ment by which it stipulated for an exemption from liability for damages on account of injuries occurring through its negligence. Held, that, as the authority of the government agents to contract for the transportation of mails is limited by the provisions of the United States statutes, and as no power is given them to contract for exemption to a railroad corporation from liability for such a cause of action, it was not to be assumed that the contract under which defendant carried the mails contained any such provision; that if the contract between the government and defendant contained such a provision it was unauthorized and void; that, assuming the decedent received the pass and was chargeable with knowledge of its contents, it did not constitute a contract between him and defendant; that, as the absolute duty of carrying the agent in charge of the mail is imposed by said statutes upon the railroad corporation accepting the public mail for transportation, the defendant had no right to impose the condition; the agent's acceptance of the pass did not indicate his intention to assent to its provisions, and even if it might be so construed, and if the exemption clause was to be considered as a contract, it was void for want of consideration. Seybolt v. New York, L. E. & W. R. Co., 95 N. Y. 562; I8 Am. & Eng. R. Cas. 162. 1205 Definition, 9 Demonstrative legacies, 10 Devises and bequests upon condi- General legacies, 10 Gifts to a class, 60 Lapsed and void legacies, 28 Life tenants, relative rights of, 190 Particular purpose, given for, 62 Payment and delivery of legacies, 150 Personal estate, bequests of general, Portions, satisfaction by legacy, 87 Residuary bequests and devises, 45 Letter of attorney, 237 Letter of credit, 237 Bills of exchange distinguished from, Guarantor, 240 How construed, 250 Kinds of, 238 Liability of writer, 239 Letter of recommendation, 251 Address, 263 Conspiracies, 264 Contracts made by, 254 Husband and wife, 265 [239 Injunction against publishing or Insane persons, 264 Letters of marque and reprisal, 265 Legal tender, 222 Letter, 231 Letter of administration, 237 Libel (in practice), 504 Libel and slander-Continued. Publication, averment of, 472 Public interest, matters of, 329 Republication, 318 Slander, instances of what is, 333 Societies, reports of proceedings, 324 Words actionable only by reason of Words imputing a contagious disease, Words actionable per se, 349 Words imputing a crime, 349 Words imputing an intention, 353 1354 Words that apply to things and not Words touching one's office or voca- |