Page.

RECENT AMERICAN DECISIONS-Con.
United States Supreme Court... 14, 33, 94, 115, 454, 495, 514
Vermont
137, 197, 276, 319, 357, 377, 397, 457, 537
Wisconsin Supreme Court
16, 56, 296, 457

For subjects, see Index-Digest.
RECENT ENGLISH DECISIONS, abstracts of, 39
57, 97, 119, 139, 158, 199, 238, 277, 299, 337, 379, 399, 498, 538
For subjects, see Digest-Index.

RHODE ISLAND Supreme Court Abstract (see Re-
cent American Decisions).

SALES (see Correspondence).

165

286

486

355, 396, 437, 456, 477, 497, 536
75, 257, 356, 476, 517

Maryland Court of Appeals..
Massachusetts Supreme Court, 37, 76, 136, 214, 275, 317, 354
436
216, 316, 376, 416, 455, 516
196, 276, 356, 435, 436, 476

Michigan Supreme Court.
Minnesota Supreme Court....
Missouri Supreme Court.

North Carolina Supreme Court.

Nebraska Supreme Court..

New Hampshire Supreme Court...

VERMONT Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent
American Decisions).

37, 217, 236, 537

96, 135
157, 296
76, 219

215

New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals..
New Jersey Supreme Court.

117, 179, 216
New York Court of Appeals, 13, 55, 73, 113, 133, 373, 414, 434
452, 474, 494, 534
Pennsylvania Supreme Court..96, 155, 196, 257, 318, 335, 417
Rhode Island Supreme Court
237, 275, 319
United States Circuit and District Court. 14, 35, 74, 116, 134
154, 180, 194, 235, 256, 295, 316, 333, 374, 415, 515, 535

WISCONSIN Supreme Court Abstract (see Recent
American Decisions).

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3.-Equitable; pleading; plaintiff entitled to relief in-
dicated by facts established; lien for purchase-
money. Benedict v. Benedict (N. Y. App.), Ab.
4.-Equitable, to cancel promissory note on ground
available as defense at law, will not, in absence of
fraud, etc., lie after suit at law commenced; evi-
dence. Anthony v. Valentine (Mass. S C.), Ab.
5. To recover money paid on contract for sale of lands;
party in default may not maintain; tender of deed;
parol addition to contract under seal. Lawrence v.
Miller (N. Y. App.), Ab
414

37

6.-Does not lie against trustee of public charity for il-
legally discharging employee. Chamberlain V.
Clayton (Iowa S. C.), Ab.

478

See Practice.

ADMINISTRATOR. Action lies against, person-
ally, on award to heirs. Powers v. Douglass (Vt. S.
C.), Ab..

3.-Contributory negligence; death caused by danger-
ous animal. Vredenburg v. Behan (La. S. C.), N...
4.-Cruelty to; leaving parrots without water, not.
Swan v. Saunders (Eng. Q. B. D.), Ab..
5.-Trespass; one has right to drive hog off premises,
but not to unnecessarily kill it with dogs. Thomp-
son v. State (Ala. S. C.), N..

402

See Municipal Corporations; Statutory Construction.
APPEAL. None to Court of Appeals from interlocu-
tory judgment. Walker v. Spencer (N. Y. App.), Ab. 414
2.-Does not lie to Court of Appeals, from order re-
fusing to vacate judgment. Keck v. Werder (N. Y.
App.), Ab...

3.-Order granting open commission involves substan-
tial right. Jemison v. Citizens' Sav. Bk. (N. Y.
App.), Ab.............
See Assignment.

453

73

APPURTENANCES. See Deed.
ARBITRATOR. Not civilly liable for corrupt
award; but cannot recover fees for award when
valueless and void. Jones v. Brown (Iowa S. C.), N. 503
See Married Woman.

497

4.-Pendente lite; action against for decedent's debt.
Benson v. Wolf (N. J. S. C.), Ab...

2.-To collect rents gives no authority to agent to in-
dorse check for rents payable to order of principal;
trust; check for trust moneys to order of trustee.
Robinson v. Chemical Natl. Bank (N. Y. App.). Ab. 494
3-Declaration of agent, when binding on principal.
Lyman v. Boston & M. R. R. Co. (N. H. S. C), Ab.ˆ
4.-Execution of instrument by agent to bind principal;
how executed. Bryson v. Lucas (N. C. S. C.), full... 206
5.-Negotiable instrument payable at bank; bank fail-
ing with funds in hand. Indig v. Natl. City Bank
(N. Y.), N...
6.-Principal not bound by insolvent discharge of debtor
dealing with agent as principal: conflict of laws.
Guernsey v. Wood (Mass. S. C.), Ab..

...

ASSAULT AND BATTERY. Right of passen-
ger to remain in railroad station. People v. Mc-
Kay (Mich. S. C.)....
ASSESSMENT. Right to recover back money paid
on. Purssell v. Mayor (N. Y. App.), Ab.....
See Taxation.

118

133

ASSIGNEE. See Bankruptcy; Costs.
ASSIGNMENT. Of account; how made; what is
not sufficient. Truax v. Slater (N. Y. App.), Ab... 534
2.-Check on bank; when operates as assignment of
deposit. German Savings Inst. v. Adae (U. S. C. C.,
Mo.), Full.

77

234

assignee continuing business; reckless ex-
penditures by, not allowed; commissions. Matter
of Dean (N. Y. App.), Ab..

See Banks and Banking; Insurance, Life.
ASSUMPSIT. See Action.
ATTACHMENT. Of corporate stock, when not
sustained. Beckwith v. Burrough (R. I. S. C.), full. 294
2.-Grantee of defendant can move to vacate affidavits
for. Trow's P. & B. Co. v. Hart (N. Y. App.), Ab... 113
ATTORNEY AND CLIENT. Attorney's lien on
moneys of client. In re Knapp (N. Y. App.) Full.... 106

474

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ATTORNEY AND CLIENT-Continued.
2. Attorney's lien subject to set-off. Natl. Bank of
Winterset v. Eyre (U. S. C. C., Iowa), Ab
3.-Contingent fee; agreement between, that attorney
is to receive as compensation one-half of sum col-
lected, unlawful. Ackert v. Barker (Mass. S. C.),
full.
4.-Knowledge of attorney as affecting client. Ford v.
French (Mo. S. C.), Ab..

5.-Power of, given as security, not revocable. Stewart
v. Hilton (U. S. C. C., Vt.), Ab..
6.-Partnership; right of action by surviving partner;
statute of limitations. Noble v. Bellows (Vt. S. C.)
Ab....

415

369

37

194

497

7.-Right to charge retainers; usage. McLellan v. Hay-
ford (Me. S. C.), Ab.
See Negotiable Instruments; Set-off.
AUCTIONEER. See Conversion; Statute of Frauds.

536

BANKS AND BANKING. Agency; responsibility
of one receiving for collection, for neglect of its cor-
responding bank. Guelick v. Natl. State Bank (Iowa
S. C.), N...
2.-Authority of cashier to compromise debts, pre-
sumed; parol offer to compromise accepted by other
creditors binds creditor making it; tender; of
check. Chemical Natl. Bank v. Kohner (N. Y. App.),
Ab.

3. Assignment of stock not transferable on books,
when valid. Continental Natl. Bank v. Eliot Natl.
Bank (U. S. C. C. Mass.), Full
4.-Payment of check; when credit by corresponding
bank is, to collecting bank. Briggs v. Central Natl.
Bank (N. Y. C. P.), Ab.

5.-Relation between bank and depositor; trust mou-
eys; banker's lien; agent as depositor; dissolution;
practice; appeal. Central Natl. Bank v. Connecticut
Mut. L. Ins. Co. (U. S. S. C.), Ab.
6.-Set-off; stockholder cannot set off amount of de-
posit against amount due for unpaid assessments.
Macungie Savings Bank v. Bastain (Penn. S. C.),
Full

See Agency; Alteration; National Banks; Notice;
Savings Banks; Taxation.

BANKRUPTCY. Assignee may not maintain ac-
tion to enforce agreement between creditors. Dud-
ley v. Easton (U. S. S. C.), Ab ..
2.-Promise to pay debt, made pending proceedings,
does not revive debt. Groves v. McGuire (Ky. App.),

N.

155

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453

119

CARRIER OF GOODS-Continued.
2.-Baggage of passenger not "merchandise" within
U. S. R. S., § 4282. The Marine City (U. S. D. C.),
Ab..
3.-Contract exempting from liability for injury to
goods transported does not release from loss by
own negligence. Holsapple v. Rome, W. & O. R. R.
Co. (N. Y. App.), Ab....
4.-Conversion by; delivery upon order of consignee to
third person, not. Glyn, M. C. & Co. v. East & W.
India D. Co. (Eng. App.), Ab
5.-Not liable beyond line; carrier company agreeing
for transportation over connecting railroads, not
agent of railroad company. St. Louis Ins. Co. v. St.
Louis, V. T. H. & Ind. R. R. Co. (U. S. S. C.), Ab..... 514
6.-Lien; second of two connecting carriers has a lien
for first carrier's charges as well as his own. Potts
v. N. Y. & N. E. R. Co. (Mass. S. C.), N....
CARRIER OF PASSENGERS. Passenger tak-
ing unsafe seat at invitation of servant of carrier:
contributory negligence. Downie v. Hendrie (Mich.
S. C.), Ab.....
2.-Negligence; duty as to constructing ship; liability
for injury to passenger from helplessness resulting
from negligence. Smith v. British & N. A. R. M.
S. P. Co. (N. Y. App.), Ab....
3.-Liability for injury to passenger. The Nederland
(U. S. D. C. Penn.), Ab...

4.-Rule requiring tickets to ride on freight trains; no-
tice. Burlington & Mo. R. Ry. Co. v. Rose (Neb. S.
C.), Ab ..

154
2. When court of equity may restrain suit in court of
another State. Cole v. Young (Kans. S. C.), Ab..... 335
3.-Lex loci contractus; goods sold in one State to be
sent to another State by carrier. Mack v. Lee (R. I.
S. C.), Ab..
usury. Hiatt v. Griswold (U.S. C.C., Vt.), Ab.
5.-Legitimacy of child born abroad, by what law estab-
lished. Re Goodman's Trusts (Eng. App.), Ab..
6.-Limit of authority of States bordering navigable
rivers. Reitz v. St. Louis (U. S. C. C., Mo.), Ab....
7.-Pendency of suit for same cause of action in Fede-
ral and State courts. Latham v. Chaffee (U. S. C. C.,
R. I.), Ab...

Robinson's

448

BILL OF LADING. Contract in, revocable by owner
of goods. Halsey v. Warden (Kans. S. C.). Ab................. 195
BILL OF REVIEW. See Practice.

8.-Statute has no extra-territorial force; presumption
as to foreign law. Carpenter v. Grand Trunk Ry.
Co. (Me. S. C.), Ab..

237

17

97

134

195

537

United

9.-Rules of U. S. Treasury as to distribution of pay of
deceased seamen in navy prevail over State law.
Low v. Hanson (Me. S. C.), Ab.

396

435

BONDS. Official; of revenue collector not designat-
ing district valid; suretyship; demurrer.
States v. Jackson (U. S. S. C.), 'Ab
See Constitutional Law; Municipal Corporations;
Statutory Construction.

BOUNDARIES. Fixed monuments prevail over
courses. Kalbfleisch v. Standard Oil Co. (N. J. App.),
Ab.
2. Of land by highway; grant extends to center, if
owned by grantor, unless terms of conveyance ex-
clude it. Low v. Tibbetts (Me. S. C.), Fulí.............
BREACH OF PROMISE. Of marriage; evidence
that defendant had given plaintiff a newspaper con-
taining_love poem with a request to read, admis-
sible. Richmond v Roberts (Ill. S. C.), C. T.....
BRIBERY. Election: offers by candidate to pay ex-
penses of office and give salary to the poor. People
v. Thornton (N. Y. S. C.), C. T.

See Agency; Assignment; Elections; Maritime Law.
CONSPIRACY. Requisites of information for;
venue. People v. Arnold (Mich. S. C), full.....
See Criminal Law.
CONSIDERATION. See Contract; Mortgage;
Suretyship.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Contract, election
to public office not. City of Wyandotte v. Drennan
(Mich. S. C.), Ab.
2.-Dower right not affected by repeal of statute; im-
pairing contract. O'Kelly v. Williams (N. C. S. C.),
Ab..
3.-Election; validity of statute to ascertain qualifica-
tions of voters. In re The Polling Lists (R. I. S. C.),
Full..

208

416

96

255

244

103

4.-Evidence; dying declarations not admissible as
hearsay; right to be confronted with witnesses.
Green v. State (Ala. S. C.), N..
5.-Imprisonment for debt; contempt for not paying
judgment. Ex parte Hardy (Ala. S. C.), N..
6.-Evidence, provision as to; license, when holder
must produce. State v. Higgins (R. I. S. C.), Ab... 258
7.-Local act construed; subject not expressed in title.
Matter of opening 138th street (N. Y. App.), Ab..
8.-Marriages, mixed, statute forbidding, constitu-
tional. Goss v. State (Tenn. S. C.), Ab..
9.-Maryland oyster law valid. The Ann (U.S. D. C.,
Md.) Ab....
515

10.-New York constitutional provision of 1875 forbid-
ding town aid to corporations, valid as to subscrip-

434

118

34

436

33

29

306

tions authorized previously; municipal corporation;
acts ultra vires. Buffalo & J. R. R. Co. v Falconer
(U. S. S. C), Ab..
11.-Office, removal from; office-holder has no property
in office; office not a contract; right to judicial
hearing. Donahue v. County of Will (III. S. C.), Ab. 395
12.-State constitutional provision forbidding legislature
to provide for payment of State debt invalid. State
ex rel. Atty.-Gen. v. Young (Minn. S. C.), Ab
13. -State law impairing contract; alteration of munici-
pal charter so as to prevent taxation to pay city
debt; mandamus. U. S. ex rel. Wolf v. Mayor, etc.
(U S. S. C.), Ab
14.-State statute abolishing imprisonment for debt con-
stitutional as to existing debts. Viall v. Penniman
(U. S. S. C.), Full
15.-Statute of limitations; statue reviving right of crim-
inal prosecution barred by, invalid. Moore v. State
(N. J. App.), Full..
16. Statute excusing public officer from liability for
public moneys stolen from or lost by him, without
his fault, constitutional. Board of Education v. Mc-
Landsborough (Ohio S. C.), N
17.-Question of law not fact; statutory construction; evi-
dence; journals of legislature may be referred to to
show law constitutional; change in title of bill dur-
ing passage; municipal bonds; coupons; interest.
Town of Walnut v. Wade (U S. S. C.), Ab.
18.--Tax on income of corporation by State, valid. Phila.
Contributionship for Insurance v. Comm. (Penn. S.
C.), Ab
19.-Tax, State, on property in transitu, cannot be levied.
Ogilvie v. Crawford County (U. S. C C. Iowa), Ab... 235
20.--Trial; defendant entitled to counsel at verdict.
Smith v. State (Wis S. C), Ab..
21.-Validity; special statutes authorizing municipal
bonds Tipton County v. Rogers' Locomotive & M.
Works (U. S. S. C.), Ab.

See Sunday.

CONTEMPT. Justice of the peace no power to com-
mit for. Rheinhart v. Lautz (N. J. S. C), N
See Process; Statutory Construction.
CONTINGENT FEE. See Attorney and Client;
Contract.

243

118

94

163

CONTRACT Procured by agent from his principal
by fraud may be rescinded by principal. Pegram v.
Charlotte, C. & A. R. Co. (N C. S. C.), Ab.............
136
2.-Breach of, when precludes from recovery for partial
performance. Douchy v. Drake (N. Y. App.), Ab... 114
3. Consideration; promise by bankrupt discharged in
compositon to pay remainder of debt. Higgins v.
Dale (Minn. S. C), Ab...

4.

5.

196

534

377

for indorsement. Natl. Bank of Gloversville
v. Place (NY App.), Ab.
-:must be both valuable and lawful; agreement
to suppress evidence. Barron v. Tucker (Vt. S. C.),
Ab.
6.-Construction of; forfeiture of pay on leaving ser-
vice. Heber v. U. S. Mfg. Co. (R. I. S. C.), Ab.. 275
7.-Wagering; sale of stock on margins void Dick-
son's Exr. v. Thomas (Penn. S. C.), Ab.
298
8.-By County Commissioner to pay an attorney a con-
tingent fee, against public policy and void. County
of Chester v. Barber (Penn. S. C.), N.
9.-Defense in action for breach of; omission of plain-
tiff at defendant's request; interest; damages.
Winch v. Mut. Benefit Ice Co. (N. Y. App.), Ab.. 373
10.-Illegal; illegality need not be specially pleaded;
commission to government officer on purchases by
government. Öscanyan v. Winchester Rep. Arms.
Co. (U. S. S. C.), Full

223

CONTRACT-Continued.

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-; sale of promissory note of third party then in-
solvent. Day v Kinney (Mass. S. C.), Ab
23.--Wagering; sale of grain for future delivery; security
given on gambling sale, void. Barnard v. Backhaus
(Wis. S. C.), Ab

24. ; sale of stock on a margin. Smith v. Thomas
(Penn. S. C.), Full....
25.-For service by the month; if employe be discharged
wrongfully, suits may be brought at the end of each
month. Isaacs v. Davis (Ga. S. C.), Ab....
26.-Statute of Frauds; verbal contract not to be per-
formed within a year void by. Levison v. Stix (N. Y.
C. P.), Full
27.-Wages earned by unlawful, of service, not recover-
able. Birkett v. Chatterton (R. I. S. C.), Full
See Action; Bill of Lading; Carrier of Goods; Con-
stitutional Law; Corporations; Fraud; Master and
Servant; Office and Officer; Specific Performance;
Statute of Frauds; Sunday.

CONVERSION. Demand and refusal, what consti-
tutes. Tuttle v Hazard (N. Y. App.). Ab...
2.-Sale by auctioneer. Natl. Mercantile Bank v. Rymill
(Eng. Q. B. D.), Ab..

See Carrier; Nuisance.
CONVEYANCE. Fraudulent; creditor cannot im-
peach collaterally. Mesmore v. Haggard (Mich. S.
C.), Ab..
2.-Fraudulent; when fraud presumed; subsequent
creditor. Burdick v. Gill (U. S. C. C. Iowa), Ab. 235
See Fraud; Undue Influence.

CONVICTION. See Criminal Law.

COPYRIGHT. Not allowable, of title previously
used. Dicks v. Yates (Eng. App.), Ab......
CORPORATIONS. Charter, forfeiture of, for non-
State v. Council Bluffs & N. F. Co. (Neb. S. C.),

user.
Ab...
2.-May exercise in another State only powers given by
charter; conflict of law. Pierce v. Crompton (R. I.
S. C.), Ab.
3.-Citizenship of; service of process; jurisdiction of
Federal courts. Eaton v. St. Louis, Shakspear M. &
S. Co. (U. S. C C. Mo.), Ab....
4.-Contracts between promoters before incorporation,
when valid. Lorillard v. Clyde (N. Y. App), Ab.
5.-Director may be creditor and secure debt by bidding
in corporate property at execution sale. Hallam
v. Indianola Hotel Co. (Iowa S. C ), Ab.
6.-Director, liability of, for debts. National Bank of
Rutland v. Page's Exrs. (Vt. S. C.), Ab....
7.-Domicile of joint-stock company suable in name of
president. Fargo v. Louisville, N. A. & C. Ry. Co.
(U. S. C. C. Ind.), Ab...

8.-Interest not allowable on liability of stockholders.
Munger v. Jacobson (I'l. S. C.), Ab...
9.-National bank; residence of; right to maintain ac-
tion in Federal courts. Orange Natl. Bank v. Traver
(U. S. C. C. Or.), Ab.
10.-Authorized to issue negotiable paper to fixed limit,
cannot plead ultra vires when limit exceeded. Auer-
bach v. La Suer Mill Co. (Minn. S. C.), Ab...
11.-Negotiable instrument; when liable on note given
by president for money for its use. Castle v. Belfast
F. Co. (Me. S. C.), Ab...
12.-Officer receiving salary not entitled to extra com-
pensation without contract. Pew v. First Natl. Bank
(Mass. S. C.), Ab.

517

238

296

276

116

373

478

457

74

295

116

476

456

136

; supply of goods by manufacturer not other-
wise dealer in them. Johnson v. Raylton (Eng.
Q. B. D.), C. T. 421. Full..
14.-Invalidated by concealment of material fact; agent
acting for other party. Havemeyer v. Havemeyer
(N. Y. App.), Ab..

15.--For forestalling market, void. Raymond v. Leavitt
(Mich. S. C.), Full.

16.--Promise in singular number signed by several is
joint and several; foreclosure; judgment for defl-
ciency. Fond Du Lac Harrow Co. v. Haskins (Wis.
S. C.), Ab....
17.-Promise to marry; what constitutes refusal where
no time fixed. Wagenseller v. Simmers (Penn. S. C.),
Ab.
417

15.

470

; cannot conduct express business.
Ex. Co. v. Memphis & L. R. R. Co. (U. S. C. C..
Ark.), Ab....

Southern

515

16.

434

147

18.

16

-; residence formed under laws of several States.
Stout v. Sioux City & Pac. R. R. Co. (U. S. C. C.,
Neb.), Ab...
17.-Residence of; State court cannot appoint receiver
of foreign. Stafford v. American Mills Co. (R. I. S.
C.), Ab

; waiver of right to remove cause. Balt. & Ohio
R. R. Co. v. Koontz (U. S. S. C.), Full
19.-Savings bank; notice; conveyance to employe.
Appeal of Philipsburgh Savings Bank (Penn. §. C.),
N.....

515

237

487

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