Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-20
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.
SURRENDER OF PREMISES.

SURRENDER Ot' HRcMIoE1o.
The leaving of the key of premises
by a tenant from month to month at
the office of the landlord in his absence
lis not such surrender and acceptance
of the premises as to discharge the
tenants liability for rent. 52 Atiantlc
Rep. {Rhode Island) 1887.
CUSTODY OF FILLEG1TIMATECH CHILD
Ordinarily the custody of an illegiti-
mate child is with its mother; she has
the right to it; and she is charged with
the duty of it's support. But, a trans
fer from them other of an illegitimate
child to the putative father of all the
mothers right Of custody is valid as
against the mother, tho it may be void
as against the child. If the interests of
the child so require. So Atlantic Rep.
IN. ]. Court of Chancery, Judge Stew
enson) lilo.
HOURS OF LABOR.
An act providing that no female shall
be employed in certain business estab-
lishments more than ten hours day.
does not violate the constitutional
provision that no person shall
be deprived of liberty without due
process of law, but is within the police
power of a statei 20 Pacific Rep.
(Washington, Judge DunbaD 81.
BICYCLE PATH.
A city, not under any duty to con-
struct q bicycle path, which exercises
its option to do so, is bound to MAIN
tain the path in a condition reason-
ably safe for the purpose for which
lit is intended. Where one is injured
owing to a defective condition of
bicycle path maintained by a city, the
fact that other portions Of the street,
upon which he might have ridden, were
safe for bicycles, did not relieve the
city from liability. 10 Pacific Rep.
washington, Judge Mount So.
STREET RAILROADS.
Street cars, regardless of the power
by which they are impelled, have no
superior rights to other vehicles or pc
destrians at regular crossings, in the
absence OF special legislative grant,
but their lights are equal and In COM
mon, and impose correlative duties on
the respective parties. The duty, how
ever devolves upon the employees of
the company to keep Vigilant lookout
for persons approaching the track, es-
pecially at street crossings and, when
they are discovered to be in danger, or
going into danger, on the track. to use
every effort consistent with the safety
OF passengers to avoid inluring such
persons 80 Southern Rep. (Florida
Judge Mabry) 797.
BANKRUPTCY TERMS.
The United States circuit court of
appeals, for the seventh circuit, holds
that congress employed the words
Grader" and "mercantile pursuits" in
the technical sense by which they are
known to law, and the buying and sell
ing of stock, bonds, and other securities
is not a Grading pursuit within the
meaning of the act. 80 Chicago Legal
News October I'D
DAMAGES MEDICAL EXPENSES.
Damages may be recovered for ex-
nendit,lres in and about the illness
caused by a wrongful act, and the fact
that the plaintiff has not paid for
maa,cal attendance will not defeat the
right to recover such damages. Fright
and suspense may be treated as ele-
ments of damage and is q question for
tho i1,,y to be inferred from the cir
cumstances in absence of direct proof.
STYLES VS.. Decatur, supreme court of
Michigan, Sept. 1909.