INDEX
- 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