Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-02-11
REGIMENTS
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DECISIONS y

yard piles lumber there in an unsta.
bic manner is held, in Busse VS.. Rog-
ers (Wis.), GA L. r. A. 1873, to be liable
for injuries caused by it's fall upon a
child who. while travelling along the
street, follows its inclination to play
and attempts to climb upon the pile,
and thereby causes the lumber to fall
Land dedicated as a public highway
is held, in McAlpine VS.. Chicago Great
Western Railroad company (Kas), 81
L. r. A. S5, not to revert to the dedi-
Gators because of misuse or nonuse,
unless its use for the dedicated pur-
pose has become impossible or so
highly improbable as to be practically
impossible.
The driver of milk wagon, who
knowing the existence of a manhole
to sewer which projects above the
surface of the street, attempts to turn
his horse and wagon around in its
vicinity without paying any attention
to his course, is held. in Wheat vs.
St Louis (Mo), ga l. r. A. 292, to be
guilty OF contributory negligence, so
that, in case the wagon strikes the
obstruction and is overturned to his
injury, he cannot hold the city liable
therefor.
The implied powers which a corpo-
ration has in order to carry into effect
those expressly granted and to accom-
plish the purposes of it's creation. are
held, in Central Ohio n. G. & F. COM
pany VS.. Capital City Dairy company
(Ohlo), "a L. r. A. 1876, not to be linn
tied to such as are indispensable for
these purposes, but to comprise all
that are necessary in the sense of ap-
propr1ate, convenient and suitable in
Guiding the reasonable choice of means
to be employed.
An indOrsee of a negotiable note
taken as collateral security for a pre-
existing debt, there being no extension
OF time OF payment or other new con-
slderatlon, is held, in Birket VS.. Ed
ward (Kas), GA L. r. A. sos, to be a
holder for value and in due course of
business; and, in the absence of any
circumstances charging him with no
ice, TO be protected against claim of
payment made to the original payee
A chattel mortgage duly recorded in
one state is held, in Snider VS.. Yates
CTenn.), 81 l. r. A. 353, not to be en-
titled, under the doctrine of comfy. to
be given priority by courts of another
state, to which the chattels are re-
moved, over local attaching creditors
who had no actual notice of it, The
other authority on conflict of laws as
to chattel mortgages are reviewed in
a note to this case.
An act providing an eight-hour day
for all workingmen in mines, smelters
and mills for the reduction of ores is
sustained in re Boyce New, IS L. r.
A Al. All the other authorities on linn
itation of hours of labor by statute or
ordinance are considered in a note to
these cases.
The right of the legislature to pro-
vide for the destruction of intoxi- |
eating liquors kept for illegal sale, |
without granting their owner a Jury
trial. is sustained in Kirkland vs. state |
(Ark.) 65 L. r. A rs.
statute prohibiting solvent mer-
chants, under penalty, from disposing
0f their stocks in bulk without giving
notice to their creditors is held, in
Block vs. Schwartz (Utah) 65 L. A. r.
'Os, to be an unconstitutional depriva-
ion of liberty and property
The increase of stock is held. in
cooke vs.. Marshall (Pa-) 81 L. RA.
f13. not to be within the implied DOW
ers OF corporation.
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