The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-10-20
COMMERCIAL LAW.
Important Legal Decisions.

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Ealing of bank of earth in the street
OF city, when he has been playing
therein, cannot recover damages there
Tor from the city, in the opinion. of the
supreme Court of Missouri, in Donoho
VS.. The City of st. Lonis.
A MARRIED woman will bind her sep
arnte estate by her promissory note, in
the opinion of the Supreme Court of
Missouri, in the Boatmens Saving Bank
VS.. Collins. The court added that this
Is the prevalent doctrine in the English
courts and in the courts of this country.
WHERE q husband and wife are in
possession of real property, all persons
must take notice of the interest of the
wife, and the creditors Of the husband
cannot assail the wifes claim thereto,
in the opinion of the Supreme Court OF
Iowa, III the Iowa Loan and Trust Com
pany VS.. King.
The running Of railroad train on
Sunday Is not violation Of the law
against doing bue mess on the Sabbath
day, in the opinion of the Court of APP
peals of Kentucky, in the Common
wealth VS.. the Louisville and Nashville
Railroad Company. The court said
that the rGnning of the train was a
work of necessity.
A RAILROAD company is not liable for
damages for the death of person
caused by his act of suicide which has
resulted from insanity produced by in
juries for which the company was re-
sponsible, in the opinion of the Supreme
Court of the United States, in Schiller
VS.. the Washington City, Virginia Mid
land and Great Southern Railroad Com
pany.
WHERE it is agreed in mortgage to
keep the property insured, the policy to
be made payable to the MORTGAGE, the
rights of the mortgagor under prior
policies will inure to the mortgage,
except AS against the rights of persons
who have previous claim, in the opin-
ion of the Supreme Court of Minnesota,
In Ames VS.. the Northwestern Manu-
facturers' Mutual Insurance Company.
A HUSBAND deposited money in q
bank to the credit of his wife, and drew
checks signed by him in his wife's name,
without her knowledge, and which the
bank paid. The wife sued for the
amount to her credit on the refusal to
pay TO her, and recovered Judgment.
In this case, Bates VS.. First National
Bank of Rockport, the Court Of Appeals
of New York, through Judge Finch, de-
cided that the bank was liable To the
wife, as the money had been paid with
out her consent.
A COMPREHENSIVE was dissolved, and
notice of the dissolution was mailed to
the persons who were dealing or who
had dealt with the firm. The remain
ing partner continued business in the
firm name, and had the notes signed in
the firm name discounted by the bank
with which it had done business. The
bank had had no notice of the dissolu-
ton when it discounted the notes. In
an action to recover on the notes-Na-
tional Shoe and Leather Bank VS., Herr
the Court of Appeals of New York
decided that the retiring partner was
liable thereon.
A CHILD years old was injured on
the turntabke of a railroad Company
and his guardian sued the company for
damages Va. the Galveston
and Santa Fe Railroad Company. The
Supreme Court of Texas, through
Judge Stayton, decided: The same rule
which applies to persons of sufficient
age to protect themselves, IN reference
to contributory' negligence, cannot he
applied to inf ants of tender years, and
in reference to them the negligence of
party through whose want of care
they receive injury will fix liability, not
withstandng the act of the infant may
have been such as would defeat a recov-
cry by an adult receiving an injury un
der the same circumstances. 1t is well
settled that the conduct of an infant of
tender years is not to be governed by
the same rules which govern that of an
adult. While it is the general rule in
regard to an adult that TO entitle him to
recover damages for any injury result
ing from the fault OF negligence of an
other he must himself be free from
fault, such is not the rule in regard to
an infant of tender years. The care and
caution required of child is according
10 ais maturity and capacity only, and
this is to be determined in each case by
the circumstances of that case.