Commercial Law

by Richard D. Currier; Richard William Hill; Samuel Williston

INDEX

• *A., E., [277], [280]

• Acceptance, [32]
• Accommodation Bills, [357]
• Accounting, [133]
• Adequacy of Consideration, [57]
• Administrators, [68], [340]
• Advertisements, [36]
• Agency, [122], [141]
• Agency, Irrevocable, [148]
• Airplanes, [12]
• Alteration, [72]
• Alteration of Written Contracts, [113]
• Aliens, [77], [84]
• Analysis of Indenture, [219]
• Anti-Trust Act, [206]
• Architect's Certificate, [87]
• Articles of Partnership, [175]
• Assault and Battery, [408]
• Assets, Division of, [186]
• Assets of Partnership, [186]
• Assignment of Duties, [107]
• Assignment of Future Claims, [110]
• Assignment of Rights, [106]
• Assignments, [105]
• Assignments, Forged, [242]
• Assignments, General, [425], [430]
• Assignments, Meaning of, [105]
• Assignments, Partial, [109]
• Assignments by Unauthorized Agent, [243]
• Assumption of Mortgage, [314]
• Attachment, [369], [374]
• Attachment of Stock, [248]
• Attorney, Powers of, [105], [125]
• Auction Sales, [39]
• Authority of Agent, [132]
• Avoidance, [81]
• 
  
• Bailment, [262]
• Bank Accounting, [228]
• Bank Officers, Liability of, [226]
• Bank President, [227]
• Bankruptcy, [66], [95], [247], [428]
• Bankruptcy, Composition in, [437]
• Barred Debts, [64], [65]
• Beneficiary, [75]
• Bids, [40]
• Bilateral Contracts, [26], [108]
• Bills and Notes, [378]
• Bills of Exchange, [392]
• Bills of Lading, [270], [347]
• Blue Sky Laws, [229]
• Bonds, [216], [217]
• Breach of Contract, [92]
• Breach of Warranty, [281]
• Building Contracts, [87]
• Burglary, [422]
• 
  
• Capacity, Lack of, [244]
• Capacity of Parties, [74], [77], [264]
• Carriers, [267], [344]
• Certificate of Architect, [88]
• Certificates, Forged, [241]
• Certificates, Unindorsed, [256]
• Certificates, Lost, [255]
• Chattels, [291]
• Chattels, Leases of, [291]
• Chattel Mortgage, [291]
• Checks, [112], [382]
• Claim, Liquidated, [59], [112]
• Claim, Proof of, [434]
• Claim, Unliquidated, [112]
• C. O. D., [270]
• Commercial Law, [7]
• Common Carriers, [344]
• Common Law, [9]
• Competition, Unfair, [457]
• Composition in Bankruptcy, [437]
• Composition with Creditors, [425]
• Conditional Contracts, [86]
• Conditional Promise, [35]
• Conditional Sales, [289]
• Conflict of Laws, [336], [458]
• Consideration, [57], [390]
• Consignments, [290]
• Construction of Wills, [334]
• Contract, Agency by, [125]
• Contract to Sell, [261]
• Contracts, [24], [299], [462]
• Contracts:
• Bilateral, [26], [108]
• Breach of, [92]
• Building, [87]
• By Correspondence, [48]
• By Mail, [48]
• Definition of, [24]
• Discharge of, [110]
• Drafting, [114]
• Enforceability, [57]
• Formal, [25]
• Gambling, [102]
• Illegal, [101]
• Implied, [41]
• Informal, [25]
• In Restraint of Trade, [101]
• Installment, [91]
• Liquidated, [58], [59]
• Of Employment, [88]
• Performance, [86]
• Quasi, [115]
• Sealed, [27]
• Simple, [29]
• To Sell, [261]
• Termination, [86]
• Unenforceable, [26]
• Unilateral, [26]
• Unliquidated, [59]
• Void, [26], [81]
• Voidable, [26], [66], [78], [81]
• Written, [38], [72], [113]
• Contractors, [161]
• Contribution, [446]
• Contributory Negligence, [416]
• Conveyances, Fraudulent, [429]
• Copyright, [450]
• Corporations, [85], [86], [192]
• By-Laws, [207]
• Citizenship of, [196]
• Creation of, [194]
• De Facto, [201]
• De Jure, [201]
• Directors, [212]
• Foreign, [209]
• Indenture, [217]
• Joint Stock, [168]
• Kinds of, [194]
• Liability of, [205]
• Liability of Directors, [224]
• Liability of Officers, [224]
• Management of, [210]
• Powers of, [197], [221]
• Stockholders, [208]
• Correspondence, Contracts by, [48]
• Counter Offer, [43]
• Courts, [20], [21]
• Creation of Corporations, [194]
• Creditors' Rights, [186]
• Criminal Law, [205], [405], [419]
• Cumulative Dividends, [223]
• Cumulative Voting, [213]
• Curtesy, [300], [336]
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• Death, [44], [375]
• Debts, [64], [65]
• Deceit, [412]
• Deeds of Trust, [317]
• De Facto Corporation, [201]
• Default, [301]
• Defective Goods, [282]
• Definition of Agency, [122]
• Definition of Contracts, [24]
• Definition of Law, [7]
• Definition of Partnership, [164]
• De Jure Corporation, [201]
• Delectus Personarum, [173]
• Delivery, [272], [388]
• Delivery, Lack of, [244]
• Destruction of Goods in Transit, [362]
• Directors, [212], [221]
• Directors, Election of, [212]
• Directors, Liability of, [224]
• Directors, Powers of, [197], [221]
• Disability, [124]
• Discharge of Contracts, [110]
• Dividends, [222]
• Divine Law, [7]
• Division of Assets, [186]
• Dower, [300], [335]
• Drafting Contracts, [114]
• Drafts, [381]
• Drunkards, [77], [79], [82]
• Due Course, Holders in, [383], [396]
• Duress, [99]
• Duties, Assignment of, [107]
• 
  
• Easements, [14]
• Employment Contracts, [88]
• Enforceability of Contracts, [57]
• Equitable Title, [284]
• Equity of Redemption, [308]
• Entity Theory, [193]
• Estates and Trusts, [321]
• Escheat, [319]
• Estoppel, [128], [130]
• Executors, [68], [254], [340]
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• Fact, Mistakes of, [100], [116]
• False Imprisonment, [414]
• Fidelity, [133]
• Fiduciary Duties, [104]
• Firm Name, [176]
• Firm Property, [186]
• Forbearance, [63]
• Foreclosure, [316]
• Foreign Corporations, [209]
• Forged Assignments, [242]
• Forged Certificates, [241]
• Forgery, [367], [423]
• Formal Contracts, [25]
• Forms:
• Check, [382]
• Draft, [381]
• Promissory Note, [379]
• Will, [328]
• Fraud, [96], [97], [98], [99], [412]
• Frauds, Statute of, [67]
• Fraudulent Conveyances, [429]
• Fraudulent Sales, [285]
• Full Payment, [112]
• Future Claims, [110]
• Gambling Contracts, [102]
• Garnishment, [373]
• General Agents, [141]
• General Assignments, [425], [430]
• Gifts, [261], [293], [324], [376]
• Goodwill, [178]
• Guarantee, [36], [68], [440]
• Guaranty (see Guarantee).
• 
  
• Holder in Due Course, [383], [396]
• Homicide, [421]
• Husband and Wife, [249]
• 
  
• Illegal Contracts, [101]
• Illegal Object, [172]
• Illegality, [104]
• Implied Authority, [137]
• Implied Contracts, [41]
• Implied Warranty, [277]
• Impossibility, [100]
• Imprisonment, False, [414]
• Inability, [94]
• Incapacity, [244]
• Indentures, [219]
• Independent Contractors, [161]
• Indorsement, Qualified, [399]
• Indorser, [398]
• Infancy, [66]
• Infants, [11], [20], [26], [66], [77], [78], [79]
• Informal Contracts, [25]
• Inheritance Tax Laws, [377]
• Insane, [80]
• Insanity, [44], [77], [79]
• Insolvency, [95]
• Insolvent Debtors, [425]
• Inspection, [273], [278]
• Installment Contracts, [91]
• Insurance, [86], [438]
• Insurance Policy, [36]
• Intent, [30]
• Interest, [466]
• Interpleader, [256]
• Interpretation, [155]
• Irrevocable Agencies, [148]
• Issue of Stock, [215]
• 
  
• Joint Stock Corporations, [168]
• 
  
• Knowledge of Illegality, [104]
• 
  
• Lack of Capacity, [244]
• Lack of Delivery, [244]
• Lands, [69]
• Larceny, [423]
• Law, Common, [9]
• Law, Definition of, [7]
• Law of Partnership, [163]
• Law, Source of, [10]
• Law, Systems of, [9]
• Law, Where to Look for, [11]
• Lawrence v. Fox, [75]
• Lawyers, [17]
• Leases, [435]
• Leases of Chattels, [291]
• Legal Duty, [62]
• Legal Title, [284]
• Liability of Agent, [144]
• Liability of Bank Officers, [226]
• Liability of Directors, [224]
• Liability of Officers, [224]
• Liability of Partnership, [165]
• Libel, [409]
• Limitations, Statute of, [63]
• Limited, [190]
• Limited Partnership, [188]
• Liquidated Claims, [61], [112]
• Liquidated Contracts, [58], [59]
• Liquidation of Partnership, [188]
• Lost Certificates, [255]
• 
  
• Magazine Subscription, [55]
• Mail Contracts, [48]
• Manslaughter, [422]
• Marriage, [69]
• Married Women, [82], [83]
• Master and Servant, [121], [149]
• Meeting of Stockholders, [208]
• Mistake, [100], [116]
• Misstatements of Opinion, [97]
• Moral Law, [7]
• Mortgage, Assumption of, [314]
• Mortgage Deed of Trust, [218]
• Mortgages, [291], [304]
• Mortgages, Chattel, [291]
• 
  
• Necessaries, [80]
• Negligence, [281], [416]
• Negligence, Contributory, [416]
• Negligence of Agent, [160]
• Negotiable Instruments Act, [378]
• Negotiable Paper, [378], [465]
• Negotiability, [364], [380], [394], [403]
• Newspaper Subscriptions, [55]
• Non-Assignable Rights, [106]
• Novation, [108]
• 
  
• Offer and Acceptance, [32], [51]
• Open Receipts, [371]
• Operation of Law, [147]
• Opinion, [97], [275]
• Options, [34], [35], [94]
• Oral Agreements, [38]
• Ownership of Stock, [240]
• Ownership, Rights of, [259]
• 
  
• Part Payment, [65]
• Partial Assignments, [109]
• Parties, Capacity of, [74], [77], [264]
• Partner by Estoppel, [171]
• Partner, Powers of, [177]
• Partner, Secret, [190]
• Partner, Silent, [190]
• Partnership, [163], [188]
• Past Consideration, [61]
• Patents, [448]
• Performance, [87]
• Performance Excused, [87]
• Performance of Contracts, [86]
• Performance, Specific, [303]
• Personal Property, [258], [259]
• Photographs, [15]
• Power of Attorney, [105], [125]
• Powers of Corporations, [197], [221]
• Powers of Partners, [177]
• Preferences, [430]
• Principal and Agent, [121]
• Principal, Liability of, [142]
• Principal, Rights of, [142]
• Principal Undisclosed, [141]
• Privilege, [411]
• Probate of Wills, [331]
• Promise, Conditional, [35]
• Promise to Marry, [69]
• Promissory Note, [379]
• Promoters, [202]
• Property, Personal, [258], [259]
• Property, Real, [259], [276], [298]
• Proof of Claims, [434]
• Prospectus, [230]
• Protest, [401]
• Proxy, [144], [214]
• 
  
• Qualified Indorsements, [399]
• Quasi Contracts, [115]
• 
  
• Railroad Commissions, [345]
• Ratification, [81], [128], [142]
• Real Estate, [69], [298]
• Real Property, [259], [276], [298]
• Receipt in Full, [113]
• Receipt of Acceptance, [53]
• Receipts, [59]
• Receipts, Trust, [355]
• Receipts, Warehouse, [370]
• Receiverships, [430]
• Reimbursement, [136]
• Rejection, [42], [43]
• Releases, [59]
• Renunciation, [113], [147]
• Repudiation, [95]
• Restraint of Trade, [101]
• Revival of Debts, [66]
• Revocation, [42], [146], [330]
• Rewards, [46]
• Rights, Non-Assignable, [106]
• Rights of Ownership, [259]
• Robbery, [424]
• 
  
• Safe Deposit Companies, [372]
• Sale of Goods, [71]
• Sales Act, [287]
• Sales, Fraudulent, [285]
• Sales of Land, [69]
• Sales of Personal Property, [260]
• Sealed Contracts, [27]
• Sealed Powers of Attorney, [126]
• Seals, [27]
• Searches, Title, [319]
• Secret Partner, [190]
• Securities, [231]
• Self-Defense, [409]
• Set-Off, [436]
• Servant, Master and, [121], [149]
• Service of Agent, [132]
• Sherman Anti-Trust Act, [206]
• Shipper's Load and Count, [361]
• Side Compensation, [134]
• Silence Gives Consent, [53]
• Silent Partners, [190]
• Simple Contracts, [29]
• Slander, [409]
• Source of Law, [10]
• Special Agents, [141]
• Spent Bills, [363]
• Specific Performance, [303]
• Statute of Frauds, [67]
• Statute of Limitations, [63]
• Stock, Attachment of, [248]
• Stock Certificate, Theft of, [244]
• Stock, Dividends on, [222]
• Stock Held in Trust, [250]
• Stock, Issue of, [215]
• Stock, Ownership of, [240]
• Stock, Power to Sell, [251]
• Stock, Transfer of, [238]
• Stockholders, [208]
• Stoppage in Transit, [284]
• Surety Companies, [446]
• Suretyship, [440]
• Systems of Law, [9]
• 
  
• Tenders, [40]
• Termination of Agency, [145], [147]
• Termination of Contract, [86]
• Termination of Partnership, [185]
• Termination of Offer, [44], [45]
• Testamentary Capacity, [325]
• Theft of Stock Certificate, [244]
• Title, [265], [276]
• Title Searches, [319]
• Torrens Law, [317]
• Torts, [142], [205], [405]
• Torts of Agent, [142]
• Trade Marks, [456]
• Trade Names, [456]
• Trade, Restraint of, [101]
• Transit, Goods in, [362]
• Transit, Stoppage in, [284]
• Transfer of Property, [96]
• Transfer of Stock, [238]
• Trust, Deeds of, [317]
• Trust Receipts, [355]
• Trustee, [250], [251], [252], [253], [340]
• Trustee in Bankruptcy, [432]
• Trusts, [339]
• Trusts, Voting, [215]
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• Ultra Vires, [199]
• Unauthorized Assignment, [243]
• Unconditional Promise, [385]
• Undue Influence, [99]
• Undisclosed Principal, [141]
• Unenforceable Contracts, [26]
• Unfair Competition, [457]
• Uniform Partnership Act, [164]
• Uniform Transfer of Stock, [238]
• Unilateral Contracts, [26]
• Unindorsed Certificate, [256]
• Unliquidated Claim, [112]
• Unliquidated Contracts, [59]
• Use of Language, [51]
• Usury, [466]
• 
  
• Vendor's Lien, [304]
• Void Contracts, [26], [81]
• Voidable Contracts, [26], [66], [78], [81]
• Voting Trusts, [215]
• 
  
• Warehouse Receipts, [370]
• Warehousemen, [344]
• Warehouses, [344]
• Warranty, [144], [274]
• Warranty, Breach of, [281]
• Warranty, Implied, [277]
• Warranty of Agent, [144]
• Wife, Husband and, [249]
• Wills, [322]
• Witnessed Power of Attorney, [126]
• Workmen's Compensation Act, [154]
• Writing, [67], [72]
• Written Contracts, [38], [72], [113]
• Written Contracts, Alteration of, [113]

Transcriber's Note

Minor inconsistencies in punctuation or hyphenation have been corrected.