Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the Fundamental Principles of American Law and Procedure, Accompanied by Leading Illustrative Cases and Legal Forms, with a Rev. Ed. of Blackstone's Commentaries, Volume 2

Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth

Blackstone Institute, 1914 - Law

Contents

• V0LUME: 1
• Torts and contracts: 7
• PART I: 13
• SECTION PAGE 4 Same subject: 15
• Same subjectIntention immaterial: 16
• Assault: 17
• Same subject: 18
• Same subjectRationale of action for assault: 19
• False imprisonment: 20
• Same subject: 21
• CHAPTER II: 23
• Physical injury induced by fright: 24
• Same subjectWhere the fright results from a wilful or wanton tort: 25
• Same subjectWhere the fright results from negli gence together with impact on the body: 26
• Same subjectWhere the fright results from negli gence without impact on the body: 27
• CHAPTER III: 34
• Same subjectThe superjacent space: 35
• Trespass to personal property: 36
• Same subjectQuestion of nominal damages: 37
• CHAPTER IV: 39
• Same subjectAmerican cases: 40
• Same subjectMeaning of accident: 41
• Mistake no excuse: 43
• SECTION PAGE 24 Leave and licenseMeaning: 44
• Same subjectIllustrations: 45
• Same subjectSports and fighting: 46
• CHAPTER V: 48
• Same subjectCrossactions: 49
• Defense of third persons: 50
• devoted to the commentaries on the principles of: 51
• Defense of real property: 52
• Recaption of personal property: 53
• Same subjectTrespasses excusable: 54
• Same subjectTrespasses not excusable: 55
• Entry upon lands to repossess them: 56
• Same subject: 57
• CHAPTER VI: 59
• Trespass to property justified by necessity or public policy: 60
• Discipline as an excuse for trespass: 61
• Abatement of nuisances: 62
• Arrest without warrantArrest by an officer: 64
• Same subjectArrest by a private person: 65
• Same subjectProcess fair on its face: 66
• Same subjectService on a person in his dwelling: 68
• CHAPTER VII: 70
• Bibliography: 71
• Conversion Frank L Simpson A B LL B: 73
• Detinue: 75
• Conversion defined: 77
• Distinction between trespass and trover: 78
• CHAPTER II: 81
• Wrongful taking: 83
• Nature of plaintiffs right in the property: 84
• Same subjectPossession or right of possession: 85
• IntentBad faith: 88
• Same subjectIntent to convert: 89
• Demand and refusal: 92
• Same subjectQualified refusal: 95
• Vesting of title of property converted: 97
• CHAPTER III: 99
• Conversion by pledgee: 102
• SECTION PAGE 20 Innocent purchasers: 103
• Same subjectPurchase from one having defeasible title: 104
• Same subjectConditional vendees: 106
• Same subjectAttaching creditors: 107
• Same subjectNegotiable instruments: 110
• Bibliography: 111
• Negligence and Legal Cause Barry Gilbert A B LL B: 113
• Legal cause: 114
• Last human wrongdoer rule: 115
• Implied negative rule: 116
• First exception: 117
• Second exception: 118
• Third exception: 119
• Fourth exception: 120
• Same subject: 121
• Natural and proximate rule: 122
• Intervening causesConsequential results: 124
• Intervening acts of nature: 125
• Intervening acts of animals: 126
• Intervening instinctive acts: 127
• Intervening volitional acts of plaintiffNonculpable: 128
• Same subjectCulpable acts: 129
• Plaintiffs failure to act: 130
• Nonculpable acts of third person: 131
• Same subject: 132
• Intentional acts of third person: 133
• Implied negative rule: 135
• Same subjectForeseen wilful acts: 136
• Who decides questions of legal cause: 137
• Bibliography: 138
• CHAPTER II: 139
• Same subject: 140
• Duty owed to plaintiff: 141
• Duty of maker or vendor of chattels: 142
• Same subjectExceptions: 143
• Same subject: 145
• Same subjectContinued: 146
• Duty to a trespasser: 147
• Same subjectAffirmative acts: 148
• Same subjectTurntable cases: 149
• Duty to look out for trespassers: 150
• Duty to licensees: 151
• Same subjectDuty to give warning: 152
• Duty to invitees: 153
• To whom duty is owed: 154
• Nature of dutyWhether violation is negligence: 156
• Relation of violation to injury: 158
• Negligent breach distinguished from wilful breach: 159
• Same subject: 160
• Nonfeasance and misfeasance: 161
• Same subjectOmissions in the course of acting: 162
• What is due care?: 163
• SECTION PAGE 56 Same subject: 165
• Degrees of care: 166
• Standard of care of defectives: 167
• Standard of care of minors: 168
• Necessity of damage: 169
• Who determines the existence of negligence?: 170
• Burden of proof: 171
• Res ipsa loquitur: 172
• Same subjectIllustrations: 173
• CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE 66 Meaning of the term: 174
• Amount of negligence that will bar: 175
• Davies v Mann: 176
• The last clear chance: 177
• Extent of adoption of the rule: 178
• The rule applied: 179
• Same subjectFurther applications of the rule: 180
• Same subjectThe rule applied: 181
• Care when danger possible but not imminent: 182
• Care when a third person is in peril: 184
• Care when defendant violates a statutory duty: 185
• Care when defendants act is wilful: 186
• Plaintiff barred by violation of a statute: 187
• CHAPTER IV: 190
• Common enterprise rule: 191
• SECTION PAGE 85 Parents negligence imputed to child: 192
• Same subjectWifes action for her own injuries: 193
• Certain situations discriminated: 194
• Bibliography: 195
• Deceit Edward D Osborn: 197
• Elements of liability: 198
• Warranty and deceit: 199
• Mistake misrepresentation and fraud: 200
• CHAPTER II: 202
• Active concealment: 203
• Meaning of the representation: 204
• Falsity of the representation: 206
• Nature of the representationFuture facts: 207
• Opinions: 209
• Sellers puffing statementsValue: 211
• Culpability of the defendant: 213
• Representation to whom made: 216
• Justification and excuse: 217
• THE EFFECT UPON THE PLAINTIFF: 220
• Defamation Charles M Hepburn A B LL D: 225
• Differences between the two uses of defamation: 227
• CHAPTER II: 234
• The scope of slander: 242
• CHAPTER IV: 248
• SECTION PAGE 13 Publication: 254
• Whether falsity of statement is necessary: 255
• Whether intent to defame is necessary: 256
• Whether malice in the publication is necessary: 257
• Whether actual damage is necessary: 258
• Summary of essentials: 259
• CHAPTER V: 261
• Privilege as a defense: 263
• Fair comment as a defense: 272
• CHAPTER VI: 276
• Excess of privilege: 277
• JUDGMENT AND DAMAGES 25 Scope of the judgment in defamatory actions: 281
• Damages: 283
• Bibliography: 285
• Malicious Prosecution John C Townes LL D: 287
• Definition: 289
• Judicial proceeding: 291
• Want of probable cause: 295
• Malice: 298
• SECTION PAGE: 300
• Remedy: 307
• VOLUME V: 312
• Domestic and Business Relations William C Jones A B M A: 313
• CHAPTER II: 319
• INTERFERENCE WITH BUSINESS OR EMPLOYMENT SECTION PAGE 11 General ground for immunity from interference with business or emp...: 324
• the commentary following Right of Privacy: 325
• Questions involved: 326
• Justification: 327
• Same subjectJustice Holmes statement of the doc trine of justification: 328
• Same subjectLord Bowens statement of the doc trine of justification: 329
• Competition: 330
• Same subjectCase of the Passaic Print Works: 332
• Same subjectCases of Lewis v HuieHodge Lumber: 333
• Co and Graham v St Charles Street Railway: 334
• Same subjectProfessor Wymans statement of the rule of unfair competition: 335
• Same subjectLord Bowens view of the meaning and import of malice: 336
• Same subjectLord Watsons statement as to effect of malice: 337
• Combination: 338
• Same subjectFrederic J Stimsons view: 339
• Same subjectDoremus v Hennessy: 340
• Same subjectDelz v Winfree: 341
• Same subjectBailey v Master Plumbers Associa tion: 342
• Same subjectMartell v White: 343
• Same subjectLegality of strikes: 344
• Same subjectLegality of purpose of strike a ques tion of law: 345
• Same subjectThe sympathetic strike: 346
• Same subjectIllegal accompaniments of strikes: 347
• Same subjectPrimary boycott: 348
• Same subjectMethods pursued in boycotts: 349
• Same subjectCoercing workmen not to work: 350
• Same subjectCoercing material men not to sell to boycotted person: 351
• PicketingDefinitionLegality: 352
• Same subjectPicketing accompanied by unlawful means: 353
• Same subjectView that all picketing is unlawful: 354
• Slander of title: 356
• Disparagement of goods: 357
• Same subjectCases not actionable: 358
• Bibliography: 359
• PART VIII: 361
• Expansion of the common law: 362
• History of the right of privacy: 363
• Definitions of right of privacy: 365
• Analogy between the right to privacy and the right to intellectual and artistic property: 367
• Distinction between right to privacy and right to reputation: 369
• Case of Schuyler v Curtis: 372
• SECTION PAGE: 373
• Statutory Interpretation John B Rood LL B: 375
• Case of Pavesich v New England Life Insurance Com: 379
• Case of Hillman v Star Publishing Company: 385
• Same subject: 391
• Copyrights William L Symons LL M M P L: 393
• Same subjectAssumption of risk by trespasser: 399
• SECTION PAGE: 401
• LIABILITY FOR INANIMATE FORCES: 408
• Liability for damage from explosives: 415
• VOLUME IX: 421
• As to support of land: 423
• Same subjectHow the joint liability may be deter: 431
• Effect of release of or settlement with one joint tort: 437
• Fellow Servant Doctrine Theophilus J Moll Ph B LL B: 439
• Masters liability for act of servantGeneral rule: 440
• Who are fellowservants: 443
• Fellowservants in railroad service: 444
• Same subject: 445
• Fellowservants in other employments: 446
• Rule in cases of transfer of service: 447
• Anomalous coservants: 448
• Same subject: 449
• Different department test of fellowservice: 450
• Comments on these tests: 451
• Different employments under same master: 452
• Keeping things safe: 458
• Viceprincipal doctrine: 459
• Same subjectOperative and administrative acts: 460
• Same subjectAct and not the grade: 461
• Same subjectSuperior officer: 462
• Same subjectA summary: 463
• Injured servants contributory negligence: 464
• Effect of masters promise to remedy: 465
• Burden of proof: 466
• Wrongdoing servants liability: 467
• Constitutional questions involved: 473
• Estoppel Oliver S Bundell LL B: 477
• Bibliography: 479
• and Business Relations: 513
• Law of FellowServant and Compensation: 525
• TITLE OF CASE PAGE: 531
• LEADING ILLUSTRATIVE CASES: 537
• Savage: 543
• Shoemaker Co: 550
• Armstead: 625
• Gile: 635
• PARTICULAR INSTANCES OF CONVERSION: 642
• Milwaukee Saint Paul Railway Company v Kellogg: 649
• New York Central Railroad Company: 655
• CHAPTER II: 661
• Breed: 667
• Oautret Administratrix v Egerton: 675
• TITLE OF CASE PAGE: 732
• THE EFFECT UPON THE PLAINTIFF: 743
• CHAPTER II: 752
• 0Toole: 758
• TITLE OF CASE PAGE: 801
• CHAPTER m: 809
• PART IX: 817
• CHAPTER III: 825
• LIABILITY FOR INJURIES FROM LAWFUL USE: 829
• LAW OF FELLOWSERVANT: 837
• Babbitt: 844
• CHAPTER II: 851

Bibliographic information

• Title: Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the Fundamental Principles of American Law and Procedure, Accompanied by Leading Illustrative Cases and Legal Forms, with a Rev. Ed. of Blackstone's Commentaries, Volume 2; Modern American Law: A Systematic and Comprehensive Commentary on the Fundamental Principles of American Law and Procedure, Accompanied by Leading Illustrative Cases and Legal Forms, with a Rev. Ed. of Blackstone's Commentaries, William Charles Wermuth
• Editors: Eugene Allen Gilmore, William Charles Wermuth
• Publisher: Blackstone Institute, 1914
• Original from: Harvard University
• Digitized: May 2, 2008