INDEX

*A., E., 277, 280

Acceptance, 32

Accommodation Bills, 357

Accounting, 133

Adequacy of Consideration, 57

Administrators, 68, 340

Advertisements, 36

Agency, 122, 141

Agency, Irrevocable, 148

Airplanes, 12

Alteration, 72

Alteration of Written Contracts, 113

Aliens, 77, 84

Analysis of Indenture, 219

Anti-Trust Act, 206

Architect's Certificate, 87

Articles of Partnership, 175

Assault and Battery, 408

Assets, Division of, 186

Assets of Partnership, 186

Assignment of Duties, 107

Assignment of Future Claims, 110

Assignment of Rights, 106

Assignments, 105

Assignments, Forged, 242

Assignments, General, 425, 430

Assignments, Meaning of, 105

Assignments, Partial, 109

Assignments by Unauthorized Agent, 243

Assumption of Mortgage, 314

Attachment, 369, 374

Attachment of Stock, 248

Attorney, Powers of, 105, 125

Auction Sales, 39

Authority of Agent, 132

Avoidance, 81

Bailment, 262

Bank Accounting, 228

Bank Officers, Liability of, 226

Bank President, 227

Bankruptcy, 66, 95, 247, 428

Bankruptcy, Composition in, 437

Barred Debts, 64, 65

Beneficiary, 75

Bids, 40

Bilateral Contracts, 26, 108

Bills and Notes, 378

Bills of Exchange, 392

Bills of Lading, 270, 347

Blue Sky Laws, 229

Bonds, 216, 217

Breach of Contract, 92

Breach of Warranty, 281

Building Contracts, 87

Burglary, 422

Capacity, Lack of, 244

Capacity of Parties, 74, 77, 264

Carriers, 267, 344

Certificate of Architect, 88

Certificates, Forged, 241

Certificates, Unindorsed, 256

Certificates, Lost, 255

Chattels, 291

Chattels, Leases of, 291

Chattel Mortgage, 291

Checks, 112, 382

Claim, Liquidated, 59, 112

Claim, Proof of, 434

Claim, Unliquidated, 112

C. O. D., 270

Commercial Law, 7

Common Carriers, 344

Common Law, 9

Competition, Unfair, 457

Composition in Bankruptcy, 437

Composition with Creditors, 425

Conditional Contracts, 86

Conditional Promise, 35

Conditional Sales, 289

Conflict of Laws, 336, 458

Consideration, 57, 390

Consignments, 290

Construction of Wills, 334

Contract, Agency by, 125

Contract to Sell, 261

Contracts, 24, 299, 462

Contracts:

Bilateral, 26, 108

Breach of, 92

Building, 87

By Correspondence, 48

By Mail, 48

Definition of, 24

Discharge of, 110

Drafting, 114

Enforceability, 57

Formal, 25

Gambling, 102

Illegal, 101

Implied, 41

Informal, 25

In Restraint of Trade, 101

Installment, 91

Liquidated, 58, 59

Of Employment, 88

Performance, 86

Quasi, 115

Sealed, 27

Simple, 29

To Sell, 261

Termination, 86

Unenforceable, 26

Unilateral, 26

Unliquidated, 59

Void, 26, 81

Voidable, 26, 66, 78, 81

Written, 38, 72, 113

Contractors, 161

Contribution, 446

Contributory Negligence, 416

Conveyances, Fraudulent, 429

Copyright, 450

Corporations, 85, 86, 192

By-Laws, 207

Citizenship of, 196

Creation of, 194

De Facto, 201

De Jure, 201

Directors, 212

Foreign, 209

Indenture, 217

Joint Stock, 168

Kinds of, 194

Liability of, 205

Liability of Directors, 224

Liability of Officers, 224

Management of, 210

Powers of, 197, 221

Stockholders, 208

Correspondence, Contracts by, 48

Counter Offer, 43

Courts, 20, 21

Creation of Corporations, 194

Creditors' Rights, 186

Criminal Law, 205, 405, 419

Cumulative Dividends, 223

Cumulative Voting, 213

Curtesy, 300, 336

Death, 44, 375

Debts, 64, 65

Deceit, 412

Deeds of Trust, 317

De Facto Corporation, 201

Default, 301

Defective Goods, 282

Definition of Agency, 122

Definition of Contracts, 24

Definition of Law, 7

Definition of Partnership, 164

De Jure Corporation, 201

Delectus Personarum, 173

Delivery, 272, 388

Delivery, Lack of, 244

Destruction of Goods in Transit, 362

Directors, 212, 221

Directors, Election of, 212

Directors, Liability of, 224

Directors, Powers of, 197, 221

Disability, 124

Discharge of Contracts, 110

Dividends, 222

Divine Law, 7

Division of Assets, 186

Dower, 300, 335

Drafting Contracts, 114

Drafts, 381

Drunkards, 77, 79, 82

Due Course, Holders in, 383, 396

Duress, 99

Duties, Assignment of, 107

Easements, 14

Employment Contracts, 88

Enforceability of Contracts, 57

Equitable Title, 284

Equity of Redemption, 308

Entity Theory, 193

Estates and Trusts, 321

Escheat, 319

Estoppel, 128, 130

Executors, 68, 254, 340

Fact, Mistakes of, 100, 116

False Imprisonment, 414

Fidelity, 133

Fiduciary Duties, 104

Firm Name, 176

Firm Property, 186

Forbearance, 63

Foreclosure, 316

Foreign Corporations, 209

Forged Assignments, 242

Forged Certificates, 241

Forgery, 367, 423

Formal Contracts, 25

Forms:

Check, 382

Draft, 381

Promissory Note, 379

Will, 328

Fraud, 96, 97, 98, 99, 412

Frauds, Statute of, 67

Fraudulent Conveyances, 429

Fraudulent Sales, 285

Full Payment, 112

Future Claims, 110

Gambling Contracts, 102

Garnishment, 373

General Agents, 141

General Assignments, 425, 430

Gifts, 261, 293, 324, 376

Goodwill, 178

Guarantee, 36, 68, 440

Guaranty (see Guarantee).

Holder in Due Course, 383, 396

Homicide, 421

Husband and Wife, 249

Illegal Contracts, 101

Illegal Object, 172

Illegality, 104

Implied Authority, 137

Implied Contracts, 41

Implied Warranty, 277

Impossibility, 100

Imprisonment, False, 414

Inability, 94

Incapacity, 244

Indentures, 219

Independent Contractors, 161

Indorsement, Qualified, 399

Indorser, 398

Infancy, 66

Infants, 11, 20, 26, 66, 77, 78, 79

Informal Contracts, 25

Inheritance Tax Laws, 377

Insane, 80

Insanity, 44, 77, 79

Insolvency, 95

Insolvent Debtors, 425

Inspection, 273, 278

Installment Contracts, 91

Insurance, 86, 438

Insurance Policy, 36

Intent, 30

Interest, 466

Interpleader, 256

Interpretation, 155

Irrevocable Agencies, 148

Issue of Stock, 215

Joint Stock Corporations, 168

Knowledge of Illegality, 104

Lack of Capacity, 244

Lack of Delivery, 244

Lands, 69

Larceny, 423

Law, Common, 9

Law, Definition of, 7

Law of Partnership, 163

Law, Source of, 10

Law, Systems of, 9

Law, Where to Look for, 11

Lawrence v. Fox, 75

Lawyers, 17

Leases, 435

Leases of Chattels, 291

Legal Duty, 62

Legal Title, 284

Liability of Agent, 144

Liability of Bank Officers, 226

Liability of Directors, 224

Liability of Officers, 224

Liability of Partnership, 165

Libel, 409

Limitations, Statute of, 63

Limited, 190

Limited Partnership, 188

Liquidated Claims, 61, 112

Liquidated Contracts, 58, 59

Liquidation of Partnership, 188

Lost Certificates, 255

Magazine Subscription, 55

Mail Contracts, 48

Manslaughter, 422

Marriage, 69

Married Women, 82, 83

Master and Servant, 121, 149

Meeting of Stockholders, 208

Mistake, 100, 116

Misstatements of Opinion, 97

Moral Law, 7

Mortgage, Assumption of, 314

Mortgage Deed of Trust, 218

Mortgages, 291, 304

Mortgages, Chattel, 291

Necessaries, 80

Negligence, 281, 416

Negligence, Contributory, 416

Negligence of Agent, 160

Negotiable Instruments Act, 378

Negotiable Paper, 378, 465

Negotiability, 364, 380, 394, 403

Newspaper Subscriptions, 55

Non-Assignable Rights, 106

Novation, 108

Offer and Acceptance, 32, 51

Open Receipts, 371

Operation of Law, 147

Opinion, 97, 275

Options, 34, 35, 94

Oral Agreements, 38

Ownership of Stock, 240

Ownership, Rights of, 259

Part Payment, 65

Partial Assignments, 109

Parties, Capacity of, 74, 77, 264

Partner by Estoppel, 171

Partner, Powers of, 177

Partner, Secret, 190

Partner, Silent, 190

Partnership, 163, 188

Past Consideration, 61

Patents, 448

Performance, 87

Performance Excused, 87

Performance of Contracts, 86

Performance, Specific, 303

Personal Property, 258, 259

Photographs, 15

Power of Attorney, 105, 125

Powers of Corporations, 197, 221

Powers of Partners, 177

Preferences, 430

Principal and Agent, 121

Principal, Liability of, 142

Principal, Rights of, 142

Principal Undisclosed, 141

Privilege, 411

Probate of Wills, 331

Promise, Conditional, 35

Promise to Marry, 69

Promissory Note, 379

Promoters, 202

Property, Personal, 258, 259

Property, Real, 259, 276, 298

Proof of Claims, 434

Prospectus, 230

Protest, 401

Proxy, 144, 214

Qualified Indorsements, 399

Quasi Contracts, 115

Railroad Commissions, 345

Ratification, 81, 128, 142

Real Estate, 69, 298

Real Property, 259, 276, 298

Receipt in Full, 113

Receipt of Acceptance, 53

Receipts, 59

Receipts, Trust, 355

Receipts, Warehouse, 370

Receiverships, 430

Reimbursement, 136

Rejection, 42, 43

Releases, 59

Renunciation, 113, 147

Repudiation, 95

Restraint of Trade, 101

Revival of Debts, 66

Revocation, 42, 146, 330

Rewards, 46

Rights, Non-Assignable, 106

Rights of Ownership, 259

Robbery, 424

Safe Deposit Companies, 372

Sale of Goods, 71

Sales Act, 287

Sales, Fraudulent, 285

Sales of Land, 69

Sales of Personal Property, 260

Sealed Contracts, 27

Sealed Powers of Attorney, 126

Seals, 27

Searches, Title, 319

Secret Partner, 190

Securities, 231

Self-Defense, 409

Set-Off, 436

Servant, Master and, 121, 149

Service of Agent, 132

Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 206

Shipper's Load and Count, 361

Side Compensation, 134

Silence Gives Consent, 53

Silent Partners, 190

Simple Contracts, 29

Slander, 409

Source of Law, 10

Special Agents, 141

Spent Bills, 363

Specific Performance, 303

Statute of Frauds, 67

Statute of Limitations, 63

Stock, Attachment of, 248

Stock Certificate, Theft of, 244

Stock, Dividends on, 222

Stock Held in Trust, 250

Stock, Issue of, 215

Stock, Ownership of, 240

Stock, Power to Sell, 251

Stock, Transfer of, 238

Stockholders, 208

Stoppage in Transit, 284

Surety Companies, 446

Suretyship, 440

Systems of Law, 9

Tenders, 40

Termination of Agency, 145, 147

Termination of Contract, 86

Termination of Partnership, 185

Termination of Offer, 44, 45

Testamentary Capacity, 325

Theft of Stock Certificate, 244

Title, 265, 276

Title Searches, 319

Torrens Law, 317

Torts, 142, 205, 405

Torts of Agent, 142

Trade Marks, 456

Trade Names, 456

Trade, Restraint of, 101

Transit, Goods in, 362

Transit, Stoppage in, 284

Transfer of Property, 96

Transfer of Stock, 238

Trust, Deeds of, 317

Trust Receipts, 355

Trustee, 250, 251, 252, 253, 340

Trustee in Bankruptcy, 432

Trusts, 339

Trusts, Voting, 215

Ultra Vires, 199

Unauthorized Assignment, 243

Unconditional Promise, 385

Undue Influence, 99

Undisclosed Principal, 141

Unenforceable Contracts, 26

Unfair Competition, 457

Uniform Partnership Act, 164

Uniform Transfer of Stock, 238

Unilateral Contracts, 26

Unindorsed Certificate, 256

Unliquidated Claim, 112

Unliquidated Contracts, 59

Use of Language, 51

Usury, 466

Vendor's Lien, 304

Void Contracts, 26, 81

Voidable Contracts, 26, 66, 78, 81

Voting Trusts, 215

Warehouse Receipts, 370

Warehousemen, 344

Warehouses, 344

Warranty, 144, 274

Warranty, Breach of, 281

Warranty, Implied, 277

Warranty of Agent, 144

Wife, Husband and, 249

Wills, 322

Witnessed Power of Attorney, 126

Workmen's Compensation Act, 154

Writing, 67, 72

Written Contracts, 38, 72, 113

Written Contracts, Alteration of, 113