See Militia.

STATES.

ties.-McCran v. Borough of Ocean Grove in
Monmouth County, 514.

V. REPEAL, SUSPENSION, EXPIRA-
TION, AND REVIVAL.

II. GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS.
37 (N.H.) Verity of record of council es-
tablished by signature of members. In re Opin-167(1) (Pa.) Later complete act embrac-
ing entire subject of earlier act and revising
same repeals earlier act.-Murdoch v. Biery,
772.

ion of the Justices-Adjutant General, 525.

STATUTE OF FRAUDS.

See Frauds, Statute of.

STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.

See Limitation of Actions.

STATUTES.

VI. CONSTRUCTION AND OPERA-

TION.

(A) General Rules of Construction.
176 (Pa.) Ambiguous statute to be con-
strued by court.-Blake v. Wilson, 126.

181(1) (N.H.) Object of construction is to
determine what words mean to those who used

For statutes relating to particular subjects, them.-State v. Downes, 246.
see the various specific topics.

I. ENACTMENT, REQUISITES, AND
VALIDITY IN GENERAL.

4 (Del.) Acts which might have been au-
thorized may be validated.-City of Wilming-
ton v. Wolcott, 703.

64(1) (Me.) Invalidity of authority to
lease does not invalidate entire Pier Act.
Hamilton v. Portland State Pier Site Dist., 836.

184 (Me.) Language construed with pur-
pose of act.-Merrill v. Inhabitants of Town
of Harpswell, 834.

188 (Pa.) Words not technical given plain
nieaning. In re McCully's Estate, 159.
Words must be so interpreted as to render
the paragraph harmonious.-Id.

200 (Conn.) Punctuation marks leading to
inconsistent results disregarded.-Kubis
Town of Cornwall, 663.

V.

II. GENERAL AND SPECIAL OR LO-200 (Md.) Punctuation may be disregarded.

CAL LAWS.

-Schiller v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 272.

230 (Vt.) Change in law presumed from
amendment or bill pending in Legislature.-
Essex Storage Electric Co. v. Victory Lumber
Co., 832.

STATUTES CONSTRUED.

COMPILED STATUTES, AN-

NOTATED SUPPLE

MENT 1919.

682

§§ 2044a-2044k

130

$830784a-30784ss

1919, ch. 192.

370

410

175

STATUTES AT LARGE.

1906, June 29, ch: 3591, §
7(11), (12), 34 Stat. 595 885
1908, April 22, ch. 149, 35
Stat. 65

1908, April 22, ch. 149, §
4, 35 Stat. 66.

CONNECTICUT.

GENERAL STATUTES

MAINE.

CONSTITUTION.

1918.

Art. 1, § 6.

260

& 1535

600

.315, 796

$$ 3447, 3448

Arts. 34, 36

836

804, 806

$5352

638

195

85353. Amended by Laws

REVISED STATUTES 1916.

1910, June 18, ch. 309, §
7(4), 36 Stat. 546..

1919, ch. 142, § 8.

.....

532

§ 5561. Amended by Laws

Ch. 26, § 38.

673

1915, March 4, ch. 176, §
1, 38 Stat. 1196..

1919, ch. 178.

663

532

$$ 5584, 5585

Ch. 50. .516, 710, 719, 841

263

Ch. 50, § 1, subsecs. 2, 3.. 516

1917, May 18, ch. 15, 40

$5831

524 Ch. 50, § 17.

516

Stat. 76

.422, 478

$5832

645 Ch. 53, § 8.

714

1917, Oct. 3, ch. 63, 40

§ 5840

524 Ch. 55, § 15.

836

Stat. 300

242

Ch. 57, 63.

905

LAWS.

1918, March 8, ch. 20, 40

Stat. 440

Ch. 95, § 4. Amended by

1918, March 8, ch. 20, §

1919, ch. 142, § 8.

168

Laws 1917, ch. 192.... 670

205, 40 Stat. 443.

800

1919, ch. 178..

663 Ch. 109, § 4..

669

1919, Oct. 28, ch. 85, 41

1919, ch. 202, § 2.

350 Ch. 121

347

Stat. 305

410

1919, ch. 233, §§ 7, 26c.. 649

Ch. 126, § 6.

258

Ch. 135, 9.

675

For cases in Dec.Dig. & Am.Dig. Key-No.Series & Indexes see same topic and KEY-NUMBER

MARYLAND.

CONSTITUTION.

Art. 8, 1...........................

CODE OF PUBLIC GEN-

ERAL LAWS 1904.

Art. 5, § 9.

Art. 60, §§ 2, 3, 5...................

Volume 2.

Page 1600, § 2, pl. 2a... 887

309

PENNSYLVANIA.

CONSTITUTION.

Pages 2820, 2821, §§ 64,

CODE OF PUBLIC GEN-

6132611

754

§ 8308
8322

Volume 3.

Pages 3294, 3298, §§ 3, 5 508 11239
Page 3420 et seq.

772

Art. 93, §§ 222, 302.

921

Page 3426 et seq..

314 8 13285-13308, 13591
188815091a et seq..

865

741

Art. 101, 56.......272,

627

Page 3436, § 23, subsec. 4 724

15945

864

Page 3580, § 458 et seq. 857 $$ 16056, 16061
Pages 3832-3837, 3855, §§

Pages 4076, 4077, §§ 84-86 328 § 21916 et seq.....

Page 4102, §§ 155, 156... 319

740, 745, 746, 768, 865

749

88 17181-17204

50617185

864

847 88 17186, 17188
88317242

749

755

LAWS.

Page 4973, § 13.

........

847

1806 (4 Smith's Laws, p.

483

332, § 13).

89

1806, p. 569.

143

1810, p. 62.

155

1824, p. 153, § 3.

772

1830, p.

256.

Amended

by Laws 1909, p. 434.. 163

1833, p. 250, § 12..

543

1833, p. 251, § 15.

141

1834, p. 83, § 51.

125

1834, p. 354, § 74.

560

1836, p. 531, § 14.

155

1836, p. 637.

551

882

1847, p. 319.

124

1849, p. 83.

116

Ch. 40, $ 5. Amended by

LAWS.

1853, p. 503, § 9.

548

Laws 1901, ch. 83.....

397

1855, p. 328.

121

1855, p. 342.

1872, p. 814, § 19.

882

1893, 302.

p.

850

500 1855, p. 328, § 7. Amend-

ed by Laws 1887, p.
298, § 1; Laws 1907, p.

Ch. 165, § 9.

247 1898, p. 915, § 136..

892

132, § 1; Laws 1913,

Ch. 191, $$ 8-10.

393 1900, p. 503, § 4. Amend-

p. 242, § 1.

754

Ch. 191, §§ 8-13.

382

ed by Laws 1918, p. 908,

1855, p. 329, § 5..

121

Ch. 191, § 12.

393

§ 2

881

1855, p. 368.

769, 913

Ch. 244, § 1.

796

1905, p. 75.

Ch. 246, § 4. Amended by
Laws 1905, ch. 57..... 396

1907, p. 474, § 1, subsec.
111

1861, p. 359.

155

486

1862, p. 475, § 16.

155

1908, p. 644.

847 1874, p. 122, § 1.

115

LAWS.

1911, p. 374, § 2.

.341, 603 1877, p. 20.

163

1912, p. 377..

1915, p. 539.

1916, p. 109.

1916, p. 283..

NEW JERSEY.

CONSTITUTION.

Art. 1, par. 18..
Art. 3

Art. 4, § 7, par. 11.

Art. 5, par. 11

Art. 6, 1, par. 1.
Art. 6, § 3, par. 1.

396 1912, p. 397, § 70.
397 1913, p. 622.

394

1914, p. 69.
1914, p. 410

247 1915, p. 441.

885 1887, p. 161, § 10.
857 1887, p. 298. § 1.
847 1889, p. 173..
508 1891, p. 101.
1891, p. 119, § 1.

by Laws 1918, p. 217.. 613 1891, p. 176..

1916, p. 283, § 2.
1917, p. 45, § 4.

611 1917, p. 319.

.341, 603 1917, p. 396, § 52.
514 1917, p. 718, § 2.
341 1918, p. 130..
882 1918, p. 217
341 1918, p. 343..
341 1918, p. 908, § 2.
1918, p. 1007

Art. 6, 5, pars. 2, 3... 328

COMPILED STATUTES

1910.

Volume 1.

Page 425, § 44.....

1918, p. 1020.

1912, p. 381, § 22.
1912, p. 382.

597 1885, p. 51.

867

406 1885, p. 259.

159

97

754

159

.135, 145

Amended

548

741

598 1895, p. 114.
598 1895, p. 236.
850 1897, p. 213.

159, 766

22

Repealed

305

881

by Laws 1917, p. 408,
$ 14

913

99 (9) (Pa.) Driver can assume street car
will not approach at excessive speed.-Clifford See Abatement and Revival, 54.

117(28) (R.I.) Contributory negligence of
wagon driver turning on track held for jury.-17 (N.J.) State may require payment of
Melone v. Rhode Island Co., 426.

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of property was ultra vires.-Town of White-152 (N.H.) Until compliance with statute,
field v. Town of Dalton, 907.
town has no power to maintain or build sewer
system.-Town of Whitefield v. Town of Dal-
ton, 907.

35 (Conn.) Conveyance by one tenant in-29(2), (Pa.) Court did not err in character-
effectual as against cotenants.-Lucas v. Ferris, Patterson, 738.
izing evidence as highly improper.-Mackin v.

15 (N.H.) Town has only powers conferred
and cannot engage in tanning.-Town of White-68 (2) (N.J.) Refusal to reopen case for

closed not abuse of discretion.-Blum v. Par- [146 (Pa.) Willful misstatements by counsel
sons Mfg. Co., 848.
in argument to jury ground for withdrawal of a
juror.-Joyce v. Smith, 549.

(C) Objections, Motions to Strike Out, and

Exceptions.

(C) Dismissal or Nonsuit.

Hires Co., 406.

75 (N.H.) Objection to evidence introduced
waived by failure to object after having it 159 (N.J.) Nonsuit should not be granted
stricken on motion.-Capelle v. Trober, 798. for amendable variance.-Baker v. Fogg &
76 (N.J.) Objection to question after an-
swer and after witness has left stand too late. 165 (R.I.) Truth of evidence for plaintiff
-Leonard v. Standard Aero Corporation of must be assumed in determining propriety of
nonsuit. Kennedy v. New York, N. H. & H.
New York, 252.
R. Co.. 429.

89 (Md.) Not reversible error to strike
out evidence of no probative force.-Mercantile
Trust & Deposit Co. v. Rode, 574.

90 (N.J.) Evidence admitted but becoming
inadmissible must be met by motion to strike.
-Blum v. Parsons Mfg. Co., 848.

V. ARGUMENTS AND CONDUCT OF
COUNSEL.

109 (N.J.) Nonsuit properly refused where
opening statement and pleadings stated a cause
of action.-Davenport v. Holden, 418.

On motion for nonsuit on opening statement,
plaintiff entitled to benefit of all facts pro-
posed to be proved. Id.

120(2) (Pa.) Remarks of counsel in argu-
ment to jury held improper.-Joyce v. Smith,

549.

Suggestion by counsel of amount of damages
improper.-Id.

191(3) (Md.) Instruction held erroneous
assuming fact.-Lewis v. E. F. Schlichter Co.,
282.
194(4) (Conn.) Instruction
giving allegations of complaint weight of ad-
missions.-Gannon v. Sisk, 697.

erroneous as

194(13) (Md.) Instruction as to legal ef-
fect of facts held not to conclude recovery.
Mercantile Trust & Deposit Co. v. Rode, 574.
121(2) (N.H.) Counsel properly drew in- 194(16) (Conn.) Instruction not errone-
ferences from facts in evidence.-Guaranty ous as permitting jury to consider removal of
Trust Co. v. U. S. Fidelity & Guaranty Co., obstruction
as admission of its dangerous
247.
character. Baldwin v. City of Norwalk, 660.

121(4) (Pa.) Arguments of counsel in per-
sonal injury case against street railway highly
improper. Kelly v. Scranton Ry. Co., 748.

127 (Pa.) Fact that defendant automobilist
was insured not to be injected into personal in-
jury case.-Conover v. Bloom, 752.

131 (2) (Pa.) Complaint of improprieties
in argument made immediately after court re-
convened not too late.- Kelly v. Scranton Ry.
Co., 748.

132 (Pa.) Withdrawal of improper remarks
insufficient to cure error.-Kelly v. Scranton
Ry. Co., 748.

133(1) (N.H.) Permitting counsel to re-
peat statements equivalent to ruling they were
permissible.-Hinman v. Director General of
Railroads, 382.

133 (6) (Pa.) Withdrawal of improper
remarks and instruction to disregard insufficient
to cure error.-Kelly v. Scranton Ry. Co., 748.
VI. TAKING CASE OR QUESTION
FROM JURY.
(A) Questions of Law or of Fact in Gen-

eral.

139(1) (N.J.) No nonsuit where there is
question of fact for jury.-Bahrey v. Poniati-

shin, 481.

(B) Necessity and Subject-Matter.
213 (Pa.) Jury may be instructed that al-
legation and proof must agree.-Killeen v. Del-
aware, L. & W. R. Co., 911.

(C) Form, Requisites, and Sufficiency.

232(2) (Conn.) Instruction as to answer-
ing interrogatories held not to direct the jury
to answer in accord with verdict.-Baldwin v.
City of Norwalk, 660.

234(7) (R.1.) Charge on burden of proof
in trespass on the case held erroneous.-flczy-
szyn v. Mostecki, 785.

243 (Md.) Instructions in action for breach
of contract held not inconsistent.-Fisher v.
Vandevanter, 296.

(D) Applicability to Pleadings and Evi-

dence.

252(1) (Pa.) Instructions based on as-
sumption unsupported by testimony properly re-
fused.-Gandy v. Klaw, 464.

252 (8) (Conn.) Instruction as to statutory
violation of law of road not involved in case
was error.-Russo v. McAviney, 657.
Instruction in action for son's negligence in
139(4) (Md.) General prayer for directed
as relating to
verdict properly rejected where evidence suf- driving automobile erroneous,
ficient as to one plaintiff.-Baltimore Quarries253 (5) (Md.) Instruction held
use of car other than one involved.-Id.
Co. v. Gwyer, 590.

140(1) (Pa.) Defendant, by conceding that
case hinged on questions of law, admitted cred-
ibility of witness.-Gilmore v. Alexander, 9.

140(2) (Pa.) Evidence discrediting plain-
tiff's testimony presents question for jury.-

Murtagh v. Hines, 436.

141 (N.J.) Where material facts conceded,
there was no question of fact for jury.-Finnie
v. Kelsey, 308.

141 (Pa.) Sufficiency of evidence for court
where credibility is not questioned.-Gilmore v.
Alexander. 9.

146 (Pa.) Withdrawal of juror for mis-
conduct of counsel discretionary with court.-
Wilhelm v. Uttenweiler, 94.

Rule as to withdrawal of juror for improper
remarks, stated.-Id.

Refusal to withdraw juror for misconduct of

erroneous

as failing to require finding of facts.-Lewis v.
E. F. Schlichter Co., 282.

com-

253(6) (N.J.) Instruction ignoring
petent evidence admitted properly refused.-
Heitman v. Kaltenbach & Stephens, 306.

253(8) (Md.) Instruction in replevin by
conditional vendor held not erroneous, as dis-
regarding acquired interests of defendant.-
Lewis v. E. F. Schlichter Co., 282.

(E) Requests or Prayers.

255(5) (N.J.) Evidence admitted but be-
coming inadmissible must be met by motion to
strike or instruction.-Blum v. Parsons Mfg.
Co., 848.

256(10) (N.J.) Defendant bound to ask more
specific instruction if required.-Thibodeau v.