INDEX. ' vii PAGE CASES. — Municipal Corporations. — Continued. Letting of contracts 189 Navigable Stream. Private action for obstruction 95 Negligence. Actionable though the plaintiff was violating the Sun- day laws 95 Defective bridges 398 Electric cars 398 In not repairing sidewalks, liability of abutters 341 In the performance of a contract, liability to third persons .... 341 Not contributory if done to save another's life 96 Parent's negligence not imputed to child 143 Proximate cause 398 Statutory actions for death of a human being 95 See also Contributory Negligence ; Master and Servant. Notaries Public. Eligibility of women 95 Notice. See Corporation ; Real Property. Nuisance. Location convenient, and use reasonable 341 Obstructing navigable streams 95 Parol Evidence. See Evidence. Partnership. Contract to assign interest is within Statute of Frauds . 43 Patents. See Equity. Pensions. Proceeds of, exempt from attachment 95 Perpetuities. See Wills. Personal Property. Absolute title on sale by court of perishable goods 341 Confusion ; intention of tortious taker 144 Gift inter vivos not complete without delivery 144 Reserved fund divided as income 242 Post Office. What is unmailable as of defamatory or threatening character 43 Preferred Creditors. See Trusts. Privileged Communications. Sq& Evidence ; Libel. Probable Cause. See Malicious Prosecution. Publication. Libel 94 Quasi Contract. Action by a step-child to recover compensation for housework . 95 Equal equities 398 Estate of a lunatic liable for necessaries 95 Negligent mistake of fact 341 Town liable for necessaries supplied to a pauper 242 Waiver of tort 144 Real Property. Compensation for obstructing ancient lights .... 43 Confiscation for treason, effect of pardon 9^ Conflicting equities ; priority of notice 294 Conveyance in fraud of creditors . , 189 Covenant of grantee to pay mortgage 190 Covenants running with the land 189, 242 Covenant of warranty ; measure of damages of remote vendee . . 341 Dedication ; reverter in cemetery I44 Deeds; correction of defective acknowledgment ..••«.. 341
