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EXECUTION. Officer's return on, conclusive until
directly impeached. Barrows v. National Rubber
Co. (R. I. S. C.)....
EXEMPTION. Attachment; sewing-machines and
piano are household furniture," and exempt from.
Van Storck v. Winslow (R. I. S. C.)
2.- Execution; unfinished burial cases; debtor's right
to exemption not waived by neglect to claim it. Mc-
Abe v. Thompson (Minn. S. C.) ...
EXPERT. See Evidence.
EXTRADITION.

Detention of extradited pris-
oner under civil process; "offense," what is, within
meaning of act; contempt. Pooley v. Whetham
(Eng. App.)..

2.-Inter-State; duty of executive of whom fugitive is
demanded. State of North Carolina v. Perry (D. C.
S. C.).

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HUSBAND AND WIFE-Continued.
7.-Liability of husband for repairs on wife's house.
Ross v. Janes (Buff. S. C.)..............
8.-Valid mortgage by wife rendered invalid by forgery
of note it was given to secure; jurisdiction. Mers-
man v. Werges (U. S. C. C., Iowa).
9.-Replevin does not lie between. Hobbs v. Hobbs (Me.
S. C.)....

See Contract; Conveyance; Criminal Conversation;
Criminal Law; Married Woman; Mechanics' Lien;
Recording Acts; Set-off.

ICE. See Negligence.

INDIANA See Constitutional Amendments.
INDICTMENT. See Criminal Law.

INFANT. See Guardianship; Marriage; Married
Woman; Parent and Child; Pleading.

INFANTICIDE. See Criminal Law.

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FALSE PRETENSES. See Criminal Law.
FELONY. See Criminal Law.

FIDUCIARY DEBT. See Bankruptcy.
FISHERIES. See Constitutional Law.

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2. Of publication injurious to trade; jurisdiction.
Croft v. Richardson (N. Y. S. C.).
3.-Publication injurious to trade; not necessary to
prove actual damage in an action to restrain.
Thomas v. Williams (Eng. Ch. D).
4.-Publication and circulation of a libel; patent laws.
Bell v. Singer Mfg. Co. (Ga. S. C.)...
5.-Street railroad, preliminary injunction to prevent,
from running cars on rails made, without having
compensated owners of the fee, etc. Buffalo City
Cemetery v. Buffalo E. S. S. R. Co. (Buff. S. C.)..... 156
See Practice.

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See Corporations; Former Adjudication.

FOREIGN JUDGMENT. See Contract.
FORGERY. See Criminal Law.

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FORMER ADJUDICATION. Action by pledgee
of mortgage to foreclose; payment of judgment by
owner of mortgage restores his right to foreclose.
Dougherty v. Remington Paper Co. (N. Y. App.)........... 273
2.-What does and what does not constitute; estoppel.
Radford v. Folsom (U. S. D. C., Mich.)....
FRANCHISE. What is; right of railroad company
to lay track through city; right need not be exclu-
sive, but must be from sovereign power. Chicago &
W. Ind. R. R. Co. v. Dunbar (Il. S. C).
2.-Does not include immunity from taxation; rail-
road. East Tenn., Va. & Ga. R. R. Co. v. Hamblin
Co. (U. S. C.)...
FRAUD. "Catching bargains; loaning of money on
expectation. Nevill v. Snelling (Eng. Ch. D ). ... 503
See Attorney; Conveyance; Negotiable Instruments.

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GAMBLING. Statutory construction; poker not
game like faro, keno, etc. Nuckolls v. Comm. (Va.
S. C.).

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4-Agent, authority of; non-payment of premium;
waiver. Critchett v. American Ins. Co. (Iowa S. C.), 137
5.-Concealment; stipulation against: fraud; articles
not concealed and actually destroyed, company
liable for Austrian case.

6.-Insurance of goods sold but not delivered; insur-
ance for another's benefit. Reitenbach v. Johnson
(Mass. S. C.)..

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GIFT. Causa mortis; of check; of bills of exchange.
Re Mead Austin v. Mead (Eng. Ch. D).
2.-Of notes to take effect at death of donor. Merri-
wether v. Morrison (Ky. App.)..
See Will.

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GUARANTY. Conditional; necessity of notice of
acceptance; when not transferable. King v. Batter-
son (R. I. S. C.).
GUARDIANSHIP. Court must have jurisdiction;
what does not constitute jurisdiction; infant sur-
reptitiously brought into State. In the Matter of
Guardianship of Hubbard Infants (N. Y. App.) 315
GRAND JURY. Statutory construction; irregular-
ity in drawing juror does not vitiate acts of jury.
United States v. Ambrose (U. S. C. C., Ohio)........ 318
See Criminal Law,

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HIGHWAY. Alley in city not. Bagley v. People
(Mich. 8. C.)
2. Dedication to use for specified persons not dedica-
tion to public. Talbott v. Richmond & D. R. R. Co.
(Va. S. C.)..
HOMESTEAD. May be in building upon leased
ground; use of part of premises for business pur-
poses. Hogan v. Manners (Kans. S. C.)...
HUSBAND AND WIFE. Action of assumpsit not
maintainable between. Hobbs v. Hobbs (Me. S. C.), 73
2.-Contract by wife before marriage; non-responsibil-
ity of husband. Biery v. Ziegler (Penn. S. C.).
3.-Clothing furnished by husband does not become
separate estate. Pratt v. State (Ohio S. C.)....
4.-Conveyance of land to them makes them tenants in
entirety. Marburg v. Cole (Md. App.)...
5.-Authority to pledge credit during cohabitation;
necessaries; revocation of implied authority. Deben-
ham v. Mellor (Eng. App.).......

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16.-Vacancy, condition against; school-house; vaca-
tion. American Ins. Co. v. Foster (Ill. S. C.)...
17.-Waiver of condition; what is not. Farmers' F.
Ins. Co. v. Mispelhorn (Md. App.)
18.-Warranty, breach of, not defense in action on;
compromise of loss; misrepresentations as to owner-
ship. Stache v. St. Paul F. & M. Ins. Co. (Wis. S. C.) 37
INSURANCE, LIFE. Accident; death by drown-
ing induced by epileptic fit. Winspear v. Accident
Ins. Co. (Eng. Ex. D.)
2.-For benefit of child; construed to include grand-
child; stipulation in policy contravening charter of
company; life policy construed like a will. Duvall
v. Goodson (Ky. App.)

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6. That a wife living with her husband is authorized
to pledge his credit for articles suitable to her
station is a presumption of fact and may be rebutted
by evidence. Debenham v. Mellor (Eng. App.)...... 91

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7.-Verba de futuro and cohabitation do not constitute.
Hebblethwaite v. Hepworth (Ill. S. C.)....
8.- Validity of foreign; proof of handwriting; proof
of foreign law; presumptions; evidence. Hynes v.
McDermott (N. Y. App.)

See Conveyance.

MARRIED WOMAN. Debt of a married wo-

man, which she is not bound to pay, will prove a suffi-

cient consideration to support an obligation under

seal, by a third person, to pay it. Leonard v. Duffin

(Penn. S. C.)

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NATIONAL BANKS. Construction of Federal
statute; State court has jurisdiction in action against
bank in another State; attachment against property
of bank. Robinson v. National Bank (N. Y. App.), 15

2.-Jurisdiction of Federal courts. Foss v. First

National Bank (U. S. C. C., Col.)...

3.-Jurisdiction of State courts, as to offenses by offi-

cers of. Commonwealth ex rel. Torrey v. Kettner

(Penn. S. C.) 292; Luberg v. Commissioner (Penn.

8. C.)

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MERGER. Of mortgage securing note

v. Williamson (Mass. S. C.)

MINOR. Deed of land not appearing upon its face

to be prejudicial to him, not void but voidable.

Davis v. Dudley (Me.).......

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS. Agent's lia-

bility for trespass of Sprague v. Tripp (R. I. S. C.).. 236

2.-Bonds; issue in excess of constitutional limit of

municipal liability; recital in bonds; bona fide

holder; estoppel. Buchanan v. Litchfield (U. S. S. C.) 516

3.-Irregular exercise of power in issuing bonds does

not invalidate bonds; recitals in deed do not estab-

lish deed. Singer Manuf. Co. v. Elizabeth (N. J. S. C.) 517

4.-Power of, in charter as to regulation of slaughter-

houses, included power of total prohibition within

specified limits Cronin v. People (N. Y. App.). ... 430

5.-Contempt, cannot be guilty of. Bass v. Shakopee

(Minn. S. C)

6.-Limit of duty as to highways; evidence; commu-

nication of patient to physician. Wilson v. Granby

(Conn S. C.)

7.-Negligence: liability for contractors, in repair of

street. City of Logansport v Dick (Ind. S. Č.).

8. Negligence; liability for defective cross-walk; bur-

den of proof. Luedecke v. Buffalo (Buff. S. C.)..

9.-Not liable for injury from defective approach to

bridge not owned by it in its limits. Bishop v. Cen-

tralia (Wis. S. C.)....

10.-Ordinance excluding slaughter-houses from fixed

area in city; statutory construction; power to regu-

late includes power to prohibit; reason for statute

need not be set forth. Cronins v. People (N. Y.

App)...

11. Set-off in action against city; that preliminary steps

must precede action does not preclude set-off; claim

against county not actionable subject of. Taylor v.

Mayor (N. Y. App.)

12.-Street railroad; permission to lay tracks not a fran-

chise but a license. Buffalo C. R'y Co. v. N. Y. C.

R. R. Co. (Buff. S. C.)......

13.-Exemption of cemeteries from taxation; assess-

ments for local improvements. Olive Cemetery Co.

v. Philadelphia (Penn. S. C.).....

14. Town; action for personal injuries sustained by

falling into a trench near a public building; when

town or city is liable for defects. Larrabee v. Pea-

body (Mass. S. C.).

15.-Town; liability of, for injuries caused by defects in

public places; negligence. Clark v. Waltham (Mass.

16.-Village cannot embrace disconnected track of land.

Smith v. Sherry (Wis. S. C.)..

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NEGLIGENCE. Bailment; a gratuitous bailee only
liable for gross negligence; question for jury. Car-
rington v. Ficklin's Executor (Va. S. C.).
2.-Contributory, of parents; railroad company owes
no duty of protection to children trespassing upon
its track. Cauley v. Pitts., Cin. & St L. R. R. Co.
(Penn. S. C.).
3.-Contributory, when a question for jury. Haskell
v. New Gloucester (Me. S. C.)
4.-Dangerous article, gas; contributory; affirmative
proof of want of. Smith v. Boston Gas-Light Co.
(Mass. S. C.)....

5.-Firing cannon in public street, town not liable for

negligence of officer in not preventing. Borough of

Morristown v. Fitzpatrick...........

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NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS-Cont'd.
10.- Holder for value; bar to action; estoppel; conflict
of law. Brooklyn C. & N. R. R. Co. v. Nat'l Bank (U.
S. S. C.)...
11.-Holder for value; liability of indorser to, when
identity of maker falsely represented by payee.
Monnen v. Conner (Buff. S. C.) ..

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Turner v. Peoria & S. R.

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12. Transfer in payment of antecedent debt shuts out
equities. Blum v. Loggins (Tex. S. C.)
13.-Receiver's certificate not.

R. Co. (Ill. S. C.)
See Banks and Banking; Mortgage; Partnership;
Pleading; Usury.

NEWSPAPER. Law Weekly not. Beecher v. Stev-
ens Minn. S. C.)
NEW YORK CITY. Removal of officer must be
for cause; supervising engineer not answerable for
negligence of subordinates; review of removal. Peo-
ple ex rel. Campbell v. Campbell (N. Y. App.)........ 354
NOTICE. When notice of mortgage to soliciter not
notice to client; equitable interest. Cave v. Cave
(Eng. Ch. D.)
See Recording Acts; Suretyship.
NUISANCE. Obstructing highway, when private
action lies for. Shepherd v. Barnett (Tex. S. C.)..... 19
See Statutory Construction.

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See Criminal Law; Tender.
PLEDGE. See Title.

POSTMASTER. Not "officer of revenue," statu-
tory construction; certificate of probable cause.
Campbell v. James (U. S. C. C., N. Y.)......
PRACTICE. Appeal to Court of Appeals; order dis-
charging arrest; opinion of court below cannot
control order. In re Nebenzahl (N. Y. App.)

2.-Time when judge must sign exception; writ of
error before exceptions signed no waiver; date of
signature; evidence; proof of boundary lines by
reputation; adverse possession; true owner in pos-
session of part of lot. Hunnicut v. Peyton (U. S.
S. C.)....
3.-Injunction, notice of, by telegraph. Tonkinson v.
Cartledge (Eng.)

4.-Imperfect service of copy, when sufficient. Osgoodby
v. Seifert (Buff. S. C.)

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5.- Jurisdiction of court over orders made at same
term; appeal. Phillips v. Ordway (U. S. S. C.)
6.- Entry of judgment; filing memorandum by judge
not sufficient. Knapp, Rec., v. Roche (N. Y. App.). 454
7.- Rehearing after judgment; when petition should
be filed. Brooks v. Burlington & S. Ry. Co. (U. S.
S. C.)...
8.-Order for publication under old Code, § 135; what
sufficient to authorize. Belmont v. Coenen (N. Y.
App)

9.- Order not modified by opinion; when opinion may
be referred to for explanation; discretion of court
governed by rule; granting leave to plead after
judgment on demurrer. Fisher v. Gould (N. Y.
App.)

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2. Custody of infant; conflicting rights. Common-
wealth ex rel. Drummond v. Ashton (Phila. Qr.
Sess.)...

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3.-Step-child; when step-father stands in loco pa-
rentis. Smith v. Rogers (Kans. S. C.).....

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477

11.- Vacating order of arrest; reference; "entry of
order. Stafford v. Amles (Buff. S. C.).

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12. Writ used and filed may not be used in new pro-
ceeding. In re Marson (Me. S. C.).....
See Executor; Criminal Law; Tender.

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PARTITION. See Trust.
PARTNERSHIP. Agreement between partner and
third person; sub-partnership; sub-partner not
liable as partner. Burnett v. Snyder (N. Y. App.)... 337
2.-Dissolution; when party dealing with firm bound
by agreement of dissolution; vesting one partner
with control of liquidation, factor. Hilton v. Van-
derbilt (N. Y. App.)

3.-Dormant and ostensible partner: bill of exchange;
firm in name of single meinber. Yorkshire Bkg. Co.
v. Beatson (Eng. App.).

4.-Expulsion of member; Common Law Procedure
Act, 1854, § 11; arbitration clause; order of reference.
Russell v. Russell (Eng. Ch. D.)

5.-Partners signing notes in individual names; when
creditor may elect between firm and individual liabil-
ity; insolvency. First Nat. Bank of Portland; In
re Thompson (Me. S. C.)....

6. Joint and several note given by partners; when
creditor may hold both firm and individual partners;
insolvency. Ex parte Nason; In re Thompson (Me. S.
C)

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See Bankruptcy; Banks and Banking; Voluntary
Association.

RAILROADS.

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Action lies to compel construction
of farm crossing. Jones v. Seligman, Trustee (N. Y.
App.).
196
2.-Construction of statute relating to fences; owner
of leased road liable for cattle killed by failure to
fence. Fontain v. Southern P. R. R. Co. (Cal. S. C.), 57
3.-Removal of snow by street railway company; when
company not liable for injury to adjoining property.
Short v. Balt. City Pass. Ry. Co. (Md. App.).
See Carrier of Passengers; Constitutional Law; Emi-
nent Domain; Franchise; Injunction; Jurisdiction;
Municipal Corporations; Negligence.
RATIFICATION. See Constitutional Amendments.
REAL ESTATE. Building erected by license on
highway; right of way not. Walton v. Wray (Iowa
S. C.)...
2.-Fixtures treated as personalty by all parties, not;
estoppel. Smith v. Waggoner (Wis. S. C.)
RECEIVER. Actions against; jury trial. Kennedy
v. Indianapolis & L. F. R. R. Co. (U. S. C. C., Ohio).. 216

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2. Of corporation; estate in hands of, liable upon cov-
enant of corporation to pay rent. People v. Nat'l
Trust Co. (N. Y. App.).....
3.-Takes subject to claim of lienholder not party.
Snowy Winslow (Iowa S. C.)
4-Where mortgage conditioned that mortgagee may
take possession upon default, receiver may be ap-
pointed if default occurs. Sacramento & P. R. R.
Co. v. Superior Court (Cal. S. C.)........
RECEIVER OF STOLEN GOODS. See Crim-
inal Law.

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RECORD. Mistake of register in recording does not
prejudice mortgagee. Sinclair v. Slawson (Mich.
S. C.)...

RECORDING ACT. Assignment of mortgago;
unauthorized discharge by assignor after assign-
ment; contents of assignment and record; estoppel;
silence of assignee after unauthorized discharge.
Bryan v. Judson (N. Y. App.)...

2.-Notice; husband and wife; purchase by debtor of
surety's land under mortgage sale. Hassey v. Wilke,
(Cal. SC.).....

REGISTRATION. See Elections.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES. Mandamus does not
lie to compel restoration to membership. State ex
rel. Soares v. Hebrew Congregation (La.`S. C.).
REMOVAL OF CAUSE. Act of Congress relat-
ing to, from State to Federal courts, does not pro-
vide for removal of criminal action on the ground of
alienage. State of New Hampshire v. Grand Trunk
R. R. Co. (U. S. C. C., N. H )....
2,-Under acts of 1866 and 1867; what is final trial or
hearing. Jifkins v. Sweetser (U. S. S. C.)...
3.-Counter-claim establishing amount in dispute.
Clarkson v. Manson (U. S. Č. C., N. Y.)...
4.-Mistrial not trial to prevent removal; amount. Bray-
ley v. Hedges (Iowa S. C.)..

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SEDUCTION. See Evidence.
SET-OFF In action by husband and wife; debt owed
by one only. Bentz v. Bentz (Penn. S. C.)...
See Municipal Corporations; Statute of Limitations.
SLANDER AND LIBEL.
254
An attorney, who is
also an editor of a newspaper, cannot be summarily
disbarred on account of his publishing in his news-
paper a libel on a judge, not designed to acquire an
influence over him in the exercise of his judicial
functions through the instrumentality of popular
prejudice. In the Matter of the Rules disbarring
Steinman aad Hensel, attorneys (Penn. S. C.) ..
2.-Damages recoverable only for the slanderous words
charged; evidence of repetition of words admissible
to show malice. Ward v Dick (Conn. S. C.)
3.-Mitigation of damages; reputation of plaintiff un-
known to defendant not provable. Hatfield v.
Lasher (N. Y. App.)....

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4.-Privileged communication; criticism of conduct of
public officer. Hamilton v. Eno (N. Y. App.)....... 196
5. Privileged communication; indorsement written
by naval officer on resignation of plaintiff. Maurice
v. Worden (Md. App.).

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See Injunction.
SLAUGHTER-HOUSE. See Easements; Munici-
pal Corporations.
SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. Mortgage, agree-
ment to purchase subject to, not agreement to
assume. Lewis v. Day (Iowa S. C.)....
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STATUTE OF FRAUDS. Contract invalid by;
can only be avoided by parties to, marine insurance:
insurable interest. Amsink v. American Ins. Co.
(Mass S. C.)...

2.-Conveyance of realty with rents reserved; implied
contract. Providence Christian Union v. Elliott (R.
I. S. C.)....

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STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS. Acknowledg-
ment of debt to person other than creditor. Din-
guid v. Schoolfield (Va. S. C.)...

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2.-Action against indorser of forged paper by drawee.
Merchants' Nat. Bank of Baltimore v. First Nat.
Bank (U. S. C. C., Md.)...
3.-Begins to run on check at time of making, if drawer
has no funds with drawee. Brush v. Barrett (N. Y.
App.)

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RES ADJUDICATA. What constitutes.
Hinshaw (Kans. S. C.)

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REWARD. Voluntary surrender of wrong-doer;
party bringing about entitled to. Austrian case... 422
REPLEVIN. In State court of goods seized under
Federal process. Heyman v. Covell (Mich. S. C.)... 392
See Husband and Wife.

RIGHT OF WAY. Over granted land surrounded
by land of grantor, when not allowable. Mayor v.
Riggs (Eng.)...
See Easement; Real Estate.

RIOT. See Insurance, Fire.

RIPARIAN RIGHTS. Custom as to use of streams;
necessary age. Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Sanderson
(Penn. S. C.)...

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2.-Judicial; when advance bid after sale ground for
opening; intervention of third person. Blackburn
v. Selma R. R. Co. (U. S. C. C., Tenn.).
3-Of personal property; conditional sale of a horse
delivered; death of horse before sale became abso-
lute. Elphick v. Barnes (Eng. C. P. D.)....
4. Of personal property; special contract; waiver;
when part delivery gives right of action. Avery v.
Wilson (N. Y. App.)....

5. Of personal property; title of innocent vendee from
fraudulent purchaser good delivery. Old Dominion
S. S. Co. v. Burckhardt (Va. S. C.)....
6.-Fraudulent against creditors. Marvin v. Smith
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4.-Ceases to run against a set-off from the date of the
commencement of the action in which it is pleaded.
McEwing v. James (Ohio S. C.) ....
5.-Married woman, under old Code as to statutory con-
struction; old Code, § 101; new Code, 88 381, 414; Laws
1870, chap. 741; 1851, chap. 479; payment. Acker v.
Acker (N. Y. App)
6.- Note payable three months after demand; payment
of interest not evidence of demand. Brown v.
Rutherford (Eng. Ch. D.)
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2.-Old Code, § 101; new Code, §§ 381, 414; Laws 1870,
ch. 741; 1851, ch. 479. Acker v. Acker (N. Y. App.).. 35
3.- Lunatic's estate, sale of; when this court will not
follow State courts as to State statutes Mohr v.
Manierre (U.S. S. C.)

4.-Nuisance; oriel window. Goldstraw v. Duckworth
(Eng. Q. B. D.)...........

See Civil Damage Act; Criminal Law; Gambling;
Grand Jury; Mails; Municipal Corporations; Na-
tional Banks; Office and Officers; Postmaster; Prac-
tice; Railroads.

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