Commentaries on American Law, Volumen3

James Kent

W. Kent, 1854

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PART V	1

LECTURE XLIIIOf the Law of Partnership	20

2 Of stock in land g⁰	38

5 How far by guaranty	51

8 Dealing on separate account	57

3 By insanity	64

5 By judicial decree	66

6 By inability of the parties to act	69

5 Wages 243 244 245 253	243

6 Pro rata	246

7 Embezzlements	252

8 Desertion and forfeiture of wages 255	255

LECTURE XLVILOf the Contract of Affreightment	262

Of the Law of Marine Insurance	320

3 Of insurable interests	332

Of seamens wages	339

7 Consequences of the dissolution	70

Of Negotiable Paper	84

Of the essential qualities of negotiable paper as bills notes and checks	87

Of the rights of the holder	93

Of the acceptance	100

Of the endorsement	110

Of the demand and protest	117

Of notice to drawer and endorser	133

Of the measure of damages	153

Of mercantile guaranties	162

Of the principal treatises on bills and notes	170

Of the Title to Merchant Vessels	175

Requisites to a valid title	176

Who is liable as owner	179

Of customhouse documents	186

Of partowners	198

Of the Persons employed in the Navigation of Merchant Ships	207

1 His power to bind the owner and owners power over him 208 211	208

2 Ship and freight	211

3 To hypothecate ship cargo and freight 214 221	214

4 Lien in England for wages and expenditures	215

5 Lien in United States	216

6 Lien of material men 217	217

7 Power to sell cargo	224

8 To sell the ship 225	226

9 Duty to employ a pilot	228

10 Authority and duty of the mate	231

1 Shipping articles 232	232

2 Charitable relief 235 236	235

3 Punishments 238 239	238

4 Protection	240

Of wager policies	346

5 Of representation and warranty	352

Of warranty	360

6 Of the perils within the policy	366

1 Of abandonment 897	369

Of the usual perils covered by the policy	374

Of the voyage in relation to the policy	385

2 Of deviation	391

Of the rights and duties of the insured in cases of loss	397

2 Of the adjustment of partial losses	414

3 Of the return of premium	420

Of Maritime Loans	432

Of Insurance of Lives and against Fire	444

1 Of the interest in the policy	452

3 Of the adjustment of the loss	459

1 Of government grants	464

4 Right of colonization 474479	474

LECTURE LIIOf Incorporeal Hereditaments	493

2 Of common of piscary	502

3 Of the remedy for the disturbance of these rights	511

2 Riparian rights	521

3 Highways	532

5 Partywalls	538

7 Runningwaters	544

Light	555

10 Easements by dedication to the public 561564	561

Of offices	567

2 When and how far not payable	580

Apportionment	586

LECTURE LIIIOf the History of the Law of Tenure	608

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James Kent
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Título	Commentaries on American Law, Volumen3 Commentaries on American Law, James Kent
Autor	James Kent
Edición	8
Editor	W. Kent, 1854

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