CLOAK ROOM,

no obligation on railway company to warehouse luggage in, 410.
conditions of warehousing need not be signed by passengers, 410.
but must be brought to his notice, 410.

injunctions to restore (Labouchere v. Wharncliffe), 547.

refused (Dawkins v. Antrobus), 546.

rules, alterations of (Harington v. Sendall), 547.

rights of members, not personally liable (Wise v. Perpet. Invest. Co.), 545.
liabilities of committee-men, 544.

COACHMAN,

liabilities of hirer of horse and carriage for negligence of, 382.
if coachman within authority (Coupé Co. v. Maddick), 382.
otherwise hirer not liable (Saunderson v. Collins), 382.

COALS,

if proper ticket not delivered on sale of, price not recoverable, 362.

COMMISSION,

employment of agent on, 493.

opportunity to earn must be given (Ogdens v. Nelson), 493.

agent's right to, 494.

secret taking, right to dismiss (Boston, &c. Fishery v. Ansell), 247.
loss of by negligence, 494.

of stockbroker, amount of, 542.

publication of book on, 530.

COMMISSIONERS FOR PUBLIC PURPOSES, Ch. IX., s. 6...280.

contracts upon which they can sue, 281.

liability of, on contracts, 280.

not personal, under Commissioners Clauses Act, 280.

COMPANIES, Ch. IX., s. 3...261 et seq.

banking, not more than 10 partners, 261.

contracts of, form of, under Companies Act, 265.

disclosure of by prospectus, 262, 264.

"waiver clause" of prospectus, 263.

avoidance of, by Act of 1900...263.

COMPANIES-continued.

contracts of, form of, under Companies Clauses Act, 266.
director may not be interested in, 267.

if ultra vires of company cannot be ratified, 267.

if ultra vires of directors can, 268.

infants may be shareholders in any, 151.

joint stock, under Companies Act more than 20 partners, 261.
not less than 7, 262.

family company of 7, legal (Saloman v. Saloman), 262.
preferential payments by on winding-up, 504.

married women shareholders in, 175.

shares, sale of on Stock Exchange, 537.

extracts from 183 Stock Exchange Rules, 538.

responsibility of seller for dividends, &c., 539.
quotation "ex div." when, 541.

trading, implied power of, to borrow, 267.
winding-up contracts, 269.

COMPETENCY TO CONTRACT,

of infants, lunatics, &c., Chap. VII., p. 140. And see CAPACITY.

COMPOSITION ARRANGEMENT,

agreements fraudulent against creditors who are parties to, 166.
Deeds of Arrangement Act, 166.

COMPOUND INTEREST,

when allowed, 526.

COMPOUNDING FELONY,

contract for, illegal, 565.

COMPROMISE,

authority of counsel to make (Kempsall v. Holland), 488.

setting aside where made by mistake, 488.

bona fide, good consideration for contract, 24.

of misdemeanour, when legal, 565.

of suit for divorce, 568.

withdrawal of election petition, void, 567.

COMPULSORY PAYMENTS,

what, support action for money paid (Edmunds v. Wallingford), 45
money paid to avoid distress, 46.

by indorser of bill, 47.

costs of lease, 46.

for legacy duty, 46.

CONCEALMENT. See FRAUD-INSURANCE.

of identity by money lender (Gordon v. Street), 522.

CONDITIONS,

contract may be inferred from, 95.

conditional contracts, 18.

of re-entry in lease, effect of, 328.

when warranty under Sale of Goods Act, 342.

of sale of land, implied, 290.

expressed, 291.

CONDITION PRECEDENT,

award may be, to right to bring action, 658.

divisibility of, 615.

independent mutual contracts, 615.

performance of, rules as to, 616.

right to rescind contract on non-performance of, 619.

CONDITION SUBSEQUENT,

release may be avoided by, 653.

parol evidence of, in case of contracts in writing not under seal, 75.
part, void in, 32.

stranger to, cannot sue on promise (Tweddle v. Atkinson), 35.

voluntary service (Coggs v. Bernard), 26.

CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTS-continued.

grammatical construction may be disregarded, 92.

parol evidence, generally inadmissible to vary writing, 105.
admissible to explain it, 108.

"latent" and "patent" ambiguity, 109.

written contract, alteration of by unwritten, 113.

save where within Stat. of Frauds (Goss v. Lord Nugent), 114.

rules for, 109.

falsa demonstratio non nocet, 94.

verba cartarum fortius accipiuntur contra proferentem, 101.

verba debent intelligi cum effectu, ut res magis valeat quàm pereat, 87.
verba intentioni debent inservire, 86.

that a grant implies the means of enjoying it, 104.

that whole contract be considered, 90.

that construction be according to lex loci contractús, 97.

construction of, 85 et seq. See Ch. V., CONSTRUCTION OF CONTRACTS.

definition of, in Code Civil, 8 (a).

form of simple, in general, 74. And see WORDS-WRITING.

how affected by Statute of Frauds, 76.

freedom of, restrictions of, list of, 597.

illegal, Ch. XXI., p. 548. See ILLEGAL CONTRACTS.

implied, Ch. III., p. 38. See IMPLIED CONTRACTS.

legality of, presumption of, 551.

parties to, rules as to assent of, 8. See ASSENT OF PARTIES.

who are not competent to be, 140.

performance of, rules as to, Ch. XXII., p. 600 et seq. See PERFORMANCE.
release of, 652. See RELEASE.

rescission of, 618. See RESCISSION OF CONTRACT.

simple, and specialty, distinctions between, 6.

stamping of, Ch. VI., p. 117. See STAMPS.

CONTRACT NOTE,

of broker, stamp duty oa, 118.

may be added to charge for brokerage, 118.
sending of, on Stock Exchange, 542.

CONTRIBUTION,

between sureties or joint debtors, &c., 49.

between wrong-doers, none (Merryweather v. Nixan), 50.
implied promise of, between sureties, 49, 456.

CONTRIBUTORY,

married woman's liability as, 174.

set-off by, in action for debt due to joint-stock company, 693.

CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE,

in case of railway company's negligence, effect of, 419.

of child, effect of, 420.

burden of proof on defendant (Wakelin v. L. & S. W. R. Co.), 419.
CONVEYANCE,

tender of, by purchaser to vendor, when necessary, 302.

CONVEYANCER,

practice of, quasi law, 292.

recovery of fees by, if not barrister, 486.
unless uncertificated, 486.

CONVEYANCING ACT,

conditions of sale of land implied by, 290.

notice under, before proceeding for forfeiture of lease, 329.
relief against forfeiture of lease under, 330.

CONVICT,

administrator of may sue or be sued, 163.
cannot sue on contract, 163.

may be sued or made bankrupt, 164.

revivor of right of on expiration of sentence, 163.
right of wife of, to contract, 200.

COPYRIGHT. And see AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS.
duration of, for life, and 7 years, or 42 years, 530.
in encyclopædia articles (The Aflalo case), 530.

was judgment in Aflalo case right? 533.

reverts to author of magazine article in 28 years, 531.
sale or assignment of, must be in writing, 102, 533.

in farming leases, 316.

in college leases, 316 (h).

CORONATION PROCESSION SEATS,

contract for, off by postponement of procession (Krell v. Henry), 610.

CORPORATION, GENERALLY, Ch. IX., s. 4, p. 270.

action by, on contract not under seal, effect of, 273.

adoption by, of work done for them, effect of, 272.

charitable, 271.

contracts of, common law rule, under seal, 271.

exceptions, statutory forms, 273.

county councils, 271.

disqualification of councillors, 274.

ecclesiastical, 270.

foreign, how to sue, 273.

guardians of the poor, 271.

municipal, 271.

parish councils, 271.

meetings, 271.

signature of bill of exchange by, 272.

trading, powers of, 272.

urban authorities (Young v. Leamington), 273.

CORRESPONDENCE,

conclusion of negotiations by (Dunlop v. Higgins), 15.
And see POST.

COSTS,

limitation on, in High Court action on contract, 418.

action by passenger against railway company is action of tort, 418.
of lease, 46, 312.

scale of solicitor's charges, 312.

of married women, 187. See MARRIED WOMAN.

solicitor's, 511. See SOLICITOR.

taxation of, counsel's fees allowed on, 487.

when party entitled to indemnity can claim, 450.