As-

ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONAL CON-
TRACTS. Assignment of bonds and perso-
nal covenants, 307. Assignee must sue in
the name of the original obligee or covenantee,
ib. Exceptions to the rule, ib. Bail bonds,
ib. Replevin bonds, ib. Irish judgments, ib.
Scotch bonds and India bonds, 308.
signment of simple contracts, and right of ac-
tion of the assignee, 309. Assignment and
negotiation of bills of exchange and promissory
notes, 309-312. Assignment of bills of lad-
ing and West India dock warrants, 312. See
Novation and substitution.
ASSIGNMENT OF RENTS, nature and effect
of, 303-305. Authentication of, 91.
ATTESTATION of deeds, 10.

ATTESTED COPIES OF DEEDS, stamp on,
12

ATTORNEYS, liability of, on undertakings
given by them on behalf of their clients, 378
-381. On a promise without reward to in-
vest money for their clients, 845, 846. Gene-
ral duties, obligations, and liabilities of attor-
neys, 210, 211, 212, 768. See Principal
and Agent.

ATTORNMENT, written evidence of, admis-
sible without a stamp, 138.
AUCTION, sale by, 39, 81, 118.

Biddings at

auctions, ib. Effect of misdescriptions of the
thing sold, 116, 220, 221. Effect of a sale in
several lots at separate prices, 116. And in
one aggregate price, ib.

AUCTIONEER, his authority as agent for both
vendor and purchaser, 81 82, 118. His au-
thority to sign for both, so as to satisfy the
statute of frauds, 118. His rights and liabi
lities in respect of goods sold by him, 264,415,
418. His lien for the charges of the sale.
264.

AUTHENTICATION OF CONTRACTS.
Nature and effect of authentication under seal,
2, 4. When it is necessary, 85, 90. Au-
thentication by a signed writing, 91-147.
When it is required, ib. Signature by
agents, 117, 118. The authority to sign
need not be in writing, 394.
Of the stamp-

ing of contracts, 118-142. See Stamp,
Frauds.
AUTHORITY, written evidence of, admissible
without a stamp, 136, 137. Of the authority
of the agent to execute deeds, 256, 392. And
to sign writings for his principal, 394. Of
particular authorities and implied general au-
thorities of agents to bind their principals, ex
contractu, 395, 396-404. Also of married
women to bind their husbands, 611-613. Of
partners to bind one another, 477-479-481.
And of directors of joint stock companies to
bind the company at large, 531. An appa-
rent general authority cannot be cut down or
controlled by private instructions or a private
agreement between the principal and agent,
401, 402. Revocation of authority, ib. Pub-
lic announcement thereof, ib.

AUTHOR'S contracts between authors and
publishers for the publication of a book on
joint account, 457. Nature and effect of
such contracts, ib. When the author is re-
sponsible for the payment of the price of the
paper, and the printing ordered by the pub-
lisher, 495. When he is not so liable, 479,
480, 494, 496. Contracts between an au-
thor and publisher for the writing of a book
by the former for a certain sum to be paid by
the latter, 759-769. Right of action of the
author for the contract price when the pub-
lisher incapacitates himself from performing
his part of the contract, 760. See Taskwork,
Printers, Publishers, Copyright.

AVERAGE. See General Average, Primage,
and Average.

AWARD, covenants to abide by, 185. See
Arbitration.

AWAY-GOING CROPS, tenant's right to,
678. See Landlord and Tenant.
BAIL-BOND, assignment of, 307.-Action by
the assignee, 308. See Bond.
BAILMENTS FOR HIRE, nature and effect
of, 769. Bailments of chattels to be used for
hire, 718-723. See Letting and Hiring
of Chattels. Bailments of chattels to be
worked up, mended, or repaired for hire, 769.
Liability of the bailee for injury to such
chattels from neglect or unskilful execution
of the work, 770, 767. Also for loss by rob-
bery, fire, waste, or decay, 770, 771. Of the re-
delivery of the articles, 772. See Taskwork.
BAILMENTS WITHOUT REWARD. Of a
deposit or simple bailment without reward,
829. Nature and creation of a deposit, 830.
Right of action for the recovery of deposits,
835-838. See Bankers, Stakeholders.
plied engagements and liabilities of the depo-
sitary, 831. Of the safe keeping of the goods
and chattels intrusted to him to be kept, 832
-834. Restoration of the deposit, 835-838.
Liabilities resulting from the taking posses
sion of goods by finding, 838. Implied en-
gagements and liabilities of the depositor,
839.

Im-

Mandate or gratuitous commission, 839. Na-
ture and creation of, 840-842. Liabilities
and implied engagements of the mandatary,
842. Bailments of chattels to be carried from
place to place gratuitously, 843. Bailments
of chattels to he mended or repaired gratuit-
ously, 844. Bailment of money for invest-
ment, 845. Bailments of living animals to
be fed and taken care of by the bailee, 846,
847. Bailments of perishable commodities,
848. Liability of the mandator, 849. Pay-
ment of expenses, ib.
Commodatum and mutuum or gratuitous loan,
850. Nature and creation of, 851. Liabili-
ties of the borrower, 851-854. Restoration
of the thing borrowed, 855, 856.
BANKERS. Implied promise to honour check,
211, and to repay money deposited in their

hands, 835, 838. Deposit with bankers in
the nature of a loan to them, 835, which must
be repaid, although they have been robbed or
defrauded of the money, 855. Liabilities of
bankers to the payees of drafts and orders
for the payment of money after they have as-
sented to such drafts or orders, or have
agreed to hold the money to the use of the
payee, 250, 251, 63, 64-67, 315, 316. Re-
vocation of such drafts and orders by the de-
positor before the bankers have assented to
them, 250, 251. Sums of money deposited
by several persons jointly cannot be recalled
by one of them, 835. Payment to one of
several joint depositors does not discharge the
bankers as against the others, 835-839. Of
the right of action of bankers upon contracts
to secure the repayment of advances, 435-
442, or the honesty and good conduct of
clerks, 433-435, 287, 289, 562. See Joint
Stock Banking Companies.

BANKING COMPANY, See Joint Stock Bank-
ing Company.

BANK NOTE, exemption from stamp duty in
favour of, 123. See Bill of Exchange, Pro-
missory Note.

BANKRUPTCY, nature and effect of, 319.
Transfer of the bankrupt's beneficial interest in
contracts to his assignees, 320. Right of action
of the assignees, 321-323. Right of action of
the assignees upon the bankrupt's executory
contracts, 324, and for the recovery of property
conveyed or money paid away by the bank-
rupt, 325, or lost at play, 326. Right of
action of the assignees upon contracts made
by the bankrupt during the bankruptcy, 327.
Of the joinder of all the assignees as plain-
tiffs in actions upon the bankrupt's contracts,
328. Of the right of action of the asssignees
upon contracts in which the bankrupt is in-
terested in right of his wife, or in which he
has a joint interest with other persons, 329.
Debts due to the wife, and the wife's choses
in action do not pass to the assignees, 310.
Transfer to the assignees of the bankrupt's
interest in a partnership. 311. Of the join-
der as plaintiffs of the assignees of joint con-
tractors who have become bankrupt, 332. Of
the appointment of new assignees, 332-334.
Right of action of the trustee under the
Scotch Bankrupt Act, 329. Commissions of
bankruptcy against firms in partnership. 332.
Right of action of THE BANKRUPT, 322. A
bare legal title or interest, unaccompanied by
any beneficial interest, does not pass to the
assignees, 322. Right of action of a bank-
rupt trustee, 322, or of a bankrupt who has
no beneficial interest in the contract on which
he sues, 323. Right of action of the bank-
rupt upon contracts entered into by him during
the bankruptcy, 326, 327. Of the bank-
rupt's right to the earnings of his own per-
sonal labour during the bankruptcy, 328. Of
the right of action of a bankrupt upon con-

tracts entered into by him during a third
bankruptcy, 329.
BANKRUPTCY OF ONE OF SEVERAL
PARTNERS, effect of on the rights and lia-
bilities ex contractu of the co-partnership,
311. Actions must be brought in the names
of the assignees and the solvent partners, 311.
Right of the assignees to use the names of
the solvent partners to obtain possession of
the bankrupt partner's share in the choses in
action of the copartnership, 331, 332, cannot
be divested by a release by the bankrupt, ib.
BANKRUPTCY OF JOINT CONTRAC
TORS. Of the right of action of the as-
signees under separate commissions against
joint contractors, 332.
BANKRUPTCY OF PARTNERS.
commissions against firms in partnership, 332.
Right of the assignees to recover the separate
debts due to each partner as well as the joint
debts of the whole firm, ib.

Joint

BARGAIN AND SALE of lands, 14, 15. Of
chattels, 40.

BARON AND FEME. See Husband and Wife.
BARRISTERS, 214, 758.
BET. See Wager.

BETROTHMENT, contracts of, 574. Nature
and effect of the contract, 575. Need not be
in writing nor be stamped, 578. Right of
action on, 576. Liability on, 577. Time of
performance, 578. Extent and duration of
the liability, 579. Conditional promises of
marriage, 579, 580. Avoidance of the con-

tract by misrepresentation and deceit, 580,
582. Discharge of the engagement by the
misconduct of either party, 581, 582. Dis-
pensation of the contract 583. What amounts
to a sufficient excuse for its non-performance,
583, 584. Dissolution of the contract by
mutual consent, 584, 585.

BIDDINGS at Auctions, 39. See Auction.
BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMIS-
SORY NOTES, nature and incidents of, 309
-312. Stamp, 120-123, 140. See Stamps.
Of the consideration, 26. Oral evidence of
want of consideration, 25. Available only as
between the immediate parties, 26. Failure
of the consideration as between the imme-
diate parties, 201. Effect of partial failure,
ib. Alteration of bills and notes, 139, 140.
162. Construction and interpretation of
bills and notes, 164, 166. Transfer thereof
by indorsement and delivery, 309. Of the
different kinds of indorsement, their nature
and effect, 310-312. Rights and liabilities
on bills and notes 280-282, 375, 376, 381,
382. Right of action thereon of agents,
262. Liabilities thereon of agents, 376,
381, 415, 416. Rights and liabilities of
partners, 279, 482, 488. Effect of changes
in the members of the firm by death, retire-
ment, &c., 280. Bills of exchange drawn by
one partner on another, 465, or by one part-
ner on the firm at large, 460, or by a share-

holder in a joint stock company upon the
company or the directors thereof, 527, 532,
533, 564. Bills of exchange drawn by
the directors of completely registered joint
stock companies, 292, 532, 533, or incorpo-
rated joint stock banking companies, 564, or
by infants, 858. Rights and liabilities of
assignees of bankrupts on bills and notes pay-
able to or by the bankrupt, 323, and of a
husband on bills and notes payable to or by
his wife before or after marriage, 338, 610,
612, and of executors and administrators on
bills and notes payable to or by their testator
or intestate, 359, or to or by themselves as
personal representatives, 360, 361, 382. Bills
and notes payable to one man to the use or
on behalf or for the benefit of another, 262,
381, or made, accepted, or indorsed on be-
half of a third person, 381, or by persons who
describe themselves as "executors,"
tees," "commissioners," &c., &c., 381, 382.
Accommodation bills and notes, 26. Liabi-
lity of the maker, acceptor, or indorser to a
bona fide indorsee for value, 26, 27. The
right to recover the amount paid on the bill
or note, 230. Effect of a promise to pay a
bill over-due. 237. Discharge of a principal
by taking a bill or note from his agent. 405,
406. Acceptance of a bill from one of seve-
ral partners, 482-486. Of the number of
the plaintiffs and defendants in actions on
bills and notes. See Joint and Separate
Rights of Action. Joint and Several Liabi-
lities.

"trus-

BILL OF LADING, nature and effect of, 61,
779. Transfer of property by, 61, 62. Right
of action on, 263 Payment of freight under,
417, 782, 783. Liability on and parties to be
made defendants, 779. See Freight.
BILL OF SALE, requisites of 69, 204. Effect of

not following it up by a transfer of the posses-
sion of the things sold, ib.

BLANKS in a deed or written contract, effect of,
13, 14, 151. If material blanks left in a deed
are filled up after the execution of the instru-
ment, the deed must be redelivered and re-
stamped, 13, 139. Effect of filling up blanks
in simple contracts, 140, 162. Effect of leav-
ing blanks in contracts, 151. When the con-
tract will be read as if the word omitted had
been duly inserted, 151, 160, 164.
BOARD AND LODGING, implied promise to
pay for, 217, does not arise as between near
relations, 738. (See Service with Relations)
Liability of an actual or reputed husband for the
board and lodging of his actual or reputed wife,
628-636, 639, 640. Liability of infants and
lunatics for board and lodging, 861-863, 873,
874. Board and lodging of prostitute, 640, when
the price thereof cannot be recovered, ib.
BONDS, nature and requisites of, 2, 5, 157,
158. Stamps on, 119, 120. Penal obligations,
169. Construction and interpretation of bonds,
146-158. Mistakes and blanks in, how recti-

fied and supplied, 151. Bonds obtained by fraud
or duress, 145, or procured from infants, 858, or
given by agents or trustees, 369, 393, or to them
for the use or on behalf, or for the benefit of their
principals, or cestui que trust, 169. Joint and
several bonds, 271, 272, 285. Bonds to or by
firms in partnerships, 279, 280, 281. Of the
parties to be made plaintiffs in actions upon such
bonds, 280, 281. Liabilities thereon, 269, 372.
Ascertainment of the parties to be made defen-
dants, 373. Extinguishment of the liability by
reason of changes in the constitution of the co-
partnership, 435-437. Assignment of bonds,
307, 308. See Assignment, Bankruptcy, Hus-
band, Executors.

BOOK. See Author, Copyright.
BORROWING AND LENDING, nature and
effect of the contract of, 850. Right of action of
the lender, 855, 856. General duties, obliga-
tions, and liabilities of the borrower, 851. His
liabilities greater and more extensive than those
of the hirer of chattels, 853. He is responsible
for the slightest breach of trust, 852, but not for
inevitable accidents, 853. Countermand of loan,
856. See Bailment without reward, Horses, Car.
riages, Ships.

BORROWING AND LENDING BY WAY
OF MUTUUM. See Mutuum.
BOUGHT AND SOLD NOTES, nature and
effect of, 82, must correspond, 83. Discrepancies
between them and the entry in the broker's books,
83. Signature thereof by brokers, ib. Stamp, 526.
BROKER'S, agency of, 82, are the agents of
both vendor and purchaser, ib. Their right of
action for the price of goods sold by them, 263,
264. Policy broker's right of action on policy,
ib. His liability, 425. See Agent.
BUGS, nuisance of, rendering houses uninha-
bitable, 684, 724, does not justify a lessee of an
unfurnished house in quitting possession and re-
fusing to pay rent. 683-685, aliter in the case
of demises of ready furnished apartments, 719,
724, 725.
BUILDING CONTRACTS, nature and effect
of, 755. Of the construction and interpretation of
building contracts, 184-192. Of the right of
action for the contract price, 194. Production of
the architect's certificate, 184. Effect of the
non-completion of the building by a time speci-
fied, 198, 763, 205. Effect of deviations from
the contract, 215, 216. Of the abandonment of
the special contract, and the builder's right to
charge by measure and value, 215, 217. His
right to charge for extras, 216. What are deem-
ed to be extras, 217. Useless and defective work,
765, 766. Reduction of the contract price by
reason thereof, 199-201. Destruction of the
work before payment, 760-763. Approval of
the work, 764. Liabilities of the builder for
negligence and want of skill, 766, 767-769.
See Taskwork.

CALLS cannot be lawfully made by the direc-
tors or managers of provisionally registered
joint stock companies, 506. Of the liability for

donment of a damaged cargo and non-payment
of freight, 783.

CARPENTERS, their rights and liabilities in
respect of work done by them, 214-217, 759
-771.

CARRIAGES, letting and hiring of, 718. Im-
plied warranty on the part of the lessor, 719.
His liability to pay for inevitable expenses incur-
red by the hirer in repairs, 721. Liabilities of
the hirer, 721-723. Of the use of the thing let,
722. See Borrowing.
CARRIERS FOR HIRE NOT BEING COM-

MON CARRIERS, 791. Contracts for the
letting and hiring of the work of carrying, 791.
Liabilities of persons who undertake the work
of carrying merchandize on the high seas,
for hire, 792. Of the delivery of the goods
to the carrier to be carried, 809. Damage to
goods by the way, 793. Loss of goods by robbery,
fire, or accident, 794, 797, 798. Loss by the
act of God, the perils of the sea and the dangers
of navigation, 795. Delivery of the goods at the
place of destination, 798, 799. Limitation of
the responsibility of owners and part owners of
ships by statute, 799-801.

Liabilities of Carriers by Land not being com-
MON CARRIERS, 801. General duties, ob-
ligations, and liabilities of carriers of pas-
sengers by land, not being common carriers,
801. Carriers of goods by land, 802. Loss of
goods by the way, 802. Of the delivery of the
goods by the carrier, 803. Of the parties to
be made plaintiffs in actions against carriers for
loss of or damage to goods, 251, 252, 254.
CARRIERS OF PASSENGERS, 194, 805.
Liabilities ex contractu of carriers of passengers
for hire, 805, 806, 808. Loss of passengers'
luggage, 810. Of the rights of persons taking
places by coach, 804, 805. See Common
Carriers.

CASUAL POOR. Liability of parish officers
for necessaries and medicines furnished to, 389.
CERTIFICATE. Bankrupt's certificate under
second commission, 339.

CESTUI QUE TRUST cannot sue at com-
mon law, 242, 243.

CHARACTER, representations as to, how to

be authenticated in order to create a right of
action, 95.
CHARITIES AND CHARITABLE INSTI-
TUTIONS. Liabilities of the trustees, mana-
gers, and directors thereof, 381, 383-391.
CHARTER PARTY, nature and effect of,
776, 777. Stamp, 119, 120. Construction and
interpretation of, 165, 166. When the contract

-

amounts to a demise of the ship, 776, 777, and
when it is merely a contract for the carriage
of merchandize, 777. When the naming of
the port of destination by the charterer is a con-
dition precedent to the shipowner's liability
to send out the vessel, 184. When the departure
of the vessel at a time specified is a condition pre-
cedent to the liability on a covenant to provide
a return cargo, ib. Interpretation of covenants
to provide cargo, 191, 782. Rights and liabili-
ties of the shipowners and master upon the ordi-
nary form of charter party, 777–779, 238 -
244. Rights and liabilities of the charterer, 779.
Payment of freight, 780-782. See Freight.
Payment of demurrage, 783, 784. See Char-
terer. General Average. Carriers.
CHARTERER, liability of for stores furnished
for the use of the vessel. 779. Liability of for
freight, 780, 781. See Freight, Charter
Party, Demurrage, General Average and
Contribution. Liabilities of a charterer who
enters into sub-contracts with third parties for
the conveyance of merchandize on board the
vessel, 792. See Carriers on the High Seas.
CHATTELS, sale of, 40-84. Letting and
hiring of, 718-723. See Goods and Chat-
tels.

CHEQUE, payment of by bankers, 211. See

Bankers.

CHOSE in ACTION, assignment of, 307.
Right of action of the assignee, 306–308.
Parties who ought to be made plaintiffs in
such actions, 305. Husband's right to recover
possession of his wife's choses in action, 337,
338. His liability thereon, 610. Extinguish-
ment of choses in action by novation and sub-
stitution, 312-317.

CHURCH WARDENS, liabilities of, 338, 389,
391. One churchwarden has no implied au-
thority from the mere tenure of office to bind
his colleague, ib.
CIVILITER MORTUUS, who may be said to
be, 342, 343. Effect of, 637, 638. See Hus.
band.

CLUBS, liabilities of the members of managing
committees of clubs upon the contracts, and
for the debts and engagements of such com-
mittees, 385. Of the non-hability of the sub-
scribers in respect thereof, ib. Liabilities re-
sulting from orders given by the steward, 355,
or one only of the members of the committee
of management, 387.

COACHMAKERS, right of action of, for the
price of work done, 759-766. Liabilities of,
766-771. See Taskwork.

COACHMAN, letting and hiring of, 738. See
Master and Servant.

COACH PROPRIETORS, what constitutes a
partnership between, 450, 451. Rights and
liabilities of, inter se, 463, 470, 471, and
quoad third parties, 480, 495. Of the severalty
of interest and separate liabilities of coach pro-
prietors, 480. Of the authority of one of them
to bind another by his contracts, ib. Letting

and hiring of carriages and coaches, 719-723.

See Carriages.
COGNOVIT, 2, 5. No stamp necessary if it is
a mere acknowledgment, 134. Aliter if it be
an agreement, or contains terms or conditions
for the payment of money by instalments, ib.
COHABITATION. Liabilities resulting from
the contracts of kept mistresses, 639, 640
COLLECTOR, liability of for the repayment of
money obtained by extortion, misrepresenta-
tion, or deceit, 232-234. He cannot be sued
in respect of money received, if his principal
or employer has the least colour of right to the
money, 423-428. See Agent.
COMMISSION of bankruptcy. See Bank-
ruptcy.

COMMISSIONERS of public works, roads, &c.
383. Right of action of commissioners of turn-
pike roads, 289. Liabilities of commissioners
of public works, 383-391.

COMMITTEES. See Clubs, Joint Stock Com-
panies, Charities.

COMMODATUM, or gratuitous loan, 850-856.
See Borrowing.

COMMON, right of, 86.

COMMON CARRIERS, definition of, 803.
General duties, obligations, and liabilities of
common carriers, 804. Rights of persons
taking places by coach, 804, 805. Carriage
of passengers by railway, 805. Common car-
riers of goods, 806. Of the delivery of goods
to common carriers, 809. Liabilities of com-
mon carriers for loss of or injury to the goods
by the way, 807-809. Loss of passengers'
luggage, 810. Of the delivery of the goods at
the place of destination, 811. Notices of ac-
tion to railway companies, 812. Limitation
of the common carrier's liability by express
contract, 813. Carrier's notices, ib. Effect
of, 815-818. Notices on railway tickets
limiting the liability of railway carriers, 818.
Waiver of the notice, 819. Carrier's act, 820
-824. Construction of, 825. Carrier's lien,
826, and charges, 827. Railway charges, ib.
828.

COMPANY. See Joint Stock Company.
COMPOSITION DEED, stamp on, 139. Com-
position with creditors, 229, 230.
CONCEALMENT OF DEFECTS in things
sold, effect of, 219-221, 223, 224, and in
things hired, 684-687, 719. Concealment
by agents, 407, 412. Principal responsible
for, 408, 409. Concealment on the part of
the principal and not of the agent, effect of,
411-414.

CONCEALMENT OF RISK in cases of in-
surance and of contracts for the carriage of
merchandize by common carriers, 816-818,
825.
CONDITIONS, 183-205. Effect of part per-
formance of, 186. Entire and indivisible con-
ditions, 187. Divisible conditions 188-192.
See Consideration. Mutual conditions, 201
-205. Accomplishment of conditions, 204,

is

205. When a tender or offer to do a thing
equivalent to actual performance, 205.
CONSIDERATION in the case of deeds, 1, 5,
14-16-in the case of simple contracts, 2, 3,
4, 17-39. When requisite to sustain the
contract, 15, 16, 18. Good and valuable con-
siderations, 27-39, 246-254, 308. Insuf-
ficient and nugatory considerations, 21-24.
Illegal and void considerations, 24. Failure
of consideration, 24. Disclosure of the consi-
deration on the face of a simple contract in
writing, 107-109, 113. Performance of
the consideration, 193. No beneficial service
no pay, ib. Entire and indivisible considera-
tions, 194-196. Divisible and apportionable
considerations, 196-201. Of the doctrine
that the consideration must move from the
plaintiff, 245-254. See Parties to Actions.
What is a sufficient consideration to sustain a
promise, 246-254. Consideration of benefit
to the defendant and loss to the plaintiff, 246,
247. Forbearance of legal proceedings, 308.
CONSIGNOR AND CONSIGNEE. Of the

right of action of the consignee for the loss of
goods delivered to a carrier to be carried, 251
-254. He is in general the only party enti-
tled to sue the carrier, 252. The consignor
may sue if he is the owner of the goods at the
time of the loss, ib., or has entered into a spe-
cial contract with the carrier for the carriage
of the goods, 253. Liabilities of the con-
signee, 782, 783, 785.

CONTINGENT INTERESTS, grants and
assignments of, 90.

CONTRACT. Authentication of contracts, 3,
86-142. Legal force and effect and inter-
pretation of contracts, 143-182. See Deed,
Simple Contract, Consideration.
CONTRIBUTION between co-sureties and
joint-contractors to their common liability,
210, 227, 228, 230, 447, 448. Contribution
between partners, 472-474. Contribution
between members of the committee of manage-
ment of provisionally registered joint stock
companies, 508. Contribution between the
subscribers and shareholders after complete
registration, 534. Contribution between share-
holders of joint stock banking companies, 565,
566.

CONTRIBUTION AND GENERAL AVER-
AGE. See General Average and Contribu-
tion.

CONVOY, stipulation as to sailing with, in poli-
cies of insurance, effect of, 165.
COPARCENERS, right of action of, 273, must
sue jointly for the recovery of rent due to
them, ib. Distress for rent by coparceners,
690.

COPYRIGHT, sale or assignment of, 95, (s.)
CORPORATIONS. Effect of incorporation at
common law, 290, 552. Of the right of action
of corporations upon contracts made with the
body corporate, 291, 292. Rights of corpora-
tors inter se, 292, 293. Liabilities ex con-