ghts of, 22

Physician, admission of, to beneficial associations, 41;
form for agreement for sale of practise of a, 309

Pledgee, authority of, 7;
has insurable interest in goods, 126

Pledgor, of stock, 85, 86

Policy, insurance, 168-176;
form of assignment of, 302;
see _Insurance, Fire_; _Insurance, Life_

Poll deed, 106

Possession and control, transfer of constitutes delivery, 243

Postmaster, liability of, 52

Post office, is agency of offerer of contract, 69, 70

Pond, title to land under and around, 112

Power of attorney given to an agent, 7;
given by a homesteader, 14;
revoked by woman's marriage, 14;
form for, 299;
to transfer stock, form for, 300

Precedent, nature of, 1

Preference, defined, 32

Preferred stock, see _Corporation_

Premium, see _Insurance, Life_; _Insurance, Fire_

Prescriptive Rights, 214;
to land, how gained, 214;
how determine whether or not fully acquired, 214;
to light and air, 215;
to use of water, 216;
to lateral support of land, 217;
excavations, 218

Price, fixing of, in a sale, 230;
determination of reasonable, 231

Promise to pay a debt, renewal of, 244, 245

Property, lost, 26, 27;
fraudulent transfer of, 32, 33;
real and personal, in wells, 263

Prosecution, liability of corporation for, 99;
malicious, is a wrong, 249

Prosecutor, State as, 164;
injured person as, 164

Publication, prior, of an invention, 204

Public Officers, and Compensation Acts, 272

Purchasers of vessels, liability of, 238

Quasi Contract, 218;
definition, 218;
gift cannot be reclaimed, 218;
recovery for incidental advantage to another, 218, 219;
for service rendered as gratuity, 219;
for goods accepted without intended payment, 219;
for perished property, 220;
premium on insurance policy, 220;
recovery in case of indefinite promise, 220;
contract not executed as law requires, 220, 221;
especially Statute of Frauds, 221, 222;
recovery for use of unpaid for land, 222;
recovery impossible in case of no benefit, 222;
recovery impossible by taking advantage of one's own default, 223;
recovery for loss in course of alteration and repair, 223;
in case of illness or death of contractor, 223;
in wagering contract, 224;
in contracts made on Sunday, 224;
on partnership note given for benefit of partner, 224;
of goods delivered by carrier to wrong person, 224;
of payment made by mistake, 225