INDEX.

A.

Absenting himself from service, servant, may be dis-

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Acts of servant, liability of master for. See "MASTER,
LIABILITY OF."

Agent, servant taking master's goods to salesman and
requested by him to deliver to purchaser,
not agent of salesman

must not act hostilely to his master's interest
must not act for himself and principal at the same
time in the same business -

Agreement. See "CONTRACT OF HIRING."
Apprentices, authority to receive money for master

-

53

-

79

79

-

50

master's liability to provide medicine for 57
master may correct

not providing proper food for

meaning of word

when bound to execute their indentures

5583

1 8

65

-

-

under what circumstances allowed

Artizan, how far does he warrant his competency

74, 75

-

74

Assault, how far master may justify in defence of his ser-

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82

Assault, master may sue for assault on his servant
servant justified in leaving service without notice
upon assault by master

indecent, by servant, cause for instant discharge 77

Attachment of wages

ruptcy Act, 1869

-

Bastard, servant being with child, may be discharged

without notice

5

16

14, 15

77

-

28

50

Battery of servant, master's right of action for
Bill, servant taking instead of money
Book-keeper in coach-office, his authority to bind em-
ployer

Bookseller, liability of, for libel published by his

servant

Breakages, deduction in wages for

C.

Carelessness, liability of servant for. See " SERVANT,
LIABILITY OF."

of servant, liability of master for. See

66 MASTER, LIABILITY OF."

Carpenter, whether included under stat. 20 Geo. 2, c. 19,

and 4 Geo. 4, c. 96

6

Carrier, liability of, for contracts of servants in his office 47
See "COACHMASTER." "MASTER, LIA-
BILITY OF FOR ACTS OF SERVANT."

may give information he has heard from others 84
what communications by master respecting,

deemed confidential and privileged

where given in answer to inquiries

giving false

Chastisement, master how far justified in administering 58, 82
servant justified in leaving without notice

on receiving

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Children of poor persons to be apprenticed
Churchwardens binding pauper children apprentice

Clerk not a menial servant

contract of hiring of

-

what warning sufficient

duty of, to keep accounts

implied authority of, to receive monies

47

47

implied authority of, does not extend to receiving
things in lieu of money

declarations of, how far evidence against employer 47

implied authority to bind employer

of railway company, authority of, to give into

custody

rights of, on bankruptcy of master

47, 48

-33, 34, 35, 36

47

70

70-73

entitled to wages pro ratá, on dissolution of contract

of hiring

Coachmaster, liability of, for acts of servant

Coachman, liability of hirer of carriage or horses, for

97-105

Commencement of service, action for breach of agree-

ment for service before.

Common employment, what is
Competency, when warranted

Consideration must appear in contract of hiring in writing

Contract of hiring

-

when it must be in writing

21

63

81

3

1-9

3

Contracts of hiring not varied by mode of payment of wages
if in writing, what should be expressed

in

void if without consideration

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yearly, is renewed in all its parts from

year to year

how dissolved -

by death-

not by bankruptcy of master

nor by marriage of servaut

for a specific and definite period, deter-
mines without notice on lapse of
stipulated time

76

County Court, what actions for wages may be brought in 22

Credit of master, servant's authority to pledge

Criminal act of servant, liability of master for

liability of servant for

48-53, 65

42-44

70

78

Criminal intercourse between servants, cause for imme-

diate dismissal

D.

Damage, deduction from wages for

27, 67

servant not liable for, unless negligence be shown 67
Death of either party to contract for personal service, puts

Declaration, when act of servant may be alleged in, as
act of master

Defence of master, servant may commit assault in