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DAMAGES. Auction sale as proof of. Guiterman v.
Liverpool, N. Y. & P. S. Co. (N. Y. App.).
2.-In action by parent for injury to child, compensatory
only. Durkee v. Central Pac. R. R. Co. (Cal. S. C.)... 237
3.-For breach of building contract by builder. Kidd v.
McCormack (N. Y. App.)....

4.-Eviction; measure of damages in action for. Lanigan
v. Kille (Penn. S. C.)....

5.-Measure of, in coal mined by mistake. Austin v. Hunts-
ville Coal & M. Co. (Mo. S. C.)..
6.-Negligence; owner of defective premises liable for in-
jury to one thereon by invitation. Bennett v. Louis-
ville & N. R. R. Co. (Ü. S. S. C.).....
7.-Liquidated, or penalty; evidence. Little v. Banks (N.
Y. App.)..

See Animals; Attorney; Civil Damage Act; Eminent
Domain; Evidence; Municipal Corporations; Neg-
ligence; Receiver.

DEBTOR. See Practice.

DECISIONS OF OTHER STATES. Authority
of; duty of carrier as to delivery of goods. Faulkner
v. Hart (N. Y. App.)..

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DEED. Certificate of acknowledgment not conclusive
by one non compos; not void but voidable, and eject-
ment will not lie to set aside. Evans v. Horan (Md.
App)
2. Of part of house, carries land. Hatch v. Brier (Me. S.
C.S
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3.-When notes and bonds given, variance in quantity not
ground for avoidance. Jenkins v. Balgiano (Md. App.) 476

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2.-Certificate of, no defense; accompanying mortgage
precludes defense of usury against innocent holder for
value. Weyh v. Boylan (Ñ. Y. App.)
3.-Corporation, one dealing with, as such may not deny
corporate existence. Spake v. Farmers' Bank (Penn.
S. C.)
4.-Divorce, party obtaining, cannot deny its validity. Elliot
v. Wohlfrom (Cal. S. C.).....

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237

See Agency; Bond; Married Woman.
EVIDENCE. Criminal evidence; declarations of third
persons, when admissible as part of res gestæ. Com-
monwealth v. Ratcliffe (Mass. S. C.)
2.-When certified copy of originals on file in government
office, not. U. S. v. Pinson (U. S. S. C.)...
3. Declarations of common grantor as to height of dam;
intent. Putnam v. Fisher (Vt. S. C.).....
4.-Dying declarations not hearsay. Green v. State (Ala.
S. C.)

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5. Of expert; opinion formed from conflicting testimony.
Guiterman v. Liverpool, N. Y. & P. S. Co. (N. Y. App.) 114
6.-Husband and wife; criminal law; testimony of wife
against husband. Houghton v. People (N. Y. S. C.).. 443
7. Hypothetical questions; photographs of persons. Cow-
ley v. People (N. Y. App.)..
9.-Memoranda on slate subsequently transferred to
books. Redlich v. Bauerlee (Ill. S. C.)...
9.-Memorandum to refer to recollection; printed report;
when allowable. Comm. v. Ford (Mass. S. C.)....
10.-Official routine or reasons for statement that act was
done; right to put leading questions on cross-examina-
tion. People ex rel. Phelps v. Court of Oyer and
Terminer (N. Y. App.)

11.-Parol, to show that party signing written contract was
misled. Trambly v. Ricard (Mass. S. C.)
12.-Privileged communications; telegraph message in
company's hands not; subpoena duces tecum; cer-
tainty of description required; constitutional law. Ex
parte Brown (Mo. S. C.)
13.-Photographs of persons. Cowley v. People (N. Y.
App.)

14.-Presumption; possession of bill of lading; accept-
ance; when collateral fact may be proved by parol.
Sprague v. Hosmer (N. Y. App.).

15.-Presumption of death by seven years' absence. Went-
worth v. Wentworth (Me. S. C.)
16.-Rape: statement of prosecutrix. Osborn v. State
(Me. S. C.).

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17.-Secondary; if public records not found where
they should be kept, copies may be introduced with-
out further search. Johnson v. Arnwine (N. J.
S. C.)
18.-Seduction; evidence of pecuniary circumstances of
defendant not admissible by way of enhancing dam-
ages. Clem v. Holmes (Va. S. Č.)..
103
19.-Witness, impeaching; inquiry as to reputation for
truth not confined to time at which witness gives testi-
mony. Dolner v. Ward (N. Y. App.).....

See Constitutional Law; Corporations; Criminal
Law; Divorce; Infant; Insurance, Fire; Insur-
ance, Life; Judgment; Married Woman; Mortgage;
Municipal Corporations; Statutory Construction.
EVICTION. See Damages.

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FALSE IMPRISONMENT. Defendant not actively
instrumental in prosecution. Danby v. Beardsley
(Eng. C. P. D.)...

See Statute of Limitations.

FALSE PRETENSES. See Criminal Law.
FALSE REPRESENTATIONS. See Fraud.
FEDERAL QUESTION. See Jurisdiction.
FIDUCIARY DEBT. See Bankruptcy.
FISH. See Constitutional Law.

FIXTURES. Engine boiler in mill; lessor of engine
and mill-owner; when chattels annexed to real estate
retain their character as personal property. Hendy v.
Dickerhoff (Cal. S. C.) ....

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2.-Hotel sign-board, when not. Ex parte Sheen, re
Thomas (Eng. Bankr.)
3.-Real estate; water-wheel in mill a fixture; mill built
by one in possession under verbal contract of sale,
realty. Lapham v. Norton (Me. S. C.)..
4.-Trade erections without consent of landlord; rights of
lessee; bake-oven. Korbe v. Barbour (Mass. S. C.).... 477
FORECLOSURE. Order of sale where several par-
cels mortgaged to different persons. Bernhardt v.
Lymburner (N. Y. App.).
FORMS OF INSTRUMENTS. See Assignment.
FRANCHISE. Of railroad corporation to carry oil,
not exclusive. Cent. R. R. Co. v. Standard Oil Co.
(N. J. Ch.)
FRAUD. False representations to mercantile agency
as to means, give right of action to customer of agency
deceived by them. Eaton, C. & B. Co. v. Avery (N. Y.
App.)..
2.-False representation, what necessary to sustain action
for. Buschmann v. Codd (N. Y. App.)..

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See Contract.
FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE

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3. To restrain action of public officer under erroneous
award of contract bid for. Kell v. Mayor (Md. App.) 476
See Jurisdiction; Practice.

INNKEEPER AND GUEST. Liability for theft
of guest's coat. Kopper v. Willis (N. Y. C. P.)..............
2.-Liable as such for safety of cattle driven on road, taken
to keep. Hilton v. Adams (Me. S. C.)......
See Contract.

INSANITY. See Insurance, Life.

INSOLVENCY. See Banks and Banking; Constitu-
tional Law; National Banks; Sheriff.

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5.-Evidence as to value; stipulation as to use of building;
vacancy; notice of non-occupancy.
Imperial Fire Ins Co. (N. Y. App.)...
6.-Condition limiting time of commencement of action.
Barbee v. F. & M. Ins. Co. (W. Va. S. C.)..
7.-Condition in policy against insurer; vacancy of prem-
ises. Wakefield v. Orient Ins. Co. (Wis. S. C.).... 318
8-Condition in; notice of loss. Lockwood v. Middlesex
Mut. Ass. Co. (Conn. S. C.)...
9.-Condition against other insurance; waiver by agent;
conditions as to petroleum, etc., and extra-hazardous
articles. Putnam v. Commonwealth Ins. Co. (U. S.
C. C., N. Y.)....

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See Will.
GOOD-WILL. Sale of; restraint upon former owner
exercising same trade. Leggott v. Barrett (Eng. App.) 338
GUARANTY. By lightning-rod dealer against light-
ning, not insurance. Cole v. Haven (Iowa S. C.)....
See Suretyship.

GUARDIAN. Unfortunate investment, when not
liable for loss by. Haddock v. Planters' Bank (Ga. S.
C.)

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HIGHWAY. Municipal corporations, duty of, to
render street safe; stairways extending into street;
when not obstruction. Fitzgerald v. Berlin (Wis. S. C.) 258
HOMICIDE. See Criminal Law; Negligence.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Witness,
authority to punish contumacious; privileges of con-
gressmen. Kilbourn v. Thompson (U. S. S. C.)....... 227
HUSBAND AND WIFE. Authority of wife to
pledge husband's credit. Debenham v. Mellon (H. of L.) 271
See Burial; Divorce; Evidence; Marriage; Married
Woman.

INCOME TAX. See Taxation.
INDICTMENT. See Criminal Law.

INDORSEMENT. See Negotiable Instruments.
INFANT. Action by infant for moneys procured from
him by false promises; what is on contract and not on
tort. Sparman v. Keim (N. Y. App.)......
2.-Emancipated infant entitled to earnings against cred-
itor of father; may purchase and convey personal
property by gift; possession prima facie evidence of
title. Wambold v. Vick (Wis. S. C.)..

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3. Jurisdiction of, Federal court as to infant; personal
service; when required to give jurisdiction. New York
L. Ins. Co. v. Bangs (N. Y. App.).
See Action; Settlement.
INFORMATION. See Constitutional Law; Crim-
inal Law.
INJUNCTION. Nuisance, injunction against; lead
smelting works. Pennsylvania Lead Co., Appeal of
(Penn. S. C.)...

2.-Will not be granted to restrain laying of pipe to trans-
port oil across waters of State; nor across railroad
track in public street at instance of railroad company,
it doing no injury. N. J. Cent. R. R. Co. v. Standard
Oil Co. (N. J. Ch.).

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INSURANCE, LIFE. Assignment by insolvent hus-
band to wife, how far valid against creditors. Cole v.
Marple (Ill. S. C.)

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2.-Accident policy; death by drowning while in fit of ap-
poplexy. Winspear v. Accident Ins. Co. (Eng. App.).. 79
3.-Conflict of law; policy issued by Wisconsin company
on life of person in Oregon, and there delivered;
Oregon contract; fraudulent obtaining money on void
policy; jurisdiction; Federal court. Northwestern
Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. Elliott (U. S. C. C., Or.)....
4.-Determination of policy for non-payment of premium;
unnoticed change of agent to receive payment. Sea-
mans v. North W. Mut. Life Ins. Co. (U. S. C. C., Minn.) 24
5.-Evidence; declaration by beneficiary contradicting
warranties by insured in application. Furniss v. Mut.
L. Ins. Co. (Ñ. Y. Super. C.).
6.-Evidence; declarations of insured to contradict repre-
sentations. Union Cent. L. Ins. Co. v. Cheever (Ohio
S. C.).....

7.-Equity will not relieve against forfeiture by non-pay-
ment of premium. Knickerbocker L. Ins. Co. v. Dietz
(Md. App.).....

8.-Conditions as to forfeiture; travelling on seas; endow-
ment policy; forfeiture of rights and premiums on sur-
render of policy; notice, when not required; stipula-
tions in receipt continuing policy; stipulations on
back of policy part of it; promise to give consent on
reasonable terms; equity will not generally retime
from forfeitures. Douglass v. K. L. Ins. Co. (N. Y.
App.)
9.-Insanity no excuse for forfeiture; right to paid-up
policy. Wheeler v. Conn. Mut. L. Ins. Co. (N. Y.
App.).
10.-Insolvent company; matured policy-holders preferred
creditors; endowment policies; date for adjustment.
Mayor v. Attorney-General (N. Y. Ct. of Err.)....
11.-What not sufficient to establish fraud in action to
cancel; former adjudication; equitable action upon
ground of defense in action at law (U. S. S. C.)
12.-Parties to sue on policy; interest; false answers in-
serted by agent in application. Massachusetts Mut.
L. Ins. Co. v. Robinson (III. S. C.).

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INSURANCE, MARINE. False declarations of
value authorize rescission without payment of pre-
mium. Rivaz.v. Gerussi (Eng. App.)
2.-Conditions as to laying up of boat. Devens v. Mech.
& Tra. Ins. Co. (N. Y. App.)..
3.-Custom of captain to insure, binds owners for pre-
mium. Adams v. Pittsburgh Ins. Co. (Penn. S. C.)... 418
4.-Negligence, bursting of boiler from. West. I. & P. Tel.
Co. v. Home & C. M. Ins. Co. (Eng. App.)......
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INTEREST. In action upon foreign judgment, Hop-
kins v. Shepard (Mass. S. C.) ..

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2.--Compound; allowable in action for dividends on pre-
ferred stock. Boardman v. Lake S. & M. S. Ry. Co.
(N. Y. App.)
3.-Compound, in absence of agreement not allowed; pay-
ment under mistake. Daniell v. Sinclair (Eng. Priv. Č.) 498
4.-Rate of, after maturity. Union Inst. for Sav. v. Boston
(Mass. S. C.).
INTERNATIONAL LAW. Jurisdiction; foreign
sovereign or State exempted from jurisdiction of the
tribunals of this country. Strousberg v. Costa Rica
(Eng. App.).
2.-Property of citizen in enemy's territory producing
profit. United States v. Quigley (U. S. S. Č.)

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JUDGMENT. As evidence of facts in collateral ac-
tion. Anderson v. Third Ave. R. R. Co. (N. Y. C. P.). 214
2.-Foreign, no merger of cause of action. Eastern Town
Bank v. Beebe (Vt. S. C.)

3. Of partition; not assailable for error, in collateral pro-
ceedings; adverse possession; color of title sufficient
against State claim. Hall v. Law (U. S. S. C.)....
4.-For part of entire demand, bar to action for remainder.
Burritt v. Belfy (Conn. S. C.)..
5-Binds parties acquiring title pendente lite; creditor ob-.
taining judgment in collateral action. Stout v. Lye (U.
S. S. C.)..

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See Attorney; Interest; Practice; Title.
JURISDICTION. Act of 1875 does not alter limit of
amount. Whitsitt v. Un. Dep. & R. R. Co. (U. S. S. C.) 136
2. In admiralty in suits for negligence under State stat-
utes; statutes of Oregon. Holmes v. Oregon & C. R.
R. Co. (U. S. C. C., Or.)

3.--Federal question; when this court can look beyond.
McLaughlin v. Fowler (U. S. S. C.)...
4.-Of United States Supreme Court; share of land sought
to be partitioned less than $5,000. McCarthy v. Provost
(U. S. S. C.)..
5.-Injunction in favor of foreign corporation, the court
will only examine ground of decision of court below.
Direct U. S. Cable Co. v. Dominion Tel. Co. (N. Y.
App.)
6.-National banks; Federal Circuit Courts have original
jurisdiction of suits by. Wilson County v. Third Nat.
Bank (U. S. S. C.)....

See Elections; Garnishment; Infant; International
Law; Mandamus; Maritime Law; Municipal Cor-
poration; National Banks; Removal of Cause.
JUROR Competency not affected by opinion from
reading newspapers. People ex rel. Phelps v. Court of
Oyer and Terminer (N. Y. App.)..

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MALICIOUS PROSECUTION-Continued.
2.-Advice by attorney interested in action does not protect
party against the charge of malice. White v. Carr (Me.
S. C.)...
MANDAMUS. District of Columbia Supreme Court
may issue to Secretary of Interior to compel issue of
patent for lands; when it will issue. U. S. ex rel. Mc-
Bride v. Schurz (U. S. S. C.)
2.-Cannot be used in place of writ of error; jurisdiction;
under statute relating to district of Iowa. Ex parte
Des Moines & M. R. R. Co. (U.S. S. C.)....
3.-Decision of inferior court within jurisdiction not review-
able by. Ex parte Burtis (U. S. S. C.)
See Costs.

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MARITIME LAW. Agency of master of vessel for
sale of cargo. Atlantic Mut. Ins. Co. v. Huth (Eng.
App.)......
2.-Authority of part owner to bind owners for supplies in
home port. Bowen v. Peters (Me. S. C.).
3.-Constitutional law; Federal control of commerce on
high seas between ports in same State. Lord v. Good-
all, N. & P. S. Co. (U. S. S. C.)....

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4.-Liability and duty of pilot; admiralty jurisdiction.
Sideracadi v. Mapes (U. S. D. C., N. Y.)...
5.-Practice; admiralty on appeal, new rules established.
Marshall v. Adriatic (U. S. S. C.)...

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6.-Petition for limiting liability in case of collision may
be filed after trial; English and American rules differ.
N. Y. & Western Steamship Co. v Mount (U. S. S. C.) 195
7.-Pilotage, compulsory: when doctrine of, applies. Gui-
terman v. Liverpool, N. Y., & P. S. Co. (N. Y. App).. 114
8.-Sale of vessel by foreign admiralty court discharges
lien; lien holder entitled to share in surplus. The
Trenton (U. S. D. C., Mich.).....

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5.-Divorce, conflict of laws; what law governs.
v. Farnie (Eng.).

See Conflict of Law; Married Woman; Naturaliza-
tion; Will.

MARRIED WOMAN. Contract, not liable on ;
when no separate estate. Barber v. Gregson (Eng.
App.)...

2.-Estoppel, when will avail against. Mason v. Jordon
(R. I. S. C.)....
3.-Acknowledgment; character of evidence necessary to
impeach; impeachment of deed by, for fraud and
compulsion. N. W. Mut. L. Ins. Co. v. Nelson (U. S.
S. C.).

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4.-Lands conveyed for separate use before 1848; effect of
enabling statutes; may sue to recover possession from
husband wrongfully ousting her; improvements by one
wrongfully in possession. Wood v. Wood (N. Y. App.) 236
5.-Wife may enjoy estate deeded to husband and wife
jointly. Kip v. Kip (N. J. Ch.)

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6.-Will by, before marriage; when equity will enforce
provisions of. Lant's Appeal (Penn. S. C.)....
See Criminal Law; Mechanics' Lien.
MASTER AND SERVANT. Assault; action by
servant against master for; forced examination of
person; consent. Latter v. Braddell (Eng. C. P. D.) 183

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2.-Co-servant; negligence; boss of gang of men; fellow-
servant with men. Keystone Bridge Co. v. Newberry
(Penn. S. C.)....

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3.-Fellow-servant; fireman on locomotive and telegraph
operator; time of running trains changed by tele-
graph; duty of master to servant; judicial notice.
Slater v. Jewett (N. Y. App)
4.-Fellow-servant; yardmaster on railroad and train
coupler. McCosker v. L. I. R. R. Co. (N. Y. App.).. 254
5.-Course of employment; liability of master for wrong-
ful act of servant toward third parties. Evans v. David-
son (Md. S. C.)......

6.-Negligence; absence of guards on slide of ice-house;
ice company liable. Popp v. North German Ice Works
(Austria)....
7.-Negligence; duty of master to provide safe machin-
ery; derrick rope; machinery liable to decay must be
removed. Baker v. Allegheny Valley R. R. Co. (Penn.
S. C.)...

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8.-Negligence of master; co-servant; president of mining
company is not with miner; use of dynamite in blast-
ting. Smith v. Oxford Iron Co. (N. J. S. C.).
377
9.-Negligence of son, father not liable for; acting for his
own purposes. Maddox v. Brown (Me. S. C.)...
377
10.-Liability of master for injury to servant caused by
dangerous structure left standing; derrick on line of
railroad. Holden v. Fitchburg R. R. Co. (Mass. S. C.). 278

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MASTER AND SERVANT-Continued.
11.-Master not liable for unauthorized act of servant.
Stevens v. Woodward (Eng. C. P.) ....
MECHANICS' LIEN. Kings county law; construc-
tion of; payment by owner before due under contract.
Post v. Campbell (N. Y. App.)
2.-Married woman's property: where lien attaches.
Eienstein v. Jamison (Penn. S. C.)...
See Insurance, Fire.

MERCANTILE AGENCY. See Fraud.

MERGER. When equity will not allow. Goodwin v.
Tenny (Conn. S. C.)

See Judgment.

MILITARY LAW. National guardsman not amenable
for breach of discipline when not actually engaged in
military duties. People ex rel. Spahn v. Townsend
(N. Y. S. C.).....

MINING. See Damages; Partnership.

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MISTAKE. Note, alteration of, payment in ignorance
thereof; recovery. Fraker v. Little (Kans. S. C.)..... 297
MORTGAGE. Assumption of, by grantee taking deed
as security; evidence; privileged communication to
attorney where no litigation. Root v. Wright (N. Y.
App.)
2.-Chattel, on stock of merchandise kept for sale, valid;
certainty required in description of debt. Clark v.
Hyman (Iowa S. C.)

3.-Chattel; for antecedent debt valid against creditor: re-
newal by new mortgage; delivery without levy and
sale does not avoid lien. Walker v. Henry (N. Y.
App.)....
4.-Chattel; tender after debt part due must be uncondi-
tional and kept good to release. Tompkins v. Batie
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MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS-Continued.
21.-Negligence; liable for injury from fright to horse by
object left in highway by another; such other and town
not joint tort-feasors. Bennett v. Fiffield (R. I. S. C.) 436
22.-Negligence; private way, not liable for condition, if
used by public. Goodwin v. Des Moines. (Iowa S. C.) 76
23. Negligence; duty as to guards to swing bridges.
Gavin v. Chicago (Ill. S. C.)...
24.-Negligence; injury to convict in penitentiary. Ala-
mango v. Supervisors (N. Y. S C.)..
25.-Negligence; not liable for; in performance of public
duty in absence of statute; management of drawbridge.
French v. Boston (Mass. S. C.)
26.-Negligence, contributory; rule as to; claim against
city of Troy; variance. Minick v. Troy (N. Y. App.).. 175
27.-Negligence of railroad company authorized to con-
struct tunnel in streets; city liable for injury to house.
Fink v St. Louis (Mo. S. C.)

28.-Liable for money taken by it under invalid assess-
ment and applied to pay bonds issued to anticipate
such assessment. Horn v. New Lots (N. Y. App.)....
29.-Negotiable securities of, when subject to equities in
bona fide holder's hands. Wall v. Monroe Co. (U. S.
S. C.)...

30.-Riparian rights; when liable for injury by surface
water; interference with natural stream. Noonan v.
Albany (N. Y. App.).

31.-Power to regulare business not power to tax; limit of
authority to regulate. Mülenbrinck v. Long Branch
Com'rs (N. J. S. C.)...

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MURDER. See Criminal Law.

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8.-To secure severally notes due at different times; de-
fault in payment. Pierce v. Shaw (Wis. S. C.).
See Assignment; Corporations; Constitutional Law;
Foreclosure; Negotiable Instruments; Usury.
Animals, li-

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.

censing exhibition of, in street; liability for injury by.
Cole v. Newburyport (Mass. S. C.)

2.-Animals licensed to exhibit, liability for; frightening
of horses Cole v. Newburyport (Mass. S. c.3.
3.-Town managing farm liable for injury from vicious
animal owned by it. Moulton v. Scarborough (Me. S.
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4.-Damages; not liable for injury by cow permitted to
run in streets. Rivers v. Augusta (Ga. S. C.).
5.-Bonds, town, under Laws of 1866, ch. 398; affidavit of
assessor as to consent of tax payers, not conclusive in
favor of bona fide holder. Cagwin v. Town of Han-
cock (N. Y. App.)....
6.-Bonds; fraudulent issue of; ante-dating so as to give
apparent validity; recovery from city of money paid
as mistake. City of Louisiana v. Wood (U. S. S. Ĉ.).
7. Statutory construction, municipal bonds; when the
issue of, cannot be compelled though voted by people.
Wadsworth v. Board of Supervisors (U. S. S. C.)... 117
8.-Bonds; jurisdiction; State statute requiring validity
to be determined by county court when valid. Ouachita
County v. Wolcott (U. S. S. C.)
9.-Bonds: construction of statute authorizing aid to
railroads. Chicot Co. v. Lewis (U. S. S. C.).
374
10.-Bonds; validity of statute curing irregularities in
issue; when decision of State court not binding on
Federal court. Town of Thompson v. Perrine (U. S. S.
C.)
11.-Bonds issued without authority of law void in inno-
cent holder's hands. Ogden v. Daviess Co. (U. S. S. C.) 256
12.-Bonds; interest coupons; promissory nces; perform-
ance of duties of town commissioners by a part of
them. First Nat. Bank of Mount Tabor v. Mount
Tabor (Vt. S. C.)...
13.-County, precinct in, is not suable for bonds issued for
county in which it is, but county liable. Blair v. West
Point Precinct (U. S. S. C., Neb.)...
14.-County seat; not liable for negligence. Woods v.
Colfax Co. (Neb. S. C.)
15.-Constitutional law eminent domain; alteration of
grade of street to injury of property; remedy. John-
son v. Parkersburg (W. Va. S. C.).
16.-Evidence, parol, not admissible to vary apparently
complete ordinance. Keating v. Skiles (Mo. S. C.). 498
17.-Defect in highway, boy coasting on sled not. Pierce
v. New Bedford (Mass. S. C.)
18.-Negligence in constructing sewer; liability for injury
by discharge of sewerage. Winn v. Rutland (Vt.S.C.) 97
19.-Negligence; contractor; repair of street; due dili-
gence. Mayor of Baltimore v. O'Donnell (Md. S. C.). 203
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private property. Smith v. Alexandria (Va App.)... 436

See Jurisdiction; Mortgage.

NATIONAL GUARD. See Military Law.
NATURALIZATION. Marriage of alien woman to
citizen naturalizes her. Leonard v. Grant (U. S. C.
C., Or.)..

NEGLIGENCE. Act of God; unprecedented rainfall.
Thomas v Birmingham Canal Nav. P. Co. (Eng. Q. B.
D.).....

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2.-Bank paying forged checks must bear loss; duty of
depositor as to examination of account. Frank v.
Chemical Nat. Bank (N. Y. App.)

312

3.-Burden of proof as to. Federal St. & P. V. Ry. Co.
v. Gibson (Penn, S. C.).

431

396

4.-City ordinance; violation of, not negligence per se.
Kumpfle v. Knickerbocker Ice Co. (N. Y. App.).
5.-Comparative; child asleep on railroad track. Meeks
v. Soù. Pac. R. R. Co. (Cal. S. C.).
6.-Contributory; want of, must be established affirma-
tively. Riceman v. Havemeyer (N. Y. App.)
7.-Contributory; cows killed by train on unfenced rail-
road; contributory negligence not defense. Meade v.
Burlington & L. R R. Co. (Vt. S. C.).....
8.-Contributory, of parents of minor child; municipal
corporation; duty as to guards to swing bridges.
Gavin v. City of Chicago (IÏ. s. c.)..
9.-Contributory; riding on front platform of street car
not per se.
Germantown Pass. Ry. Co. v. Walling
(Penn. S. C.)...
10.-Fire set by locomotive on highway. Powell v. Fall
(Eng. App.).

11.-By ditch owner in not removing sand in ditch; act of
God; injury done by periodical freshet not. Chidester
v. Consolidated P. Ď, Co. (Cal. S. C )..
12.-Municipal ordinance; neglect of lot-owner to remove
snow from sidewalk; non-liability of lot owner. Taylor
v. Lake S. & M. Sou. R. R. Co. (Mich. S. C.)...
13.-Defective wall; injury to person stopping upon street
from fall of defective wall Murray v. McShane (Md.
App.)

14.-Employer not liable for, of contractor. McCarthy v.
Second Parish (Me. S. C.)..

15.-In action for death by, damage must be alleged and
shown. Regan v. Chicago, M. & St. P. Ry. Co. (Wis.
S. C.).....
16.-Damages; mental anxiety not element of, in action
for negligent injury to property. Wyman v. Leavitt
(Me. S. C.)...

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17.-Driving on highway; evidence; reputation of driver.
Dunham v. Rackliff (Me. S. C.).
18.-Homicide, action for; dependent upon. Daly v. Stod-
ard (Ga. S. C.).....
19.-Proximate and remote cause; horse killed on unin-
closed railroad track. Washington v. Balt, & O. R. R.
Co. (W. Va. S. C.)...
20.-Injury to young child on cars without right; imputed
negligence; inevitable accident. Atchinson & Neb.
R. R. Co. v. Flinn (Kans. S. C.)
21.-Several liability for concurrent. Covington Transfer
Co. v. Kelly (Ohio S. C.).

22.-Both parties negligent; offset: animals killed by rail-
road. Kansas C., Ft. S. & G. R. R. Co. v. McHenry
(Kans. S. C.)...
23.-Liability of owner of premises for injury to one on
premises by invitation; injury to one attending church.
Davis v. Cent. Cong. Church (Mass. S. C.)...

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NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS-Cont'd.
22.-Note; notice of dishonor through post; custom of
bank. Bank v. Wallace (South Car. S. C.).
23.-Promissory note: recitals in; omission of negotiable
words; decisions of State courts on commercial law;
bona fide holder. Bank of Sherman v. Apperson (U.
S. C. C., Tenn.).

24.-Promissory note, what is; railroad aid bonds. Wilson
Co. v. Third Nat. Bank (U S. S. C.)....

See Alteration; Municipal Corporations.

NEWSPAPER. Seo Criminal Law.
NON-RESIDENT. See Attachment; Practice.
NUISANCE. Burial ground not. Monk v. Packard
(Me. S. C.)

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3.-Obstruction to sidewalk; fruit stand. State v. Bur-
detta (Ind. S. C.).

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24. Under common law or civil law no liability for negli-
gent death; but under admiralty law there is. The
Garland (U. S. D. C., Mich.)..
25.-When question of fact for jury. Payne v. Troy & B.
R. R. Co. (N. Y. App.)...
26.-For whose benefit requirement of ringing bell on loco-
motive; duty of railroad company as to one walking
on track. Bell v. Hannibal & St. J. R. R. Co. (Mo. S. C.) 498
27.-Railroad company in not maintaining watchman at

level crossing. Clark v. Midland Ry. Co. (Eng. Ex. D.) 72
28.-By railway company in maintaining street crossing

in safe condition; contributory negligence of driver
of vehicle in which injured person rides by invitation;
negligence of third party. Masterson v. N. Y. C. R.
R. Co. (N. Y. App.)
29.-Respondeat superior; one employing team and driver.
Ames v. Jordan (Me. S. C.).
30.-Respondeat superior; school officers not liable for
negligence of workmen employed by them upon school
building. Donovan v. McAlpin (N. Y. App.)..
31.-Respondeat superior; board of education of New
York city not liable to school pupil for injury by neg-
ligence of workman on school-house. Donovan v. Board
of Education (N. Y. App.)
32.-Servant not liable to co-servant for. Osborne v. Mor-
gan (Mass. S. C.) ...
33.-Travellers on highway; what care and prudence
must exercise. Reynolds v. Burlington (Vt. S. C.)...
See Action; Carrier of Goods; Carrier of Passengers;
Damages; Insurance, Marine; Master and Servant;
Municipal Corporations; Pleading.

NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
fee, provision for, on promissory note.
Speer (Penn. S. C.).

2.-Attorney's fees; stipulation in note for. First Nat.

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399

452

452

408

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3.Army officer, power of executive to remove. Blake
v. U. S. (U. S. 'S. C.)

4.-Employment by State not an office; State law impair-
ing contract. Hall v. State (U. S. S. C.)....
5.-Officer de facto; acts of, valid; that officer de jure
does not oust; no surrender. McCraw v. Williams (Va.
S. C.)...

6.-Officer de facto, acts of, are binding; officer appointed
under unconstitutional statute. In re Ah Lee (U. U.
D. C., Or.)

7.-Officer of public corporation acting under innocent
mistake; when not liable. Humphrey v. Jones (Mo.
S. C.).....
8.-Resignation, unaccepted, invalid. Edwards v. U. S.
ex rel. Thompson (U. S. S. C.)

See Corporations; Elections; Removal of Cause.
ORDINANCE. See Constitutional Law; Municipal
Corporations; Negligence.

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6.-Bonds, railroad; bona fide purchasers; past due cou-
pons of bonds not evidence of dishonor. Indiana &
Ill. C. Ry. Co. v. Sprague (U S. S. C.).
7.-Check, what diligence required in presentation.
Braun v. Kimberlin (H. Co. D. C., Ohio)
8.-Coupons, detached interest; promissory note. First
Nat. Bank of Mt. Tabor v. Mt. Tabor (Vt. S. C.)...
9.- Equities available against transferee taking guaranty
from payee. Omaha Nat. Bank v. Walker (U. S. C.
C., Neb.)..
10.-Deposit of amount due in bank where note payable,
discharges maker. Lazier v. Horan (Iowa S. C.)...
11.-Indorsement; indorser of note on demand entitled to
notice of dishonor. Sawyer v. Brownell (R. I. S. C.)
12.-Indorsement; when indorser after maturity not liable.
Shelby v. Judd (Kans. S. C.) ..
13.-Indorsement; when holders cannot recover from ac-
commodation indorser. Callahan v. First Nat. Bank
(Ky. App.)
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3.-Duty of maintenance of insane child. (Austrian Case) 143
PARTNERSHIP. Agent of firm, acceptance of draft
by, when partnership ends; power of partner after
dissolution; acceptance of draft after dissolution. Bank
of Montreal v. Page (Ill. S. C.).....
2.-Agreement with owner to work land on shares is.
Reynolds v. Pool (N. C. S. C.)...
3.-Business continued under will of deceased partner;
when estate of deceased and shares in profits not liable
for debts of firm. Jones v. Walker (U. S. S. C.)
4-Execution against individual partner not leviable on
partnership property; replevin. Hutchinson v. Dubois
(Mich. S. C.)..........

5.-Fictitious, act forbidding; use of wife's name; action,
successive on different items of account. Zimmerman
v. Erhard (N. Y. App.)

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316

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6.-Individual creditors; priority of claims. Davis v.
Howell (N. J. Ch.)

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7.-Mining firm; sale of interest by partner does not dis-
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solve firm. Kahn v. Central S. Cò. (U. S. S. C.) .
8.-Right of partner to sue copartner before final account-
ing. Edwards v. Remington (Wis. S. C.).

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See Set-off.

14.-Indorsement; extension of time of payment upon
usurious consideration, discharges.
Hamilton V.
Prouty (Wis. S. C.)......

PARTITION. Devise of land with authority to exec-
utor to lease and sell for purpose of division vests no
title in beneficiary; construction of will. Morse v.
Morse (N. Y. App.)....
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15.-Mortgage by indorser of note to secure it; when pro-
test and notice to indorser not necessary; waiver by
indorser. Cardwell v. Allen (Va. S. C.)...
16.-Promissory note; indorsement; payment. Bishop v.
Rowe (Me. S. C.)..

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17.-Promissory note; accommodation maker liable on
note diverted from its agreed use. Dunn v. Weston
(Me. S. C.)..
18.-Promissory note; indorsement after maturity. Braun
v. Hall (Va. S. C.)

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19.-Promissory note executed in England can be sued
upon in Austria as a bill of exchange (Imp. App. Ct.,
Austria).

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Kamp (U. S. D. C., N. Y.) ...

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