Express contract, 92
Expulsion of members, powers of
beneficial associations as to, 59-
61; of clubs, 91-2

Factor, 170-1

Failure of a corporation, proced-
ure in, 109; of partnership,
procedure in, 255-6
False imprisonment, 314
Family, head of, meaning of,
193-4

Farm laborers, status under
Workmen's Compensation Acts,
335

Farm lease, legal form for, 361-3
Farm tenant, rights of, in use of

property, 210-II
Farmer, may not be made an
involuntary bankrupt, 48
Father, responsibility incurred
in entrusting automobile
to
youthful son, 34

Federal Bankruptcy Act of 1898,
48, 54, 55

Federal carrier legislation, 171-5;
see also Carrier; Common car-
rier

Federal courts, see Courts, fed-
eral

Federal employees, definition of,

under Workmen's Compensa-
tion Acts, 338; compensation
of dependents, 340

Fire insurance, see Insurance, fire
Fire, insurance of automobiles
against, 37

Fire insurance companies, mutual,
175-6; stock, 176

Fires, liability of garage keeper for
damage by, 185; liability for
starting, 321

Fish, property rights in, 20
Fixtures, 183; removal of, on ex-
piration of lease, 216-17; see
also Lease

Fog, driver of automobile not

negligent in proceeding in, if
no facilities for stopping for
night, 34

Food, no implied warranty of
fitness in sale of, 324-5
Foreclosure of mortgage, 237
Forged check, 79, 80

Formation of corporation, 105-6
Forms, legal, examples of, 343 ff.
Forwarding agent, 183-4; see also
Carrier

Fourteenth amendment to the
federal constitution, 88, 90
Fraud, in solicitation of stock
subscriptions, 108; liability of
corporation directors for, 119-
21; in declaring dividends, 122
Frauds, statute of, 300-1
Freight, regulations of public car-

riers as to, 68-9; common car-
rier's lien on, 69; see also Com-
mon carrier

Freight charges, liability of ship-
per or consignee for, 174–5
Furnished rooms, legal form for
lease of, 363

Game, property rights in, 19, 20
Garage keeper, 184-6; see also
Automobile; Chauffeur

Gasoline, storage of, in tanks, 184
Gift, 186 ff.; kinds of, 186; sav-
ings-bank deposits as subject
of, 186-9; proof of, 188; gifts in
trust, 188-9

Golf, injuries to public resulting
from, liability for, 297
Government exempt from liabil-

ity as common carrier, 71
Grain elevators, deliveries from,
283

Gravestone, defacement of, 72
Great Lakes, ownership of land
created by subsidence of, 10
Guardian, legal form for release
by ward of, 380

Guests in automobiles, 35

Horses, see Agistment
Horses, driver of, no right in
road superior to driver of auto-
mobile, 28

Husband, rights regarding agency
on marriage, 15; rights in estate
of wife, 129

Husband and wife, chattel mort-
gages between, 73; what con-
stitutes a marriage and fac-
tors affecting its validity, 195-6;
power of either to sue the other,
196-7; action for alienation of
affections, 197; property rights
and liability for debts and torts,
197-9, 201; dower and curtesy,
199; duties of husband, 199,
201; duties of wife, 199-200;
children, 200; separation agree-
ments, 200, 201; grounds for
divorce, 201-2; see also Divorce;
Dower

Imprisonment, false, 314
Incorporation, of religious societies,
81-2; of partnership, 254-5;
articles of, legal form for, 384-5
Indemnity insurance for automo-
ble owners, 37
Indenture, 134

Indorsement of note, various
kinds of, 244-5

Indorser of, note, liability of, 246-
7; of check, liability of, 266
Infants, ability to contract lim-
ited, 93

Infringement of patent, 264-5
Inheritance, rights of adopted

child, 10-11; see also Legacy; Will
Injunction, procedure of, 158;
for infringement of patent,
264-5

Injuries, liability of common car-
rier for, to passengers, 69-70;
liability of postmaster for, 71-2;
liability of landlord for, 215-16;
legal remedies for, 221; to
public resulting from sports and
amusements, liability for, 297-
9; on private premises, liabil-
ity for, 322-3

Inn, definition of, 205
Innkeeper, 202 ff.; what guests
he must receive or may ex-
clude, 202-3; liability for losses
of guests, 203-4; may make
needful regulations, 204
Insane person, statute of limita-

tion does not apply to, 301;
will made by, 330

Insanity, revocation of agency by,
14-15; bar to voluntary bank-
ruptcy, 48; is disability to mak-
ing contracts, 93-4
Insolvency laws, 48

Insurance, legal form for assign-
ment of policy of, 369-70
Insurance, accident, 5 ff.; gen-
eral principles applying to, 5-6;
definition of an accident, 6-7:

Insurance Continued

notice to insurer required in
case of accident, 7; total dis-
ability clause, 8; proof of death
by accidental means required
in action to recover insurance,
8-9; proof required of suicide, 9
Insurance, automobile, 36-8
Insurance, collision, for automo-
biles, 37

Insurance, fire, 175 ff.; mutual
companies, 175-6; stock com-
panies, 176; who may have
property insured, 176-7; when
policy becomes binding, 177,
180; payment of premium,
177; assignment of policy, 178;
cancellation of policy, 178;
action in case of accident,
fraud or mistake, 178, 179, 180;
conditions and language of
policy, 178, 179; misrepresen-
tation voids a policy generally,
180; consent required for other
insurance, 180-1; liability of
insurer in case of fire, 181-3;
open and valued policies, 182-3
Insurance, life, 222 ff.; for whom
policy may be for benefit of,
222-3; assignment of policy,
223-4, 228; power of general
agent as to premium and other
terms, 224, 225; when insur-
ance contract becomes binding,
224-5, 227; policies issued in
violation of a statute or con-
trary to public policy void,
226; effect of fraud in nego-
tiating and issuing policies, 226-
71 229; determining who is
the beneficiary, 227; payment
of premiums to general or
special agent, 227; partial pay-
ment of premiums from earn-
ings of company, 228; reinsur-
ance, 228-9; cancellation or
surrender of policy, 229, 230;

premiums not applicable for
dividends, 123

Insurance on mortgaged prop-
erty, 236

Insurance policy of bankrupt,

when not liable for debts, 54
Intemperance, see Drunkenness
Interest that pawnbroker may
charge, 63

Invention, see Patent

Invention by employee, ownership
of, 260, 261, 262

Involuntary bankrupt, 48-9, 50-1
Irrigation, appropriation of water
for, 24-5; use of water for,
not regarded as superior to
use for mining and milling, 25

Judgments, allowable as claim

against bankrupt, 53; precise
time of entering essential, 130;
term of, 303

Lakes, title to bed of, 140
Land, accretion and reliction of,
9-10; subsidence of, effect on
ownership, 10; agreement to
purchase, must be in writing,
18; when oral agreement is
valid, 18-19; with mineral re-
sources, question of deceit in
purchase of, 132; deeds of,
in selling and buying, 133 ff.;
lease of, as a deed, 136; de-
scription of boundaries of, in
deeds, 139-41; and dower, 145,
146; injuries to, relief in equity
for, 157; acquirement of title

Land-Continued

to, by possession, 193; lease of,
207 ff.; rental of, on shares, 214-
15; prescriptive rights in, 271-4;
rights as to lateral support of,
273-4; purchaser of, who fails to
pay, liable for use of, 277; legal
form for agreement for sale of,
343

Land license, 205-6

Landlord, liability of, for injuries,
215-16

Landlord and tenant agreement,
legal form for, 360-1
Landowner, along navigable water
rights of, 238-9; rights regard-
ing surface water, 303-6; liabil-
ity for nuisance, 321

Law and equity, explanation of

the terms, 3-4

Law, church, 81 ff.

Law, contract labor, 102-4

"Law of the road," for travel,
31-4

Laws, insolvency, 48

Lease, 207 ff.; liability of lessee

in case of fire, 207, 212-13;
agreements and covenants of,
207-8; term of, 208; descrip-
tion of premises, 208-9; parties
to, 209; what may be leased,
209-10; written parts of lease
overrule printed form if incon-
sistent, 210; use of premises,
210-11; assignment of, or
subletting, 211; fitness of
premises for occupancy, 211;
repairs, 211-12; alterations,
213; renewal of, 213; eviction,
213-14; rental of land on
shares, 214-15; liability of
lessor for injuries, 215-16;
what lessee may remove when
lease expires, 216-17; legal
form of agreement for, 359
Leases, legal forms for, 359-63;
assignment of, forms for, 364

Legacy, 217-19; see also Execu-
tor; Will

Legal decisions, see Decisions,
legal

Legal forms, examples of, 343 ff.
Legal remedies for civil offenses,

219-22

Legatee, for life, income to,
when not subject to claims of
creditors of a bankrupt, 54;
of stock, when entitled to divi-
dends on, 124-5; death of,
before death of testator, effect
on bequest, 332

Legislature, may set aside or

change common law decisions, 2
Lessor and lessee, see Lease
Letter of credit, legal form for, 375
Libel and slander, 315-19
License, to operate an automobile,

29; of pawnbroker, 63; of
chauffeur, 76-7; land, 205-6
Lien, of bailee on anything bailed,
only for services and proper
expenditures, 47; of common
carrier on freight, 69; by work-
man of subcontractor, legal form
for claim of, 345

Liens, vendors', 235-6

Life insurance, see Insurance, life
Light and air, as affected by erec-

tion of buildings, 273
Lightning, liability of insurance

company for damage by, 181
Limitation, statute of, 267, 301-3
Limited liability partnerships, 255
Lodging house, not an inn, 204-5
Lost property, 44-5, 48
Lot, cemetery, 72-3

Mail contractor, not liable for
driver's conduct, 72

Mail matter, carrying of, by
private persons, 71
Malicious prosecution, 314
Mandamus, action of, 221-2

applied to dividends, 123
Minister of church, selection of,

and contract with, 82, 87; re
moval or exclusion of, 84, 87
Minor, liability under bailor and
bailee relation, 43; may not
become a voluntary bankrupt,
48; may not run an automo-
bile in some states, 76; children
of alien widow, citizenship of,
on her marriage to an American,
89; ability to contract limited,
93; may not subscribe for cor-
poration capital stock, 106;
cannot make a legal deed,
136; but must set aside deed
signed in minority after becom-

ing of age to invalidate it, 136;
validity of lease made by, 209;
legacy to, 218; contracts made
by, 231-2; sales contracts with,
281-2; statute of limitation
does not apply to, 301; status
under Workmen's Compensa-
tion Acts, 334

Money, amount allowed as bag-
gage, 39; kinds and amounts of
various forms of, that may be
used in payments, 265-6
Monuments, as markers of land
boundaries, 139–40

Mortgage, release or quit-claim

deed given on discharge of, 135;
and dower, 145, 146; two kinds
of, 232; contract is a deed, 233;
recording of, 233; status of
improvements or additions to
mortgaged property, 233-4;
mortgage with power of sale,
234; liens, 235-6; assignment
of, 236; how mortgagor may
sell land, 236; insurance of
mortgaged property, 236; sev-
eral mortgages on the same
property, 236; rights of de-
visee of mortgaged land, 236-7;
procedure in foreclosure, 237;
procedure in case of death of
mortgagor, 237-8

Mortgage, chattel, see Chattel
mortgage

Mortgaged domestic animal, own-
ership of offspring, 21
Mortgagee, rights of creditors of,
in case of chattel mortgage,
74-5; transfer of title to, in
default of chattel mortgagee, 76
Mortgages on ships, 291-2
Mortgages, legal forms for, 353-7;

assignment of, form for, 358
Motorists, non-resident, 29
Municipal or public corporations,
104

Music, when a nuisance, 299