Commentaries on American Law, Volume 3

W. Kent, 1851

OF THE LAW CONCERNING PERSONAL PROPERTY	1

Of the Law of Partnership	20

2 Stock in land	37

5 How far by guaranty	50

8 Dealing on separate account	56

3 By insanity	63

5 By judicial decree	66

6 By the inability of the parties to act	68

3 Punishments 235 236	235

4 Protection	237

5 Wages 239 241 245 250	239

6 Pro rata	243

7 Embezzlements	249

8 Desertion and forfeiture of wages 255	255

Of the Contract of Affreightment Page	259

LECTURE XLVIIIOf the Law of Marine Insurance 817	317

7 Consequences of the dissolution	69

Of Negotiable Paper	83

Of the essential qualities of negotiable paper as bills notes and checks	86

Of the rights of the holder	92

Of the acceptance	98

Of the endorsement	108

Of the demand and protest	115

Of notice to drawer and endorser	131

Of the measure of damages	151

Of mercantile guaranties	160

Of the principal treatises on bills and notes	168

Of the Title to Merchant Vessels	172

Requisites to a valid title	173

Who is liable as owner	176

Of customhouse documents	183

Of part owners	195

LECTURE XLVIOf the Persons employed in the Navigation of Merchant Ships	204

1 His power to bind the owner and owners power over him 205 208	205

2 Ship and freight	208

3 To hypothecate ship cargo and freight 211 218	211

5 Lien in United States	213

6 Lien of material men 214	214

7 Power to sell cargo	221

8 To sell the ship 222	223

9 Duty to employ a pilot	225

10 Authority and duty of the mate	228

1 Shipping articles 229	229

2 Charitable relief 232 233	232

Of contraband war	334

Of open and valued policies	340

4 Of reassurance and double insurance	346

Of warranty	356

6 Of the perils within the policy	363

Of the usual perils covered by the policy	371

Of the voyage in relation to the policy	381

2 Of deviation	387

Of the rights and duties of the insured in cases of loss	393

LECTURE XLIXOf Maritime Loans	428

LECTURE LOf Insurance of Lives and against Fire	439

1 Of the interest in the policy	447

3 Of the adjustment of the loss	453

1 Of government grants	458

2 Title by discovery 460462	469

LECTURE LIIOf Incorporeal Hereditaments	487

2 Of common of piscary	496

3 Of the remedy for these rights	504

2 Riparian rights	514

3 Highways	525

5 Partywalls	531

8 Easements acquired and lost by proscription	541

Light	547

10 Easements by dedication to the public 554557	554

Of offices	560

2 When and how far not payable	572

Apportionment	578

Of the History of the Law of Tenure	600

Title	Commentaries on American Law, Volume 3 Commentaries on American Law, James Kent
Author	James Kent
Edition	7
Publisher	W. Kent, 1851
Original from	the University of Michigan
Digitized	3 Oct 2011

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