38;
liability of beneficial associations to, 39, 40;
several may join in giving mortgage, 53;
attachment has insurable interest in goods, 126

Crime, drunkenness as excuse for, 117;
how prosecuted, 2, 3.
See _Husband and Wife_, _Tort_

Curtesy, 101, 102

Custom, when no defense to chauffeur, 58;
liability of innkeeper changed by, 149.
See _Usage_

Damages, nominal and compensatory, 253

Death, of principal or agent, 15;
of stockholder before transfer, 82;
of partner, 85;
of husband, 114;
of homesteader, 136;
separation agreement cannot be set aside by, 144;
of ward terminates lease, 155;
lease made by wife terminated by husband's, 155;
of mortgagor, 182, 183;
of partner, 201;
of inventor, 206;
of a contractor, 223;
of master of vessel, 239;
of workman, 274

Debts and Statutes of Limitation, 244;
revival of, 244, 245

Deceit, 102;
when seller not liable, 102;
purchaser of land not liable, 103;
a wink not deception, 104

Decisions, highest court, 1

Deed, 7, 104;
several, used in land deal, 104;
warranty, 104;
what warrantor agrees to do, 104, 105;
encumbrances, 105;
indenture, 105;
release or quit-claim, 106;
poll, 106;
use of seal, 106;
witnesses, 107;
lease, 107;
completed before delivery, 107;
executor of, 107;
when must be read, 107;
delivery essential, 107, 108;
should be recorded, 108, 109;
acknowledgment, 109, 110;
execution of, by married woman, 109, 110;
Commissioner of, 110;
correction of mistake, 110;
land must be bounded, 110, 111;
equity compels delivery of, 119;
of warranty, form for, 282, 283;
of indenture, form for, 284;
of quit-claim, form for, 285, 286;
of mortgage, form for, 287;
of mortgage with power of sale, form for, 287;
of mortgage on goods and chattels, form for, 289

Defenses, in actions for slander and libel, 254

Delay in telegraph messages, 246

Dependents of workmen, and Compensation Acts, 272

Deposits, how made by agent, 12.
See _Bank_; _Check_

Desertion, its effect on homestead, 136

Devise of lands, 265

Devisee, of mortgaged land, 182;
who may be a, 263, 264

Director, of corporation, 86-93, 94, 96, 100

Discomfort acts of, wrongs, 256

Dividends, 94-98, 125.
See _Corporation_

Divisional tree, law relating to, 113

Divorce, effect of on dower right, 116;
effect of on homestead, 136;
for what causes granted, 144