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where the statutes permit an indlct'
nent for robbery for taking money
rom the clerk or agent The other
cases on robbery by taking from one
person property belonging to another
are collated in note TO this case.
Placing an electric light in close
to trolley wire at curve
IS held. in Nelson VS.. NarraganSett
Electric Lighting Co. (R. -, o. l.. Il.
A 116. not to be the prOXimate cause
of an injury to one struck by glass
falling from the globe when shattered
by a trolley leaving the wire, since
failure to keep the trolley on the wire
is prima facie negligence and IS the
act of responsible person lnterVen'
ing between the placing Of the Ign!
and the injury.
Where it appeared on the trial for
murder that the victim was shot and
wounded by one person using shot'
gun and another using a pistol, anu
that one Of the wounds inflicted by
the pistol was certainly mortal, and
that probably one or more OF the
wounds inflicted by the shotgun were
so, it is held, in Walker VS.. State
(Ga.), 67 L. R. A. 426, that, in order
to convict the person using the shot-
Gun of murder in such case. the evil
dpnce must be such as to authorize
the Jury to find that death actually
ensued as the result Of the act OF the
defendant on trial. in the absence OF
any conspiracy between the parties
doing the shooting The other author
tiles on homicide resulting from lnJur'
les by different persons acting lnoe'
pendently are cOllated in a note TO TINS
case.
A policy Of insurance on the 1ur'
niture of a house is held, in Dow VS..
National Insurance company *. -, 81
i +. R. A. 479, to be void in toto II
large part of the furniture has been
purchased on the installment plan and
is not maid for and the policy provides
that it shall be void if the interest or
the insured is other than uncondltlon
al and sole ownership.
A statute requiring an insurer to NIX
the insurable value of the property IN
sured and to state such value IN the
noIicv, the measure of damage in case
of total loss to be the amount so hXed,
and in case of partial loss such pro-
norton of the amount upon when
premiums are paid as the damage sus-
tanned is of tie insurable value as
fixed by the agent, and providing that
the insurer shall be estopped TO deny
that the property insured was worth
ar the time of insuring the amount Sc
fxed and that the agent soliciting the
insurance shall be held TO be the
agent of the insured-is held, in Hart
ford Fire Insurance company VS.. Red
ding (Fla.), 81 L. r. A. SIS, to be val
id.
An agreement without considera
ton, giving an option to purchase rea
estate, is held. in Frank VS.. Stratforu
Handbook (Wyo), 81 L. R. A. 57l, II
be revocable at any time before 1t i
accented; and revocation is held Il
he effected by a sale and conveyance
OF the property to stranger.
Injury to a boy from torped
. which he picks up near a rallroa
track is held, in Obertoni VS.. Boston
NJ railroad (Mass.), 81 l.. r. A. AZ:
rot to make the company liable mere
, " upon evidence that a brakema
= tossed it to fagman, who threw
' hack. and upon the brakeman fallur
- to catch it, and letting it fall to tn
: ground, no attempt was made TO r
:, cover and remove it to safe place.
y A fee in the first taker is held,
Brown VS.. Brown (lowa). 81 l.. X.
600 not to be created by the rule
Shelley's case by conveyance
- one for her natural life with provl
:, ions for forfeiture in case of attemI
. to cucumber, or nOnpayment OF take
n "and at her death to her children
~ to their lineal descendants; and 1t
~ held to be immaterial that, under Il
= forfeiture clause, in case of comp
. ance with the conditions the land w
to mass to the lineal descendants
the life tenant.
~ Change of the stated price in a te
4 gram intended to notify purchas
= of the market price Of mules, so
A apparently to quote them at $40
49, head less than their market pri'
% which results in the sendee's dlrectl
the purchase of certain number
his account, is held, in Hays vs.. We
W. ern U. Teleg. Co. IS. CO., 67 l.. R.
nj 4S1, to render the telegraph compa
Nv IN,