TO THE EDITORIALS, NOTES OF RECENT DECISIONS, LEAD- ING ARTICLES, ANNOTATED CASES, LEGAL NEWS,
CORRESPONDENCE AND BOOK REVIEWS IN VOLUME 33.
A separate subject-index for the "Digest of Current Opinions" will be found on page 489, fol- lowing this Index-Digest. J
ATTORNEY AND CLIENT, privilege of professional secrecy extends to infor- mation obtained from documents submitted for his inspection or custody, 122.
knowledge by attorney of a criminal intent on part of client is not privileged, 122. BAILMENT,
liability of innkeeper for loss of guest's baggage after he has paid his bill and left the hotel, 86. right of innocent purchaser for value of personal property from a vendor who obtains possession by fraud, 433, 434.
national bankruptcy legislation, 443.
BANKS AND BANKING,
where the payee of a bank check has it certified by the bank he thereby releases the drawer from liability thereon, 22.
construction of statute of limitations as to checks,
prompt presentation of checks, 81.
liability of banks in the payment of checks forged by the agent of depositor, 181.
liability of sureties on bond of bank clerk for money fraudulently taken while acting as cashier, 184. liability of bank in the collection of draft at a dis- tant point for loss occasioned by the insolvency of its correspondent, 257, 266.
power of bank to hold excess of collaterals, pledged as security, for bills accepted by a firm of which the borrower was a member, 316.
usury in the sale of commercial paper, 443. banking law of Kansas, 483.
landslide in a railway cut is not an occurence with- in the term "act of God," 2.
validity of stipulation limiting liability, where value of shipment not given, 163. CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS,
contract on ticket exempting steamship company from liability for loss of baggage, being valid in England will be enforced here, though would be void if made here, 101.
relative duties and responsibilities of carriers and passengers where the latter through mistake or otherwise has not the required ticket, 205. where conductor of train returns to the passenger the wrong end of a ticket and he is thereafter ejected thereby, the carrier is liable, 207.
liability of, for injuries to passenger alighting from train, 354.
CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL,
correction of error in, 461.
CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT. See NEGOTIABLE INSTRU- MENT.
validity of coal mining laws in, 237. CONDITIONAL SALE,
of chattels in one State where removed to another and sold to bona fide purchaser, 106. CONDONATION. See DIVORCE. CONFLICT OF LAWS,
rate of interest legal in the borrower's State is valid, though the rate was usurious in the State of the lender, 29.
giving effect to rights which parties have acquired in other States or jurisdictions, 31. steamship ticket limiting liability issued and valid in England, will be enforced here though would be void under the law if issued here, 101. effect of removal of chattel transferred under con- ditional sale, to another State and sale there to bona fide purchaser, 106.
in suit for negligence in collection of commer- cial paper in another State, 266.
in action by payee against indorsee of notes, where indorsement made in another State the lex loci contractus must govern, 279.
right of insurance company to plead in abatement of suit in one State garnishment of claim in another, 466.
CONFLICT OF LAWS-Continued.
validity and effect, in one of the States, of a decree of divorce by the tribunals of another, 467. CONSTITUTIONAL LAW,
relation of police power of the States to the com. merce power of the nation, 41. statute requiring prisoners to be resentenced where by reason of irregularities subsequent to verdict, the judgment is reversed is not unconstitutional as putting defendant twice in jeopardy, 141. adoption of new constitution in Kentucky, 141. statute prohibiting "gift enterprises" is invalid, 170. invalidity of State enactment forbidding the running of trains on Sunday as an interference with in. terstate commerce, 181.
validity of State regulations of commerce, 207. constitutionality of coal mining laws, 237. constitutionality of natural gas legislation, 257. interpretation of term "due process of law" in fourteenth amendment to the federal constitu- tion, 333.
validity of State taxation of telegraph companies, 356.
validity of State taxation of express companies, 356. power of State legislatures in the control and regu lation of private property, 407.
how far law passed abrogating grand jury is ex post facto as to offenses committed prior to its pas- sage, 425.
for sale of land, general incidents of, 167.
illegal contract cannot be specifically enforced, 123. agreement to arbitrate as condition precedent to maintaining suit, 168.
in restraint of trade, when injunction will lle, 225. to retain the location of a post office at a given point is against public policy and void, 238.
to deliver lumber at a future date, measure of damages for breach of, 258.
validity of subscription to church made on Sunday, 277.
validity of, for delivery of commodity in the future, 373.
validity of contract not to sell goods to plaintiff's customers as in restraint of trade, 391.
of employment as within the statute of frauds, 410. testamentary covenant that covenantor's executors shall after her death pay the covenantee a certain sum, is valid, 444.
for pledge of chattels, right of pledgee to maintain replevin, 465.
CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE.
COOLEY, THOMAS M.,
resignation of, as member of interstate commerce commission, 293.
CORPORATION. See also STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS. not ultra vires for corporation with consent of its stockholders to sell all its property to another corporation and take stock of the latter in pay. ment, 82.
illegal combination of stockholders to vote stock by proxy, void as against public policy, 85. whether corporation de facto but not de jure may be treated as a partnership, 102.
effect of failure of promoters of, to comply with the statutory requirements of organization, 102. liability of stockholder to action in foreign State, 183.
liability of, for fraudulent issue of stock by officer, 247.
a corporation catechism, 270.
power of, to give away its capital stock, 284. action against officers of, for deceit in official state- ment required by statute, whereby plaintiff is induced to take its notes, 357.
situs of taxation of corporations and of corporate shares, 429, 445.
directors responsible for dividends paid out of cap. ital stock, 453.
CORRESPONDENCE,
Nebraska divorce law, 229, 248.
the new rules of the Missouri Supreme Court, 304. transcripts on appeal, 344.
subject to garnishment for debts owed by it to one of its officers, 166.
the judges of the new circuit court of appeals in gowns, 21.
an ignoramus judge in Kansas, 101. retirement of judges, 161.
that covenantor's executors will after her death pay covenantee a certain sum is valid, 444.
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE. See also CRIM- INAL TRIAL.
delay in the execution of criminal justice, 61. information charging in one count that defendant stole an article belonging to one man and an arti cle belonging to another without alleging that the two articles were stolen at the same time and by the same act is bad for duplicity, 64. statute requiring prisoners to be resentenced, on account of irregularity, is not unconstitutional as putting defendant twice in jeopardy, 141.
right of one to defend himself in his own house does not extend to his lands outside the curtilage, 204. express and implied malice in the law of homicide, 239.
a convict who escapes from the penitentiary and commits a grand larceny may be convicted and sentenced therefor before he has served out his first sentence, 240.
of abuses in the pardoning of criminals, 313. how far intoxication is an excuse for crime, 337. jurisdiction of perjury committed in State court while sitting temporarily in room under exclusive jurisdiction of federal government, 343.
what constitutes the crime of bigamy, 394, 412. sufficiency of indictment charging fraudulent voting, 409.
law passed abrogating grand jury is not ex post facto and therefore invalid as to offenses committed prior to its passage, 425.
libelous to send through the mail an envelope hav- ing endorsed thereon in large letters "Bad Debt Collecting Agency," 186.
having employed the agency with knowledge of its methods the accused is responsible for the acts of the agency, 186.
use of liquor by jury, how far vitiates verdict, 313. whether misconduct of fury in going out of the ju. risdiction pending trial in capital case will vitiate the verdict, 313.
action for, by inducing one to join the society of "Faithists," 353.
action for fraudulently inducing plaintiff to take the notes of a corporation by false representation of its officers in official statement not intended for the public, 357.
grant of room in building, effect of destruction by fire as an extinguishment of the easement, 234. marriage as a consideration for, 262. remaining in possession of the grantor, to take effect after his death, is void for want of a delivery du- ring his life-time, 286.
DEFINITION,
of marriage, 394.
DELIVERY,
of deed after death of grantor, effect of, 286.
DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION,
statutory rights of inheritance of illegitimate chil- dren, 375.
whether railroad pass issued to "family" survives to descendants, 408.
DIGEST OF CURRENT OPINIONS,
13, 33, 54, 74, 94, 114, 134, 154, 174, 193, 214, 230, 250, 271, 288, 306, 326, 346, 367, 385, 402, 420, 436, 454, 472.
of corporations responsible for dividends paid out of capital stock, 453.
necessity for, sufficient to give jurisdiction to court of equity, 146.
effect of, upon homestead in land held by husband and wife by entireties, 23.
condonation by wife of the offense of adultery by having sexual intercourse with husband after knowledge thereof, 91, 93.
rule that pardon of offense may be implied by sexual intercourse not so vigorously enforced against the wife as against the husband, 9,93. what constitutes matrimonial condonation of of. fense, 91, 93.
law of, in South Dakota, 161. law of, in Nebraska, 161.
validity of divorce obtained in another jurisdiction, 221, 229, 248.
the fact that husband suspects his wife and watches her in order to obtain proof of her infidelity is not sufficient to charge him with connivance, 261. statistics as to, in the United States, 373. legitimating children under statute providing for,
to cease treating equity as an independent sub- ject, 339.
jurisdiction of, in obtaining probate of will, 355. statute of limitations in suit in, 389.
will not enforce specific performance of contract for personal service, 423.
EVIDENCE. See also EXPERT TESTIMONY.
widow born in foreign country and never natural- ized, in order to prove citizenship by marriage must produce record evidence of ber husband's naturalization, 87.
presumption of delivery of letters mailed, 101. when proof of foreign law has been given from gov. ernmental publication the presumption is that such law is still in force, 145.
of after precautions taken by defendant, admissi- bility in negligence cases, 201. dog evidence, 305.
power of court to compel physical examination of plaintiff to be used as, 362, 365.
admissible in mitigation of damages in slander suits, 379.
physical examination of plaintiff in damage suit. 362.
insurance money collected for the destruction of articles exempt, is itself exempt, 393.
Insurance money on exempt articles is itself ex- empt, 393.
action for damages in assigning claim to non-resi. dent for the purpose of garnishment and defeat- ing exemption law, 461.
admissible in action by unmarried woman for in- juries, that same would render child bearing perilous to life, 318.
EXPRESS COMPANY,
validity of State tax upon, 356.
FALSE PRETENSES,
a curious case of, 305.
FALSE REPRESENTATION. See DECEIT. "FAMILY,"
construction of the term in railroad pass, 408. FEDERAL COURTS. See also REMOVAL OF CAUSES. organization of the new circuit courts of appeals, 1. whether the judges of the new courts of appeals should appear in gowns, 21.
need of a revision of the United States statutes, 81. power to review decisions of State court upon habeas corpus, 333.
jurisdiction of crime of perjury committed in State court while sitting in federal court room, 342. power of, to compel physical examination of party to the suit, 362.
whether sult by receiver in, is subject to review by United States Supreme Court, 444.
awarding of medal to, by the American Bar Asso- ciation, 423.
proof and presumption as to existence of, 145. FRAUDS, STATUTE OF,
contract of employment from month to month for a series of years, within the, 410.
FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE,
marriage as a consideration for conveyance of land from insolvent father to his daughter, 262.
validity of contract of gambling in, 373. GAMBLING,
In futures, validity of contract, 373. GARNISHMENT. See ATTACHMENT. of money in hands of sheriff, 111.
Lord Justice General of Scotland, death of, 277. INJUNCTION,
power of telephone company to enjoin electric rail- way company from so using its system as to injure use of telephones, 61.
will not lie at suit of abutting land owner against street railway unlawfully using the highway,69, 71. when will lie to enforce contract in restraint of trade, 224.
by telephone company against electric railway com- pany causing damage to telephones by electric wires, 411.
will lie by store keeper to restrain nuisance caused by obstructing the sidewalk in front of his prem. ises, 427.
liability of, for loss of guest's baggage after guest has paid his bill and left the hotel, 86.
collateral attack of judgment by confession under power of attorney given by lunatic, 82.
how far possession of leased property under a con- tract to purchase same violates condition of policy that same shall become void if any change takes place in title or possession, 397, 401.
effect of failure to comply with provision of policy requiring employment of watchman in and about the premises, 166.
as a trade within meaning of anti-trust laws, 277. the term "wholly destroyed" as applied and used in policies of fire insurance, 319.
insurance money on exempt articles is itself ex- empt, 393.
State enactment forbidding the running of trains on Sunday as an interference with, 181. validity of State regulation of commerce, 207. Indiana natural gas statute, as an interference with, 257.
taxation of express and telegraph companies as an interference with, 356.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE ACT,
removal of causes brought under the, 238.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION,
resignation of Thos. M. Cooley as a member of, 293.
INTOXICATING LIQUORS,
use of, by jury in criminal trial, 313. INTOXICATION,
how far an excuse for crime, 337. JETSAM AND FLOTSAM,
12, 72, 248, 270, 305, 345, 366. JOINT DEBTOR ACTS, jurisdiction under, 223.
JOINT TORT FEASOR,
how far the release of one discharges the liability of the other, 52.
effect of release and discharge of one defendant, in action against two upon the judgment against the other, 50.
assignment of judgment against defendant gives the assignee no power to release the other, 50. by confession under power of attorney given luna- tic, collateral attack of, 82.
power of court of equity to give relief against, 127. relief against foreign judgments, 127.
how far denial of motion for new trial constitutes res adjudicata, 127.
jurisdiction under joint debtor acts, 223.
power of court of equity to give relief against a,
power of the court to amend the, 358.
collateral attack of, on execution of judgment by confession under power of attorney given by lu- natic, 82.
of crime of perjury committed in State court while sitting temporarily in room under exclusive juris- diction of federal government, 342.
disqualification of juror for defective eyesight, 293. misconduct of, in criminal trial, 313. proof of misconduct of, 366.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,
autobiography of a, 461.
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