Imágenes de páginas
PDF
EPUB

INDEX.

Tidal rivers, I

[blocks in formation]

Time, Computation of-Continued.
Statute of limitations, 6

Sunday, 10

Act to be done by or within a cer-
tain time, 14

Compensation by the day, 14

Days of grace, 13
English rule, 11
General rule, 10

Negotiable instrument falling due
on Sunday, 13

Policy of insurance falling due on
Sunday, 13

Protests against United States du-
ties, 12

Recordation of mortgage, 13

Redemption of land sold for
taxes, 12

Redemption of land sold under
mortgage, 12

Rule one of expediency, 10, II
Tender, 13

Term of court, 14

When excluded generally, 10
When included generally, 10

When performance must be on
Saturday, 14

Where contract matures on Sun-
day, 12

Where judicial days are meant, 11
Where last day falls on Sunday, 12
Where number of days exceed

[blocks in formation]

Time-tables, 14
Conditions, 17

Containing limitations upon liability
of carrier, 17

Containing notice that company
does not warrant the arrival and
departure of trains, 18

Contributory negligence of em-
ployé, 16

Definition, 14

Duty of company, 15

Failure to make connections as ad-
vertised, 15

Failure to stop at station as adver-
tised, 15

Injury to employés, 16

Issuing for the use of employés, 18
Liability and damages for failure to
conform to, 15

Obligation of carrier to conform
to, 15

Obligation to employés, 16

Other cause, 18

Question for jury, 17

Reasonable notice of change, 17
Right to change, 17

Statement by company's agent, 18
Where failure to comply is not due
to company's negligence, 15
Whether duty to comply with is ab-
solute, 15

Willful detention by the conduc-
tor, 15

Tippling-house, 18

Title, 20

Actual right of possession, 21
Apparent right of possession, 21
Color of title, 26, 32

Prior possession as against, 32
Special statute of limitations, 37
Constructive possession, 30
Definition, 20

Ejectment, 27

Elements of title, 21

Forcible entry and detainer, 27

How far possession gives a right, 27
Forcible entry and detainer, 27
Replevin, 28

Trover, 28

[blocks in formation]

Title-Continued.
Bare possession, 29
Color of title, 37

Discussion of the doctrine, 32, 35
Doctrine that outstanding title
always defeats plaintiff, 32
Generally, 29

Necessity of strict legal title, 36
Origin of doctrine, 35

Outstanding title in ejectment, 32
Outstanding title of government,
35
Plaintiff recovering on strength of
his own title, 32

Plaintiff showing a better right, 32
Possession must be exclusive, 29
Possession per se, 22

Possession under statute of limita-
tions, 37

Prior possession, 31

Prior possession as against color
of title, 32
Tenant at will, 30

Tort-feasor, 30

When bare possession sufficient, 29
When defendant may invoke, 32
Possession distinguished from seisin,
25

Right of possession, 21

Seisin distinguished from posses-
sion, 25

Squatter claims, 29
Stages of title, 21

Constructive possession, 24
Importance of, 22

Mere right of property, 24
Three stages, 21

Trespass, 27

Title insurance, 19

Definition and nature of business, 19

[blocks in formation]

Distinguished from freight, 51
Ton, 51

Tonnage, 52

Tontine insurance, 52
Accounting, 65

Conflict of opinion, 66
In Illinois, 67

In Massachusetts, 67

Whether insured entitled to, 65

Analogy to other branches of law, 56

Analogy to other societies, 58

Analogy to survivorship, 56

Tontine insurance-Continued.

At common law, 56

Examples, 57

Application to life insurance, 54
Application to private annuities, 54
Assignment of policy, 68.

Policy payable to insured's es-
tate, 68

Right of beneficiary, 68

Right of the insured generally, 68
Whether beneficiary pays pre-
mium, 68

Beneficiary's interest in general
fund, 62

Characteristics of a tontine policy, 60
Definition, 52

Distribution of dividends, 62
Estimates of tontinism, 58

Examples of government measures,53
Floating public loans by, 53
Forfeiture, 61

Effect of non-forfeiture statutes on
tontine policies, 62

Life insurance in general, 61
Tontine exceptions, 62

Gambling contracts, 58

[blocks in formation]
[blocks in formation]

Whether confined to manual imple-
ments, 69

Whether tools must be absolutely

[blocks in formation]

Towage; tugs and tows-Continued.

Maritime, 93

Contracts of towage, 81

Negligence of tug, 82

Power of master to contract, 82
Refusal of services, 81

Stipulation that towage shall be
at risk of owners, 82
Substitution of tugs, 81
Termination of contract, Si
Towage in salvage service, 81
Warranty of vessel's fitness, 81
What agreements of master are
binding upon owners, 82

What contract covers, 81
Where contract is a warranty, 81
Definition, 80
Deviation, 81

Division of damages, 96

Weakness of tow, 97

Where both parties are at fault,
96

Evidence, 95

Ice, 88

Lien, 93

For damages, 95.

How lien created, 93

Whether a maritime, 93

Measure of damages, 96

For detention, 96

For injuries, 96

For violation of contract, 96

Mutual responsibility of tug and

tow, 92

Obligation imposed by law,90
Remuneration for towage, 92

Burden to show agreement as to
remuneration, 93
Exorbitant agreement, 92
Extra compensation, 92

Lien, 93

Tow carried to a foreign port, 93
Tug taking advantage of tow's
distress, 92

Where no sum has been agreed

[blocks in formation]

Towage; tugs and tows-Continued.
When tow not guilty of contrib-
utory negligence, 91
Responsibility of tug, 82
Abandonment of tow, 86
As common carrier, 88
Bridges, 84

Capacity of vessel, 82

Choosing time to make voyage,
83

Condition of weather, 87
Defective appliances, 86

Duty to consult safety of tow, 86
Duty to know accustomed water-
ways, 84

Ebb and flow of tide, 85
For navigation, 83
For negligence, 89, 95
Abandonment of tow, 86
Contracts limiting liability, 82
In making up tow, 83
Presumption of negligence, 89
When liable, 89

Whether obligation arises from
contract, 89, 90

For proper management of ves-
sel, 83

Ice, 88

In general, 82

In making up tow, 83-

In navigation, 84

Leaving helm

person, 85

to incompetent

Leaving tow in unsafe place, 87
Leaving tow unattended in harbor,

[blocks in formation]
« AnteriorContinuar »