The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-10
to Commit suicide-Mul

Agreement to Commit Suicide-Murder.-
The prisoner and his wife agreed to COM
NIT suicide together by taking poison.
After taking the poison the wife; when in
I'm dying" The nurse was of the opinion
that she really thought she was dying. and
the doctor did not think there was any
made a statement to the nurse, which the
prosecution proposed to put in as a dying
declaration. Held that the statement was
gether to commit suicide, and In accord
ance with that agreement attempt to take
their lives, but one of them survives, the
survivor is guilty Of murder. lbs Chicago
Legal News, 33S.
Knocking of the Land to a Deaf Bidder
The London Law Times. in reviewing the
noteworthy decisions of the judicial
year. calls attention to a curious case. The
defendant made bids at a sale and, because
of deafness, mistook one lot for another,
which he was DESTROYS 10 acquire. On
learning his mistake he refused to sign the
contract and the auctioneer, before leaving
the rostrum. purporting TO act as his
agent, signed II for him The plaintiff. as
owner of the property in dispute, brought
suit to compel the defendant to purchase
the lot. The court held that from the mo-
ment of the hammer falling there was a
contract and dismissed as opposed to prin-
ciple the defense that the auctioneer could
not sign the contract. IVAN Praggh VS.
Everidge. Chancery Reports. 1851
-Percolating waters - Correlative
Rights
Plaintiff. a water company. brought an
action to restrain the defendant from in.
terfering with and wasting sib-surface
waters which served In part 10 support a
spring upon plaintiffs land. Ii was the
plaintiffs business, under its charter, tc
supply water TO a city. The defendant due
a trench on his land in which he collected
the water and then turned IL to waste
Held, though the owner of land may col.
lect percolating waters thereon for the i'm.
provement of his own premises or for his
own beneficial use, he must not for the
sole purpose of wasting them, divert such
waters. which would otherwise be appro.
priated by his neighbors for the general
welfare of the people. l93 Northwestern
Rep. (Minnesota). STl.
Railway Employes-Hours Of Employ.
ment-
The Supreme Court OF Rhode Island ha,
recently rendered an opinion to the Gov.
ernor OF that State In re Ten Hour Law
for Street Railway Corporations. The
statute in question forbids an officer of 4
street railway company TO exact more thar
ten hours Of labor from conductors, grip.
men and motormen. The opinion OF the
court upholds the constitutionality of IN,
act as being within the police power OF the
Legislature which has the right OF contro
in all matters affecting the public safety
health and welfare.
-Contracts-Moral Consideration
Defendant proposed to settle with cred
ftors among whom was plaintiff. by Civ
ing securities at an arbitrary valuation O.
SO per cent. OF their face value and hi,
s.moral obligation" TO later take back IN,
securities at such valuation. Plaintiff
agreed and released defendant Held tina
| such moral obligation was sufficient con
Alteration 10 support a subsequent prom
Use to take back the securities. $50 N. y
Supplement. lOzsl