White v. Woodruff, 9. References are to sections. White's Adm'r v. Curd, 309. Whitehall T. Co. v. New Jersey S. Co., 355. Whitehead v. Kennedy, 460. Wilcox v. Executor of Plummer, 11, v. Fairhaven Bank, 228, 245. Wilcox & W. Organ Co. v. Lasley, Wilcoxen v. Reynolds, 211. Wilday v. Morrison, 286, 318, 319. Whitehouse v. Fellows, 114, 116, 125. Wilde v. Crow, 417. Whitelegge v. De Witt, 180. v. Jenkins, 251. v. Joel, 85. Whitfield v. Levy, 279, 283, 284, 295, Wilder v. Boynton, 180. v. Seelye, 270, 272. Wilderman v. Sandusky, 458. Wildey v. Fractional School District, 180. Wildman v. Radnaker, 277. v. Keokuk, 402. • v. Stewart, 142. v. West Jersey R. Co., 30. Wilhelm v. Schmidt, 226, 228, 245. Wilkerson v. Farnham, 178. Wilkes v. Hungerford Market Co., 4. Wilkinson v. Black, 110. v. Byers, 251. v. Daniels, 286, 312. v. Ferree, 181. v. Moseley, 443. V. Searcy, 393, 422. Willard v. Harvey, 277. v. Stevens, 459. Williams, Ex parte, 226, 229, 322. v. Baker, 309. v. Barton, 45. v. Brown, 446. v. Campbell, 211. v. Cawley, 152. v. Chicago Coal Co., 79, 88, 155. v. Craig, 322, 350. v. Crary, 220. v. Currie, 392. v. Dakin, 290. v. Esling, 11. v. Evans, 198, 199, 216. v. Fitzhugh, 361. v. Grant, 37. Williams v. Griffith, 161. v. Hedley, 236. References are to sections. v. Houghtaling, 236, 242, 244, 372, 378. v. Langford, 248. v. McFall, 463. v. Meeker, 286. v. Miller, 179. v. Miner, 152, 430. v. Missouri Furnace Co., 114. v. Mosely, 207. v. Mostyn, 11, 161. v. National Bank, 228. v. Oliphant, 80. v. Pomeroy Coal Co., 115. v. Reynolds, 47. v. Rorer, 263, 267. v. Schmidt, 183. v. Sheldon, 140. v. Sherman, 304, 329. v. Smith, 370, 388. v. Stanton, 252. v. Starr, 226. v. State, 382. v. Storrs, 353. v. Tappan, 436. v. Taylor, 200. v. Vance, 284. v. Vanderbilt, 14, 58, 90, 91, 92. v. Wade, 358. v. Walker, 231, 233. Williamson v. Allison, 99. v. Barrett, 18. v. Broughton, 333. v. Cole, 236. v. Dillon, 445. v. McGinnis, 259. v. Smith, 211. v. Williamson, 84, 322, 344. Williar v. Baltimore, etc., Ass'n, 7. Willing v. Swanzey, 456. Willingham v. Hooven, 45. Willings v. Consequa, 350, 357. Willis v. De Castro, 259. v. Dun, 228. v. Forest, 151. v. McIntyre, 238. v. McNeill, 403, 410. v. Miller, 394, 412. Willoughby v. Backhouse, 7. v. Thomas, 108. Willower v. Hill, 152. v. Apple, 152, 153. Wilson v. Berryman, 456. v. Bowen, 399. v. Burgess, 184. v. Chicago, etc., Ry. Co., 275. v. Clarke, 413. v. Coupland, 215. v. Darwin, 429. v. Dean, 286, 315, 318. v. Doran, 275. v. Dunville, 45. v. Fitch, 152. v. General Iron S. Co., 52. v. Goodin, 233. v. Greensboro. 180. v. Hardesty, 313, 370. v. Holden, 445. v. Hughes, 179. v. Keeling, 277. v. McElroy, 174. v. McEvoy, 85. v. McVey, 263, 272. v. Middleton, 151, 402. v. Morgan, 209, 210, 267. v. Northern P. R. Co., 39. T. Reedy, 45, 56, 179. v. Vaughn, 406, 412. v. Wallace, 130. v. Wilson, 222, 233. v. Yocum, 60. v. Young, 123, 151, 405. Wilson S. M. Co. v. Moreno, 286. Wilt v. Franklin, 253. Wiltburger v. Randolph, 348, 350. Winans v. Denman, 139. v. Huston, 259. Winch v. Mutual Benefit Ice Co., 293, 297, 330. Winship v. Bass, 222. v. Enfield, 26. References are to sections. Winslow v. Draper, 457. Winter's Appeal, 3. Winterfield v. Bradnum, 177. Winthrop v. Carleton, 357, 366. v. Curtis, 388. v. Pepoon, 366. Winthrop Bank v. Jackson, 180. v. Shepherd, 195, 196. Wiseman v. Lyman, 225. Witherow v. Briggs, 286, 312, 318, 319. Withers v. Greene, 170, 179, 181. v. Reynolds, 108, 127. Witherspoon v. Musselman, 286. Witman & Geisinger's Appeal, 225. Wittich v. First Nat. Bank, 3. Woarck v. Winnick, 368. Woburn v. Henshaw, 83. Wofford v. Wyly, 375. Wolcott v. Hall, 152. v. Mount, 51, 61, 78, 107, 120. Wolf v. Des Moines Ry. Co., 283, 290, 299. v. Goodhue F. Ins. Co., 459. v. St. Louis W. Co., 90. Wolf Creek Diamond Coal Co. v. Wolfe v. Sharpe, 348. wolff v. Cohen, 402. v. Oxholm, 365. V. Walter, 230. Wolford v. Lyon Gravel G. M. Co., 459. Wolfson v. Eyster, 459. v. Brush, 175, 176. v. Bullens, 267. v. Fithian, 139. v. Hickox, 349, 350. v. Hilbish, 394. v. Kennedy, 365, 370. v. Lake, 236. V. Leach, 429. v. Lemon, 429. v. Merchants', etc., Co., 272. v. Merritt, 201. v. Morewood. 103. v. Robbins, 325, 352, 354. v. Roberts, 247, 249, 250. Wright v. Quirk, 175. References are to sections. v. Wright, 127, 240. Wyatt v. Harrison, 3. Wyckoff v. Anthony, 262, 263, 265, 272. Wyman v. American P. Co., 80. v. Cochrane, 286. v. Hubbard, 352. v. Leavitt, 95, 96. Wynkoop v. Cowing, 268. v. Hidav, 170. Wynne v. Parsons, 404. Wyvell v. Barwise, 200. Yenner v. Hammond, 284, 292. v. Spencer, 11. v. Thompson, 286. 310. v. Western U. T. Co., 97. v. White, 290. Youngs v. Lee, 226. v. Shahelin, 225, 226. Yundt's Appeal, 353, 372. Xenia Branch Bank v. Lee, 178, 183. Zabriskie v. Smith, 7. Yale v. Saunders, 156. Yates v. Foot, 132. v. New York, etc., R. Co., 151. Yeager, The, 158. Yeager v. Groves, 264. v. Wallace, 130. Yeatman's Appeal, 353. Yeatman v. Cullen, 358. Zenobia, The, 58. Zink v. Langton, 333. Zirker v. Hughes, 106. Zoebisch v. Von Minden, 251. Zogbaum v. Parker, 7, 198, 200. Yellow Pine Lumber Co. v. Carroll, | Zuller v. Rogers, 81. 355. THE LAW OF PART I. AN ELEMENTARY EXPOSITION OF THE SUBJECT. CHAPTER I. A GENERAL STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO DAMAGES, THEIR LEGAL QUALITY AND KINDS. § 1. General observations. 2. The right to damages; how amount ascertained. 3. Damnum absque injuria; injuria sine damno. 4. Public wrongs. 5. Illegal transactions. 6. Contractual exemption from liability for damages. 8. Injuries to unborn child. § 1. General observations. The chief practical value of any system of law is in its adaptability and efficiency to secure the individual in the full enjoyment of his rights, and in giving him adequate relief when they are violated. The common law defines them, and professes to afford a remedy for their every infraction. In the nature of things, this remedy cannot consist in so annulling by adjudication an act which violates a right that the injured party will be restored to its enjoyment as though there had been no interruption. The consequences of an act which is an invasion of another's right may be arrested; in some cases partial restoration is practicable. But unless compensation can be made as a substitute for that to which a party is entitled, and of which VOL I-1 |