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Evidence. Under general money counts in such declaration..

Discharge in bankruptcy granted to one member of partnership, after he alone had been
adjudged bankrupt....

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Proof of debt. Where warden of state prison receives moneys from state.

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Practice in involuntary cases.

Petition by corporation. Verification. Affidavits, &c..103

Debt due from factor......

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Creditor cannot compel partners, willing or unwilling, to petition..

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Practice. Where husband, being insolvent, has purchased furniture and articles of lux-
ury and given them to his wife...

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The assignee acquires no title to property exempt as homestead.

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Disclosure by bankrupt.

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Check. Failure to present before bankruptcy..

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Claim founded upon judgment recovered after commencement of proceedings.

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Where payment made by bankrupt debtor has been recovered by assignee.

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Preference. Substitution of one class of security for less desirable one, &c.

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Bankrupt law does not interfere with debtor's power to sell exempt property.
Composition. Attachment in state court.....

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Lien obtained under a judgment...

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Husband and wife. Where a wife executes mortgage on her separate property.

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Composition. One member of firm which has been adjudicated bankrupt..

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Partnership. Sale of interests of partners. Partnership property.

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Jurisdiction of state court. Habeas corpus, &c....

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Section 5117 does not embrace surety in guardian's bond...

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Under laws of Vermont attachment of debt by trustee process...

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The fact that persons have been adjudicated bankrupts as members of one firm.

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Interest. Where assignee has sold real estate discharged of liens....

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Where goods are fraudulently shipped beyond control of vendor.

Discharge.

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Creditor having lien upon bankrupt's estate may decline to appear.
Objection cannot be made in collateral proceeding. Attorney..

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Omission from schedule. If bankrupt honestly regards judgment held by him as
worthless

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Books of account. Merchant or trader who, prior to his becoming such, has kept books..162
Keeping proper books of account, within the meaning of the bankrupt act...

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Compensation of assignee. Where insolvent who has made general assignment..

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Action against assignee.

Where marshal has demanded and received from sheriff

property..

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Injunction to prevent assignee interfering with assets..

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Practice. Where notes given upon a composition settlement fall due pending action
upon petition to review....

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Assignment. Delivery of schedule not necessary.

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Possession of property. Delay of more than three months..

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If on dissolution of copartnership, retiring partner takes out portion of assets..
BANKS AND BANKING. Presumptions as to knowledge of director of bank..

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Bank cannot buy its own stock..

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Liability of director......

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BILL OF LADING. Demurrage. Receiving cargo without objection..

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BILLS AND NOTES. Addition of name of another maker without consent of original
maker....

Alteration of note by filing blanks.

Right of bonâ fide holder..

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Loss by flood. Bill of lading.....

Liability for goods shipped beyond its own line....

Fraud or illegality in inception of negotiable promissory note transferred before maturity 41
Lex loci contractus. Where bill is payable. The rate of interest and damages..
Such a question arising in courts of United States..

An agreement to forbear suit......

Partial failure of consideration no bar to action..

Parol evidence admissible to show consideration..

Condition that note if paid when due may be paid in currency.

Note indorsed by a number. Liability..

Notice to maker in fact..

Negotiability defined..

To whom may be given, &c...

Collection fee clause..

Judgment note. Waiver of exemption. Ignorance of maker. Negligence..
"Patent right notes." Invalidity of state enactment controlling..
Validity of indorsement of note by third party before maturity.

BOND. Curator's bond. Contemporaneous parol agreement. Public policy.
Action on official bond. Presumptions. Limitations..

BROKER. Commissions. Promise after completion of transaction.
Right of broker to commissions..

BUILDING ASSOCIATION. Usury. Pledge of shares..

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Chattels as trust fund.....

Insurance of mortgaged chattels..

CITIZENSHIP. Alienage. Domicil. Citizenship of child...

COMITY. How far construction of court will be affected by..

COMMON CARRIER. Negligence. Limiting common law liability.

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CONFLICT OF LAWS. Covenant of seizin...

Liability for injury of one passenger at hands of fellow passenger. Damages..
Express company. Liability....

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW. Effect of recognition of validity of act..

Journal of legislature, &c. . . . . .

Taxation of property of corporation...

Of the power of courts to examine into how act was passed..

Condemnation of land for manufacturing purposes.

Assessing cost of paving. Frontage method......

Statute forbidding contingent fee......

Meaning of word "day

Corporation. Taxation. Charter. Passenger railway.

Condemnation of land for railroad purposes..

CONTEMPT. Disrespectful language by attorney.

CONTRACT. "Entire "" contract defined..

Agreement between R. R. and Telegraph Co. Public Policy

When severable..

Public policy. Order for goods illicit in Michigan by citizens of state where goods not
illicit, lex loci..

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COPYRIGHT. Labels deposited under Act of June, 1874. Publication before copyright.. 126
COVENANT. Covenant not to build does not run in favor of adjoining lot...

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Delivery defined....

CRIMINAL LAW. Burglary defined............

Sentence after adjournment of court for term..
Assault with intent to commit manslaughter..
Venire without seal...

Plea in abatement. When sufficient..
Selection of jurors five days before hearing.
Murder. Motive. Evidence, &c...

Change of court. Misapprehension of jury.
Evidence of accomplice..

Competency of juror..
Custody of jury-wheel.

Presumptions...

Evidence. Use of deadly weapon, &c..

Forgery. Requisites of indictment..

Evidence of accused. Belief that his life was in danger..

DAMAGES.

Conversion of stock..

Measure of, where water diverted.

Civil damage act. Exemplary damages..

Defective shaft. Causa proxima..

DEAD BODY. Control over rests with next of kin.

DEED. Acknowledgment by married woman...........

When original deed has been destroyed...

Property conveyed to wife with knowledge of party lending money thereon.
Sheriff's deed. Limitations...

Deed between husband and wife.

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Deed of person non compos mentis.

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DIRECT TAX LAW. Validity of deed under, &c...

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DIVORCE. Invalidity of divorces where parties were not within jurisdiction.

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Fornication and adultery.....

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DOWER. Action to preserve dower while husband is alive...

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EJECTMENT. Title to lands held by Confederate States. Executor. Estoppel. Practice..166
ELECTION. Vacancy.

Presidential elector. Member of Centennial Commission.

EQUITY. Official bond that is defective.....

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Jurisdiction. Power of court to decree sale of stock deposited as collateral security.
Power of attorney...

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Mortgage. Tender..

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EVIDENCE. Parol evidence to vary terms of written instrument.

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Evidence of bargain with agent of insurance company. Proof of powers of agent.

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Contract under seal. Other writings and parol evidence to explain.......

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FALSE PRETENCES. What constitutes offence of obtaining moneyu nder false pretences 167
FIXTURE. Fixture defined...

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FOREIGN LAW: Judgment. Limitations. Lex loci..

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FRAUDS, STATUTE OF. Oral guarantee of note...

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FRAUDULENT CONVEYANCE. Title acquired under fraudulent conveyance.
FRAUDULENT REPRESENTATION. Action for deceit. Measure of damages..

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GRATUITOUS SUBSCRIPTION. When gratuitous subscription cannot be enforced....167
HABEAS CORPUS. Practice. Power of judge.....
HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.

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INFANT. Contract. Partnership. Ratification. Promise of infant to pay checks........152
Ratification by infant. Check...

INJUNCTION. Bills and notes..

Where answer to petition is quashed..

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Court of equity will only interfere in case of trespass..

Contempt of process of state court by receiver of federal court..
INSANITY. Self-destruction not regarded as proof of insanity.
Executed contract made with insane person..

INSURANCE. Forfeiture for non-payment of premium-note..
Taxation. Premium reserve fund of company.

Where through misapprehension agent issues policy on wrong building.
Abortion. Where death resulted from..

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Application filled out by medical examiner.

Right of part owner of vessel to sue.

Part owner of vessel cannot insure for other owners.

Additional insurance. Where policy contains condition of avoidance..
Assignment of policy..

It is improper to admit in evidence letters of company's secretary.
Reformation of policy. Evidence. Pleading. Misdescription, &c..
Omission to give information a question for the jury..

Warranty and misrepresentation. Knowledge of agent..

Whether or not a house is occupied.....

Construction of policy. "Contiguous" defined..

Insurance obtained through broker. Misrepresentation, &c....

Construction of policy. Imperfect answer in application..
Purchase of policy. Person who has no interest..

Construction of policy.

Written and printed conditions.

Parol testimony to enlarge policy....

Payment of premium. Annual credits. Paid-up policy. Forfeiture, &c..
Agreement of agent to give notice as to premium. Ratification. Estoppel..
Construction of policy. Mortgage. Other insurance, &c...

Failure to pay premium note. Forfeiture. Waiver.

Rights of insured, &c...

Agency. Agreement of agent where no company is specified. Waiver by agent.
Objections to the sufficiency of proofs of loss....

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Description of title. Where agents knew the condition..

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Pleading. Multifariousness. Failure to allege inability to prove contents of inaccessi-
ble policy. Specific performance...

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The underwriter of ship may maintain suit in admiralty for the premium.
Description taken from policy of another company. Knowledge of agent of erroneous
description....

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Suicide. When intent is a question for jury..

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Construction of policy. Waiver. Condition that waiver must be indorsed on policy, &c.152
Incumbrance. Knowledge of insured....

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Waiver by agent. Fraud of agent. Liability of company.

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Power of company. Investment of funds. Set-off. Mortgage. Ultra vires.

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Acceptance. What constitutes contract. Precision. Presumptions, &c..

Evidence. Forfeiture of life policy. Waiver.

INTEREST. Interest on verdict...

Proximate and remote cause...

Assessment upon notes of mutual company. Liability of insured. Waiver of con-
dition of policy.....

INTOXICATING LIQUOR. Compensation for taking care of intoxicated person..

JUDGMENT. Foreign judgment. When judgment conclusive, &c...
Tort. Judgment for. Joint and several wrong-doers.
JURISDICTION. Joint stock association organized under state law.

LANDLORD AND TENANT. Mortgage. Landlord's lien on crop not in esse...
Lease. Distress. Notice to quit. Surety....
LEASE. Covenant to renew. Execution where rental to be fixed by arbitration..
LIMITATIONS. Non-residence. Running of the statute....

When equity will disregard. Mining trespass not discoverable till after expiration of
period fixed by statute. Ultra vires. Release, &c....

MANDAMUS. To compel overseers of poor to receive pauper...
Application which depends on validity of statute..

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MASTER AND SERVANT. Employment of servant by joint masters..

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Where lien covers only part of land....

Where materials are furnished indiscriminately for a number of houses..

MECHANIC'S LIEN. Notice of lien. Partnership. Transfer of note to material-man. 14

MISREPRESENTATION. Misrepresentation and mistake of law. Railroad Stock.

MORTGAGE. Right of mortgagor to income..

Mortgage to secure future advances. Rights of subsequent purchaser.
Mortgage obtains additional security..

Mortgage of after-acquired property..

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Consideration. Where mortgage is held by mortgagor. Notice, &c...

Mortgage to secure coupon bonds. Sheriff's sale, &c...

MUNICIPAL BONDS. Subscription to stock. Where act contains no condition as to time.

Construction of agreement to build within specified time, &c..

Election. Presumptions as to votes cast at..

Registration under Illinois Statute of April 16, 1869.

Not void by reason of defective execution..

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION. Limitations.

Damages. Injury by building sewer..
Sale of earth taken from street of city..

Authority to subscribe not authority to sell.

Power of public agents to bind.................

Authority of public and private agents distinguished..

Property of county not subject to mechanic's lien...

NATIONAL BANK. Mortgage. Sale of mortgaged premises. Ultra vires.

Usury. Forfeiture....

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Where there has been a series of renewal notes...

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Enjoining taxation of national bank shares. When bank a proper party..

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NEGLIGENCE. Contributory negligence by child...

Keeping of vicious dog..

Driving with insufficient harness..

Trespass by infant...

Liability of one who stores water on his own land Act of God.

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Presumptions. Burden of proof..

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Railroad. Injury to servant...

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Carriage while being driven across the track of a passenger railway.

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Injury to looker-on..

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Duty to public. Dangerous private way..

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Ejection of passenger. Retention of passenger's money by conductor. Contributory
negligence. Duty of conductor, &c.....

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NOTES OF NEW BOOKS..

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NOTES OF OPINIONS, Decisions and orders of the Supreme Court of the United
States...

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Incoming partner. Antecedent debts...

Note given in firm name after dissolution....

Acceptance of note in firm name after dissolution..

Where partner is member of two firms dealing with each other..

NUISANCE. Noise caused by ringing of church bells...

Nuisance defined. Noise. Marble work.

PARTNERSHIP. Dormant partner. Stockholder in unincorporated bank.

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Steam-whistle..

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Profits where business is carried on after dissolution of firm. Rights of former partners. 110
PAYMENT. Presumption from lapse of time...

PLEADING AND PRACTICE. Divorce. Averments of petition..

Mandamus. Answer to application....

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