Part 51

Servants, domestic and Compensation Acts, 269

Service, contract of, 267

Shareholder, rights of, 101. See Corporation

Shares, land rented on, 161; of stock, form for agreement to sell, 302

Shipping, 235. See Vessels

Shipping Broker, 45

Slander, liability of corporation, 11, 12, 99; in case of drunkenness, 118; and libel, action of, 166; and libel, distinctions between, 252; is a wrong, 250, 251; definition of, 253

Sleeping car, 51

Snow, liability for, on pavement, 162

Spring of water, restrictions of owner, 217

Statute of Frauds, and auctioneer, 17; and lease, 152; and recovery on contract, 221, 222; and sale of goods, 229, 242, 243; and delivery and acceptance, 242; and sale of real estate, 242; and manufacturer, 243

Statutes, 1, 2; pertaining to lost property, 26, 27; to beneficial associations, 39; to pawn-brokers, 47; limiting amount carrier must pay for lost life, 50; regarding mail carrying by private express, 52; pertaining to chattel mortgages, 55, 56; imposing higher inheritance tax for non-resident aliens, 63; allowing individual to form corporations with legislative aid, 73; pertaining to married women's subscriptions to stock, 75; provisions for corporations, 80, 81, 83, 99; controlling bank directors, 92; fixing liability of parties, 105; requiring two witnesses to deed, 107; modifying dower rights, 116; giving insurer right to cancel fire insurance policy, 127; providing for total loss, 131; exempting innkeepers from loss by fire, 148; changing responsibility of innkeeper, 149; in New York relative to termination of leases, 154

Statutes of Limitation, claim barred by, and bankruptcy, 35; application of, to directors, 90; operation of, to cancel debt, 213; various provisions, 243, 244, 245

Stock, 75; who can subscribe to, 75; fictitious subscriptions, 75; certificates, 76, 86; capital increased, 76; preferred, 76; subscription to, a contract, 77; corporation cannot purchase own, 78; corporation has no lien on its, 78; national banking law, 78; assessments on, 79; majority shall rule may be modified, 80; purchaser of, should give notice to company, 82; sale of, 83; trustee legal owner, 84; executor can vote, of testator, 84, 85; administer can vote, 85; owned by partnership represented by partner, 85; seller and purchaser, 85; pledgor and pledgee, 85, 86; transferee, 85; dividends, 94; owners of, can examine books, 101; equity compels delivery of stock, 119, 120; owner of, in corporation has insurable interest in goods, 126; speculative sales of, 235; form for power of attorney to transfer, 300; certificate, form for, 301; form for agreement to sell, 302; form for transfer of, 303. See Corporation

Stolen property, resale of, 261

Strike, excuses telegraph company for delay, 246

Sub-agent, 10, 15

Sublease, 157

Subscription to build a church, form for, 299

Subtenant, 157

Taxes, of beneficial associations, 41; on homestead, 137

Telegraph, 246, 248; not a common carrier, 246; must serve all who apply and offer to pay, 246; cannot discriminate against another telegraph company, 246; strike sufficient excuse for delay, 246; can be penalized for delay in interstate business, 246; prohibited by statute from limiting their own liability, 246; may be prohibited from transmitting racetrack news, 247; must transmit all messages except those containing indecent language, 247; may close at reasonable hours, 247; may require sender to designate route of message, 247; messages should not be made public, 247; rules for within the state business differ from the rules for interstate business, 247; repeated and unrepeated messages, 248

Telephone, 246-248; company cannot favor any telegraph company, 246; cannot legally charge a telegraph company more than any other patron, 246; cannot discriminate against another telephone company, 246

Tenant, favored by law in regard to fixtures, 132. See Lease

Term of lease, defined, 153

Terms, explanation of, 1

Testator, must possess sound mind, 262, 263, 264; requirements of, 264

Title to bed of lakes, 112; to real estate, 112, 113; warranty of seller's when in possession of the goods, 261