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a gentleman in New York telegraphed to a Philadelphia florist, "Send me two hand bouquets, very handsome, one of five and one of ten dollars." The message reached Philadelphia, "Send me two hund bouquets," which the operator wrote “ hundred ;” and before the unfortunate florist got word of the error, he had purchased costly flowers in great quantity, which withered on his hands. He was considered to be entitled to recover compensation for his loss from the company.*

A Chicago house telegraphed to an Oswego house desiring them to send five thousand sacks of salt, but the operator who wrote out the message substituted "casks" for "sacks." A sack is about fourteen pounds, and a cask about three hundred and twenty, hence the erroneous message led to chartering a vessel, and sending an immense quantity of salt, which was ultimately sold at a great loss. The company was adjudged liable.†—In a case in New York, a firm at Washington who made a business of dealing in New York stocks telegraphed to their brokers in New York, "If we have any old Southern on hand, sell same before Board. Buy five Hudson at Board." This meant, according to the course of business, Sell our Michigan Southern Railroad stock, and buy five hundred shares of Hudson River Railroad stock. But the operator wrote "hundred" instead of "Hudson;" hence the brokers sold all the Michigan Southern stock of their Washington correspondents before the Board met, and at the Board bought five hundred shares of the same stock. Michigan Southern went down, and Hudson River went up. And the court decided that the Washington people could recover both what they lost on the five hundred shares of Michigan Southern, and what they would have made on five hundred shares of Hudson River.t

*N. Y., &c., Tel. Co. v. Dryburg, 35 Pa. St. 298; Allen Tel. Cas. 157. Leonard v. New York, &c., Tel. Co., 41 N. Y. 544.

Rittenhouse v. Independent Line Tel., 44 N. Y. 263; 1 Daly, 474.

INDEX.

ADMIRALTY.-Nature of the jurisdic-
tion, 124. Extension to all navi-
gable waters, 125. Title to beds
of streams, 127.

It is confided to United States
courts, 13. Jurisdiction of the
Union over commerce, 102-107.
ANIMAL.-Various views of value of
animal life, 218. Remarkable
ancient prosecutions of animals,
218. Transmigration of souls,
219. The view taken by the
common law, 220. The dog-fight
case, 220. Monkey arrested for
assault, 222. Recent legislation
in behalf of animals, 105, 224.
Horses on the sidewalk, 278.
Scared horses, 282. Elephants
on their travels, 283, 284. Bees,
284. Dancing bears, 287. Find-
ing live animals, 292. Trans-
portation of live-stock by rail-
road, 105, 398.

BAGGAGE.-What is baggage, 414.
Liability for checked baggage,
416; for hand - baggage, 409,
416. Baggage expresses, 376.
BANKRUPTCY.-Objects of a bank-

rupt law, 128. Nature and op-
eration of the law of 1867, 129.
BIGAMY.-The law of 1862 against

bigamy in the Territories, 135.
Obstacles to its enforcement,
135, 136, 138. Blundering into
bigamy, 142; by trusting a Utah
divorce, 171, 172.
BLUNDER.-Blundering into bigamy,

142, 171, 172. "I did not think
it was loaded," 338. Drug-
gists' blunders, 354. Blunders

in drawing one's own will, 363;
in delivering things sent by ex-
press, 374; in sending messages
by telegraph, 426.

CALIFORNIA. -A Californian enter-
prise, 31. The Chinese in Cali-
fornia, 76-80, 87. The Cali-
fornia land claims: how they
arose, 132; the commission, 133.
Adoption of the New York codes
in California, 191, 192.
CHINESE.-The Burlingame treaty,
76. Emigration under it, 77.
Legislation by California, 79.
Can Congress abrogate a treaty?
81. Further action in the courts,
85. Further action in Califor-
nia, 87.
CITIZEN.- Various meanings of the
word, 39. The early significa-
tion, 40. Subjects and citizens,
42. Citizenship of negroes, 43.
The Fourteenth Amendment, 45.
Citizenship and holding land, 46.
Citizenship and suffrage, 47. Cit-
izenship and holding office, 48.
Citizenship of women and chil-
dren, 49. Expatriation and nat-
uralization, 50. The modern sig-
nification of "citizen," 52.
Civil rights, 54-62. Citizen-
ship of Indians, 69; of corpora-
tions, 263, 268.

CIVIL DAMAGE LAWS.- A striking
instance, 208. General nature

of these laws, 209. How they
operate in favor of wives, 211;
or of other persons, 215.
CIVIL RIGHTS.-What are the civil
rights laws, 54. Property and

contracts of colored persons, 56.
Mixed marriages, 57. Inns, con-
veyances, and theatres,59. Mixed
juries, 60.

Rights of married women, 146;
of insane persons, 176. Sunday
laws, 232. Right to bear arms,
333. Self-defence, 341. Pun-
ishment of pupils, 357.
CODE.-Nature of a code, 188. The
New York codes, 189. Wide-

spread adoption of the codes,
191. General nature of the re-
formed procedure, 192. The
marriage of law and equity, 193.
Death and burial of John Doe,
197. Abolition of forms of ac-
tion, 199; and of special plead-
ing, 203.

Difference between a code and
following precedents, 21. Codes
have not diminished libraries,
30.
COLONY.-How the Union was formed

and the States were developed,
4. Sketch of colonial jurispru-
dence, 32.
COMMERCE.-Scope of the grant of
power, 102. To what agencies

of commerce it extends, 103.
Beginning and end of an act of
commerce, 106.

Trade-mark laws not includ-
ed, 116. Recommendation of the
metric system, 122. Navigation,
124-126. Restrictions on the
liquor traffic, 225; upon Sun-
day business, 241; travel, 245;
and newspapers, 250. Express
business, 369. Railroad traffic,
381. Telegraphic communica-
tion, 419.

CONGRESS. Its distinct powers, 8.
What laws are "necessary and
proper," 8.
Creation of courts
by, 13, 15. Legislation of, over
civil rights, 54; over the Ind-
ians, 63-75; over treaties, 81;
over the Chinese, 85; over na-
tional banks, 92-99; over com-
merce, 102, 107; over trade-
marks, 115. As to the metric

system, 122; as to bankrupt-
cy, 128. Over California land
claims, 133; over polygamy in
Utah, 135; over Pacific railroads,
269.

CONSTITUTION.-General nature of a
constitution, 1. State and na-
tional organizations, 4. Theories
of the Union, 4. State and na-
tional powers, 7. The distinct
powers of Congress, 8. What
laws are "necessary and prop-
er," 8. Legislative and judicial
powers, 10.

Constitutional organization of
courts, 12. Citizenship under

the Constitution, 39-53. Civil
rights, 54-62. The commercial
power, 102-107. It does not ex-
tend to trade-marks, 116. The
grant of admiralty jurisdiction,
124. Constitutionality of legis-
lation over the Territories, 136;
of civil damage laws, 207. Con-
stitutional rights of corporations,
263-274.
CORPORATION.-Blackstone's account
of corporations, 256. The "Bub-
ble companies," 257. Individual
liability, 258. Liabilities of di-
rectors, 259. Citizenship of cor-
porations, 263. The claims of
the insurance companies, 265.
The Pacific railroads and the
sinking-fund, 269. Taxing be-
nevolent corporations, 271.

Can Congress grant a char-
ter, 8. The free-banking sys-
tem, 89. The national banking
system, 92. Liability of gas
companies for explosions, 306.
Rights and liabilities of express
companies, 369; of railroad com-
panies, 381; of telegraph com-
panies, 419.

COURT.-The United States courts,
12. The State courts, 14. Terri-
torial courts, 15. English courts,

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nize treaties, 81. How they re-
gard the Chinese, 85. How they
have settled the California land
claims, 132. Why they have not
suppressed polygamy in Utah,
135-139.

Course of the courts about
conflicting marriage laws, 143.
Under the new married-women's
laws, 147-153. Respecting a
wife's business and services, 154.
Respecting crimes by wives, and
marital coercion, 163. Respect-
ing "bogus" divorces, 166–173;
and divorce lawyers, 174. Re-
specting the plea of insanity, 182.
Conflict of law and equity courts,
193. Legal fictions, 197. How
the courts regard animals, 220.
What they consider to be a lot-
tery, 225. How they regard and
treat Sunday, 232-255; corpora-
tions, 256; obstructions to roads
or sidewalks, 275; lost things,
or animals, 289; things falling,
301; explosions, 306; household
affairs, 310; photographs, 328;
using firearms, 333; physicians,
348; railroad companies, 381.
CRUELTY. Various views of value of
animal life, 218. The view taken
by the common law, 220. The
recent legislation, 224. Cruel
punishments of school children,
357-362.

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FINDING.-Lost goods, 289. Rewards,
291. Live animals, 292.
FIREARMS.-The right to bear arms,
333. Carrying concealed weap-
ons, 337. "I did not think it
was loaded," 338. Shooting in
self-defence, 341. Firearms as
baggage, 415.
FIREWORKS.-Restrictions on the right
to use fireworks, 336. Sending
explosives by express, 373.
FIXTURE. -What are fixtures, 314.
The sundial and statue, 316.
FURNISHED APARTMENTS. Engaging
apartments and flats, 319. What
if in bad condition, 320, 321.
The fire-escape, 323. Furnish-
ing, 324. Delivering baggage at
tenements, 376.
FURNITURE. - Buying it on instal-
ments, 324.

HIGHWAY.-Rule of the road, 275. Of
the sidewalk, 279. Frightening
horses, 282. Finding animals,
292. Letting things fall, 301.
Discharging fireworks, 336. Ob-
struction by loose telegraph-
wires, 419.
HOME.-Homestead exemption, 310.

Furnished apartments and
"French flats," 318. Buying
furniture on instalments, 324.
HOUSE.-Homestead exemption, 310.

Mechanic's lien, 313. Fixtures,
314. Buying furniture on in-
stalments, 324.
HUSBAND.-Of Indian wife, 71. For-
mer rights of husband over
wife's property, 146. How the
law now stands, 149. Husband

as wife's agent, 150. Right to METRIC SYSTEM.-How it was devised,
wife's services, 154.

Must pay

for her necessaries, 157. Marital
coercion, 163. Divorce, 166-175.
May sue under civil damage
laws, 216. Wife's remedy for
selling liquor to husband, 208-
215.

INDIANS.-No important decrease of
Indians, 63. Tribes and treaties,
65. Indians as individuals, 67.
Citizenship of Indians, 69. The
"reservations" and "territory,"
72. The outlook, 74.
INSANE.-Who are the insane, 176.
Kinds of insanity, 176. Degrees
of insanity, 177. Going to the
asylum, 179. The plea of insan-
ity, 182.

LOTTERY.-History of the prohibition
upon lotteries, 225.

What is a
lottery, 226. Lottery correspond-
ence in the mails, 230.

MARRIAGE.-Necessity of a ceremony,
141. Effect of removals, 143.
Mock weddings, 144.

Mixed marriages, 57. Marriage
with Indian, 71. Change of name
by marriage, 112. Polygamy,
135. Married women, 146-165.
Divorce, 166–175. Marriage of
law and equity, 193. Operation
of civil damage laws in favor of
wives, 211.
MARRIED WOMEN.-The old view, 156.

Nature of the change as to prop-
erty, 147. How the law now
stands, 149. An important quali-
fication, 150. Business dealings,
154. Buying necessaries, 157.
Dower and its decline, 160. Mar-
ital coercion, 163.

Names of married women, 112.
Polygamy, 135-139. Marriage,
141-145. Divorce, 166–175.
Operation of civil damage laws
in favor of wives, 211.

MECHANIC'S LIEN.-What it means,

313.

119. Its practical advantages,
120. How it differs from the
cental, 122.

NAME.-Names of the English courts,
16; of banks, 98. Using one's
Own name, 109. Fictitious
names, 112. Of weights and
measures, 120. Of various forms
of insanity, 177. Of books of
statutes, 188. John Doe and
Richard Roe, 197.
NATIONAL BANK.-The free-banking
system, 89. Advantages of a
national system, 92. The pres-
ent system summarized, 92. The
tax on other circulation, 99.
NAVIGATION.-Navigability of waters

now the test of admiralty juris-
diction, 125; and of title to
beds of streams, 127. National
regulation of commerce, 102–
107. Sunday trips of steam-
boats, 248.

NECESSARY.-What laws are "neces-
sary and proper" to be passed
by Congress, 8. What labor is
necessary on Sunday, 235. Buy-
ing "necessaries," by married
women, 157.
NEGRO.-Citizenship of negroes, 43.
How affected by the Fourteenth
Amendment, 45. What are the
civil rights laws, 54. Property
and contracts of negroes, 56.
Mixed marriages, 57. Rights in
inns, conveyances, and theatres,
59. Drawing negroes on the
jury, 60. Negroes in the steam-
boats, 104; or railroad cars, 404.

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