CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL. LYNE S. METCALFE, JR., Editor. CONTRIBUTORS. Hon. STEPHEN J. FIELD, Associate Justice United States Supreme Court. Hon. JOHN M. HARLAN, Associate Justice United States Supreme Court. Hon. ALBERT H. HORTON, Chief Justice of Kansas. Hon. HENRY HITCHCOCK, St. Louis. Hon. S. D. THOMPSON, St. Louis. Hon. SAMUEL MAXWELL, Chief Justice of Nebraska. Hon. R. R. BIGELOW, Chief Justice Supreme Court of Nevada. Hon. J. G. WOERNER, St. Louis, Mo. Hon. ALEX. MARTIN. Dean of the Missouri State Law School, Columbia, Mo. Hon. JACOB KLEIN, Judge St. Louis Circuit Court. WM. L. MURFREE, Professor of Law, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. JOHN D. LAWSON, Professor of Law, Missouri State University, Columbia, Mo. HENRY WADE ROGERS, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill. JAMES BARR AMES, Professor of Law in Harvard Law School. H. S. KELLY, St. Joseph, Mo. W. F. ELLIOTT, Indianapolis, Ind. L. HOCHHEIMER, Baltimore, Md. W. W. THORNTON, Indianapolis, Ind. H. CAMPBELL BLACK, Williamsport, Pa. JAMES M. KERR, Rochester, N. Y. PERCY EDWARDS, Owosso, Mich. D. R. N. BLACKBURN, Albany, Oregon. CHAPMAN W. MAUPIN, Washington, D. C. D. B. VAN SYCKEL, Kansas City, Kas. VOLUME 42. JANUARY-JUNE, 1896. UNIVERSITY ST. LOUIS, MO.: 1896. 92934 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1896, by CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL COMPANY, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington. TIBKYKA OMIAERRILA PRINTED BY CENTRAL LAW JOURNAL COMPANY. TABLE OF CASES. This list includes only those cases commented upon editorially or in our Notes of Recent Decis- Abt v. American Trust & Sav. Bank (Ill.) Conflict of Adams & Westlake Co. v. Deyette (S. Dak.) Corpora- Ahlstrom v. Fitzpatrick (Mont.) Contract-Void for In- Alexander v. Trufant Com. Co. (Tex.) Duress-Settle- American Credit Indemnity Co. v. Cassard (Md.) American Waterworks Co. v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Anderson v. Miller (Tenn.) Landlord and Tenant- D. 259. Banks, In re (Kan.) Legal Censorship of the Press, Ed. Beach v. Sterling Iron & Zine Co. (N. J.) Nuisance- Beers v. Boston & A. R. Co. (Conn.) Carriers of Pas- Belknap v. Schild (U. S. S. C.) Infringement of Patent Bessemer Land & Improvement Co. v. Jenkins (Ala.) 153. Bever v. Bever (Ind.) Parol Evidence-Admissibility Blum v. Van Vechten (Wis.) Garnishment of Receiver, Bradley v. Fallbrook Irrigation District (U. S. S. C.) 171. Bradley v. Reppell (Mo.) Collateral Defense of Non- Branch v. Augusta Glass Works (Ga.) Corporations- Bridges v. Stevens (Mo.) Oral Waiver of the Statute of Brown v. Walker (U. S. C. C. Pa.) Constitutional Law Burke v. Shaver (Va.) Breach of Marriage Promise- Campbell v. People (Ill.) Criminal Law-Homicide- Case v. Smith (Mich.) Action for Seduction by Affianced Central Land Co. v. Laidley (U. S. S. C.) Federal Courts Central Nat. Bank v. Spratlen (Colo.) Assignment-Or- Central Union Tel. Co. v. Swoveland (Ind.) Telephone Chitty v. Chitty (N. Car.) Attachment-Non-residence 519. Cincinnati, D. & H. Ry. Co. v. Metropolitan Nat. Bank City Electric Street Ry. Co. v. Conery (Ark.) Negli- City Electric St. Ry. Co. v. First Nat. Exch. Bank City of Huntington v. Mahn (Ind.) Interstate Com- City of Indianapolis v. Wann (Ind.) Municipal Corpo- Commercial Bank v. Sherman (Oreg.) Foreign Corpo- Connell v. McLoughlin (Oreg.) Principal and Agent- Copeland v. Browning (U. S. C. C. Ind.) Federal Courts Costello v. State (Ala.) Nuisance-Municipal Corpora- Coulter Manufacturing Co. v. Ft. Dodge Grocery Co. Crain v. United States (U. s. S. C.) Technicality in Dailey v. Superior Court (Cal.) Power of Court to Re- Davis v. United States (U. S. S. C.) Burden of Proof as Dresser v. Traders' National Bank (Mass.) Contract Ellerson v. Westcott (N. Y.) Will-Inheritance by El Paso Nat. Bank v. Fuchs (Tex.) Attachment in Ac- 261. First Nat. Bank v. Foote (Utah) Negotiable Instru- Foley v. Phelps (N. Y.) Dead Body-Rights of Widow, Frey v. Calhoun (Mich.) Criminal Law-Trial Verdict Gay v. Murphy (Mo.) Principal and Surety-Rights of tional Law-Interstate Commerce-Killing of Game -Sale Outside of State, R. D. 408. Gill v. United States (U. S. S. C.) Royalty on Inven. tions-Recovery by Employees-Claim Against the Girardi v. Electric Imp. Co. (Cal.) Liability for In- juries Through Electrical Appliances, R. D. 320. Glidden v. Mechanic's National Bank (Ohio) Collat- eral Note-Right of Pledgee to Buy in, Ed. 407. Goldnamer v. O'Brien (Ky.) Torts-Right of Action- Gould v. Monlohan (N. J.) Married Woman-Funeral Griswold v. Hutchinson (Neb.) Malpractice-Physi- cians and Surgeons, R. D. 494. Guetzkow Bros. v. Andrews (Wis.) Sale-Breach by Handley v. Janesville & W. R. R. Co. (N. Car.) Car. riers of Passengers-Failure to Supply Train-Ex- Harmon v. Old Colony Railroad Co. (Mass.) Damages to Married Woman for Incapacity to Labor, Ed. Hearne v. Waterbury Hospital (Conn.) Charitable Corporation-Liability for Negligence of Servants, Hedin v. Minneapolis Med. & Surg. Inst. (Minn.) Lia- bility of Medical Practitioner for Deceit, R. D. 88. Hines v. Wilcox (Tenn.) Landlord and Tenant-Dan- Isola v. Webber (N. Y.) Statute Taking Away Limit Jansen v. People (Ill.) Criminal Law-Evidence of Jentzsch, Ex parte (Cal) Constitutionality of Acts Jersey City & B. R. Co. v. Morgan (U. s. S. C.) Tender Johnson v. Milwaukee & W. Inv. Co. (Neb.) Principal and Agent-Authority of Agent-Notice, R. D. 172. Kaufman v. Louisville Gas Co. (Ky.) Corporation Keron v. Cashman (N. J.) Rights of Finders of Lost Lehigh Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. Kelly (U. S. S. C.) "Tramp" Corporations in the Federal Courts, Lewis v. Terry (Cal.) Sale of Defective Articles-Lia- Leyson v. Davis (Minn.) Gift Causa Mortis-Suffi- Lynch v. Rosenthal (Ind.) Contracts for Sale of Lots- McDonald v. Pittsburg, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. (Ind.) Death by Wrongful Act-Bastard-"Child," R. D. Mahoney v. San Francisco & San Mateo Ry. Co. (Cal.) Verdict of Jury Obtained Through Duress on the holders-Enforcement of Laws of Other States- Minnesota Title Insurance & Trust Co. v. Drexel (U. S. C. C. of App.) Guarantee and Title Insurance, Missouri Pac. Ry. Co. v. Meeh (U. S. C. C. of App.) Morgan v. Andrews (Mich.) Malicious Interference Morgan v. Kennedy (Minn.) Liability of Husband for Moore v. Missouri (U. S. S. C.) Validity of "Habitual Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Phoenix Furniture Co. (Mich.) Foreign Judgments - Conclusiveness, ann. case, Newberry v. Carpenter (Mich.) Seizure of Private Newman v. King (Ohio) Negotiable Instrument-Prom. Pearsall v. Great Northern Ry. Co. (U. S. 8. C.) Rail- |