, 145;
absolute, 146;
legal effect of, 146, 147.
See _Husband and Wife_

Domicile, of bankrupt, 31;
husband's becomes wife's, 139

Dower, 113;
defined, 113;
paramount to claims of husband's creditors, 113;
mortgage has preference, 113;
legal marriage necessary, 114;
assignment of, 114;
may be barred, 115;
non-existence of, 115;
in exchanged lands, 115;
rights of partner's widow, 115;
can be released, 116;
effect of divorce, 116

Drunkenness, 116;
effect of, on contracts, 116, 117;
as excuse for crime, 117;
liability of sober party, 117, 118;
responsibility of common carrier, 118;
slander, 118

Earnings, the basis for computation of compensation, 274

Ejectment, action of, 166

Elevator, sale of grain in, 229

Employees, casual, and Compensation Acts, 270;
Federal and Compensation Acts, 271

Employer and employee, relations as to patents, 207, 208;
Compensation Acts, 266, 267

Enrollment, of vessels, 235

Equitable remedies, 118-122

Equity, court of, 3, 16, 118-122, 128;
law and, 3

Eviction, 160, 161

Exchange, bill of. See _Bill of Exchange_, _Note_, _Negotiable Paper_

Executor, authority to vote at corporate meetings, 84;
a foreign, 85, 208;
may dispose of lease, 155, 156;
can assign remainder of lease, 157;
when, gets mortgagor's interest, 182;
when heirs may require, to pay, 183

Explosives, liability of keeper of, 258

Express company, distinction between general and local, 51, 52

Factor, 123;
employed to sell goods, 123;
has a lien on goods, 123;
authority of, 123;
limitations on, fixed by principal, 123;
use of credit, 123;
cannot exchange goods, 123;
may insure goods, 123;
cannot compound claim, 124;
has insurable interest in goods, 126.
See _Agency_

Farm, tenant of, 157

Farm lease, form for, 295

Federal courts, 1

Federal employees, and Compensation Acts, 271

Finder, obligation of, as to lost property, 26, 27;
of property lost in hotel or railroad car, 27;
when has lien for services, 30;
See _Bailor_

Fire insurance. See _Insurance, Fire_

Fires, starters of, liability of, 258

Fixtures, 132;
defined, 132, 133;
law favors tenant, seller, mortgagor, 132, 133;
what tenant can remove, 162, 163

Food, warranty in sale of, 261

Forgery, ratification of, 9;
of signature to negotiable paper, 188;
in a telegram, 247.
See _Check_; _Negotiable Paper_

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