shipping, [235]. See Vessels
  • pertaining to lost property, [26], [27];
  • to beneficial associations, [39];
  • to pawn-brokers, [47];
  • limiting amount carrier must pay for lost life, [50];
  • regarding mail carrying by private express, [52];
  • pertaining to chattel mortgages, [55], [56];
  • imposing higher inheritance tax for non-resident aliens, [63];
  • allowing individual to form corporations with legislative aid, [73];
  • pertaining to married women's subscriptions to stock, [75];
  • provisions for corporations, [80], [81], [83], [99];
  • controlling bank directors, [92];
  • fixing liability of parties, [105];
  • requiring two witnesses to deed, [107];
  • modifying dower rights, [116];
  • giving insurer right to cancel fire insurance policy, [127];
  • providing for total loss, [131];
  • exempting innkeepers from loss by fire, [148];
  • changing responsibility of innkeeper, [149];
  • in New York relative to termination of leases, [154]
• Shipping Broker, [45]
  • application of, to directors, [90];
  • operation of, to cancel debt, [213];
  • various provisions, [243], [244], [245]
• Slander, liability of corporation, [11], [12], [99];
  • who can subscribe to, [75];
  • fictitious subscriptions, [75];
  • certificates, [76], [86];
  • capital increased, [76];
  • preferred, [76];
  • subscription to, a contract, [77];
  • corporation cannot purchase own, [78];
  • corporation has no lien on its, [78];
  • national banking law, [78];
  • assessments on, [79];
  • majority shall rule may be modified, [80];
  • purchaser of, should give notice to company, [82];
  • sale of, [83];
  • trustee legal owner, [84];
  • executor can vote, of testator, [84], [85];
  • administer can vote, [85];
  • owned by partnership represented by partner, [85];
  • seller and purchaser, [85];
  • pledgor and pledgee, [85], [86];
  • transferee, [85];
  • dividends, [94];
  • owners of, can examine books, [101];
  • equity compels delivery of stock, [119], [120];
  • owner of, in corporation has insurable interest in goods, [126];
  • speculative sales of, [235];
  • form for power of attorney to transfer, [300];
  • certificate, form for, [301];
  • form for agreement to sell, [302];
  • form for transfer of, [303].
  • See Corporation
• Sleeping car, [51]
• Snow, liability for, on pavement, [162]
• Spring of water, restrictions of owner, [217]
• Statute of Frauds, and auctioneer, [17];
• Statutes, [1], [2];
• Statutes of Limitation, claim barred by, and bankruptcy, [35];
• Stock, [75];
  • on homestead, [137]
• Stolen property, resale of, [261]
  • not a common carrier, [246];
  • must serve all who apply and offer to pay, [246];
  • cannot discriminate against another telegraph company, [246];
  • strike sufficient excuse for delay, [246];
  • can be penalized for delay in interstate business, [246];
  • prohibited by statute from limiting their own liability, [246];
  • may be prohibited from transmitting racetrack news, [247];
  • must transmit all messages except those containing indecent language, [247];
  • may close at reasonable hours, [247];
  • may require sender to designate route of message, [247];
  • messages should not be made public, [247];
  • rules for within the state business differ from the rules for interstate business, [247];
  • repeated and unrepeated messages, [248]
• Strike, excuses telegraph company for delay, [246]
  • company cannot favor any telegraph company, [246];
  • cannot legally charge a telegraph company more than any other patron, [246];
  • cannot discriminate against another telephone company, [246]
• Sub-agent, [10], [15]
  • See Lease
• Sublease, [157]
• Subscription to build a church, form for, [299]
• Subtenant, [157]
  
  • requirements of, [264]
• Taxes, of beneficial associations, [41];
  • to real estate, [112], [113];
  • warranty of seller's when in possession of the goods, [261]
• Telegraph, [246], [248];
• Telephone, [246]-248;
  • definition, and examples, [248];
  • false imprisonment, [249];
  • malicious prosecution, [249];
  • assault and battery, [250];
  • defamation of reputation and character, slander, [250], [251];
  • must be brought to the knowledge of a third person, [251];
  • libel, vituperation, and abuse, [251];
  • distinctions between libel and slander, [252];
  • a corporation may be slandered, [253];
  • defenses in actions for slander or libel, [253];
  • apologies or retractions, [255];
  • private nuisances, [255];
  • motives not material, [255];
  • acts of discomfort amounting to nuisances, [256];
  • temporary annoyances, [256];
  • distinction between acts that annoy, and acts that injure, [257];
  • liability of land owner, [257];
  • trespassing cattle, [257];
  • vicious animals, [258];
  • starter of a fire, [258];
  • keeper of explosives, [258];
  • liability of a manufacturer, [258];
  • users of other persons' property, [259];
  • liability for acts of children, [260]
• Tenant, favored by law in regard to fixtures, [132].
• Term of lease, defined, [153]
• Terms, explanation of, [1]
• Testator, must possess sound mind, [262], [263], [264];
• Title to bed of lakes, [112];
• Tort, action in, [166]
• Torts (or wrongs), [248]-260;
  • must give bond, [37];
  • removal of, [37];
  • death of, [37];
  • represents bankrupt debtor, [37];
  • duties, [37];
  • may make lease, [156];
  • powers of, [265]
• Trades-unions, [38]
• Transfer of shares of stock, form for, [303]
  • liability of, for conduct of a private mail driver, [52];
  • citizen of, defined, [62];
  • act conferring citizenship on alien women, [62];
  • naturalization laws, [62], [63]
• Tree, divisional, law relating to, [113]
  • sales of auctioneer, [18];
  • may take into account in insurance policy, [128];
  • in presenting check for payment, [192];
  • creates implied warranty, [233];
  • delivery of goods affected by, [234]
• Trenchard, Justice, quoted, [112], [113]
  • may have lien for purchase money, [180];
  • notice of lien, [181]
• Trespass, action of, [165]
  • can be registered only by citizens of United States, [235];
  • sale to a foreigner, [236];
  • enrollment of, [236];
  • license of, [236];
  • title to, how acquired, [236];
  • when owned by corporations, [236];
  • owners or tenants in common of, [236]:
  • limitations of authority of owners in common of, [236];
  • majority and minority of owners in common of, [237];
  • liability of purchaser of, [238];
  • mortgaging of, [238];
  • rights of mortgagor of, [238];
  • borrowing money on, [239];
  • appointment of masters of, [239];
  • duties, and successors of, [240];
  • authority of, [240];
  • seamen, laws pertaining to, [241], [242]
• Trespasser, [152]
• Trustee, appointment of, in bankruptcy, [36];
• 
  
• Undivided share of goods, and Sales Act, [229]
  • form for release from guardian, [314]
• United States, common carrier for mails, [52];
  • and Sales Act, [231], [232], [233], [260];
  • distinction between and representation, [260];
  • statement made simply to awaken a buyer's interest not a, [260];
  • implied in all cases where vendor is an expert, [261];
  • in sale of food, [261];
  • of the seller's title, when in possession of the goods, [261];
  • when goods are sold by sample, [261];
  • form for deed of, [282], [283].
  • See Deceit, Sale
• Usage, affects agent's power, [8];
  • See Prescriptive Rights
• 
  
• Vendor, when can sell goods, [7];
  • rights in marriage.
  • See Husband and Wife
• Vessels, must be registered, [235];
  • definition, [262];
  • requirements for testator, [262];
  • witnesses of, [262];
  • real and personal property in, definitions of, [263];
  • should be in writing, [263];
  • devisee and legatee in, [263];
  • must be in accordance with laws of states, [263];
  • grounds on which are attacked, [263];
  • made by the insane, [264];
  • requirements of, [264];
  • when several are made, [264];
  • authority of trustee of, [265];
  • devise of lands in, [265];
  • date on which take effect, [265];
  • rights of wife in, [266];
  • revocation of, [266];
  • forms for, [315], [316], [317]
• Vituperation and abuse, a wrong, [251]
• Voluntary service, recovery for, [219]
• Voting, cumulating, described, [87], [88]
  
  • as mortgagee, [53];
  • and contracts, [65];
  • as subscriber to stock, [75];
  • husband of, entitled to curtesy, [101], [102];
  • execution of deed by, [109], [110];
  • and dower, [113];
  • lease made by, [155];
  • and Statute of Limitations, [244];
  • may be devisee or legatee, [264].
  • See Husband and Wife
• Ward, death of, terminates lease, [155];
• Warranty, deed of, [104], [105];
  • who is compensated under, [267];
  • who is not, [267];
  • contract of service necessary, [267];
  • condition of health of no consequence, [268];
  • minors, apprentices, and farm laborers, [268];
  • domestic servants, [269];
  • casual employees, [270];
  • independent contractors, [271];
  • Federal employees, [271];
  • public officers, [272];
  • dependents of workers, [272];
  • children of workmen, [273];
  • earnings the basis for computation of compensation, [274];
  • death of workman, [274];
  • total and partial incapacity, [275];
  • form for claim of lien by, [279]
• Water, use of stream of, [216].
• Widow, rights of, [136]. See Dower
• Wife, rights of in will, [266];
• Will, mortgagor dies without leaving, [182];
• Williston, quoted, on stock sales, [235]
• Witnesses of wills, number required, [262]
• Woman married, limited power of, [7];
• Work and labor, form for agreement for, [280]
• Workmen's Compensation Acts, injury to chauffeurs, [57], [266];
• Wrongs. See Torts, [248]-260

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