INDEX OF CASES. 26 . Christian et al.'s Appeal ......... Ake v. Mason ................. Allegheny National Bank of Pittsburgh v. Hays...... 19 Clauer's Appeal , 36 Allegheny Base Ball Club v. Bennett... Cochran v. Creighton.................. Allen v. Long ................. Collins, for use, v. Nevin......... Alexander v. Harris... ******** 358 489 Artz v. City of Allegheny.............. Commonwealth v. Moore ............... Appeal of Samuel A. Frankenfield.... ................. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for use of Weaver .................. 107 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, for use of McClure, George S. Bryan .................. Huckenstein & Co............ 231 .... 11 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ex rel. Pierce et 286 Joseph Grier.................. Commonwealth ex rel. v. Nulton...... Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. The Standard Oil Co, of Cleveland, Ohio .................. - Rhoads et al........... 185 .......... 485 Rt. Rev. John Tuigg............... ......... 161 Cooper v. The Oriental Savings & Loan Association, 349 The First National Bank of Northumberland, 34 Corr v. Sellers & Co. The New York & ('leveland Gas Coal Co.......... 243 County of Lancaster v. Mishler. Cowperthwaite et al. v. First National Bank of Car- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co. v. Schwindling......... 155 Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company v. Sulphur Coyle v. Commonwealth............... ...... 102 ...............'187 Crawford v. Davis.... D Bell et al. v. Kennedy ............................ Benjamin v. Zell..... .......... 267 Death of Charles W. Collier, Benwood Iron Works v. Hutchinson & Bro............... 189 Ex-Chief Justice George Sharswood................ Bolster v. City of Allegheny ............. G. L. B. Fetterman ........................................ 411 Born v. Allegheny and Perrysville Plank Road Co... 161 John A. Fox...... 271 ......... 212 395 135 Borough of Mauch Chunk v. Kline. Bovard v. Kettering ........... 172 .................... 180, 218 490 233 ................. 355 215 Branthoover, Executor of John Alcorn's Estate, v. Cook...... 230 Devlin v. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania....... 143 Doris v. Erwin and Wife.............. Du Bree v. Albert et al ............. Brobst v. Ruff ....... Duff, Assignee of Carrier & Baum, v. Bindley .......... 408 305 465 Bruck v. Maulsbury. ............ Bryar et ux. v. Beckett et al ............ Eberly v. Lehman et al.................... Elizabeth Borough v, The Steam-boat " Geneva"..... 459 Carlin & Co. v. Chappel........ Erwin et ux. v. Doris.................... Cato v. The Allegheny Valley Railroad CO................. Ewing's Appeal.................. ......... 245 .......... 101 Alexander Carnahan, Deceased. ..................... 22 22 .... 130 131 ... 37 .............. Estate of Catharine Hutman, Deceased................... 385 - Charles W. Rado, Deceased..................... 410 . 374 In re Application of the New Brighton & New Castle 97 | Railroad ('o. for Approval of Bond to Right Rev. 372 John Tuigg.............. 307 In re Application of John White to be Discharged 284 from the Allegheny County Work-House..... 248, 251 430 In re Application of M. K. Moorhead......... In re (arothers, Bankrupt............... .............. In re Charles B. and James ('. McVay, Bankrupts, 53 ............ ........... 141 In re Incorporation of Osborne Borough......... 183, 185 60 .............. 100 In re M. T. Warne, Bankrupt.................. 394 376 450 J 351 157 .......... 484 423 Jordan v. Elliott........ ............... 68 K 421 ....................... 33 Kaine et al, v, Commonwealth ex rel. Manaway... 382 65 369 281 38 Kepler v. Erie Dime Savings & Loan ('o............. 472 Kindt's Appeal.............. 499 163 Kitchen & Dick v. Smith & Snooks........... ...... 364 72 452 . 368 Knoll's Appeal........ .............. .. 53 455 Koontz's Administrator v. Howsnare and Wife...... 352 ........ 343 181 ***........ Galbraith v. Zimmerman.... Lacy's Appeal ...... 275 264 .............. 357 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Co. v. Brown et al...... 331 41 320 306 Lindsey et al. v. Reid........, 274 198 .... 1 447 454 227 263 429 ....... 174 ...... 478 M ..... 27 Menge v. Wiley Brothers......... .... 122 .... 319 49 .......... 111 Morgan v. Commonwealth, | Morgan et ux. v. Yard. 178 . 440 | Mosgrove and Pollock, Administrators, v. Golden, 473 ............... 118 53 Musselman's Appeal...... ......... 271 Myers v. Brice..... ......... 149 Mc 308 223 55 ............... 13 15................ 14 ... 176 ............... .... 317 202 O .... 339 .......... 165 ................ McElvaine et al. v. Lantz et al.... .... 104 | Shaw v. Chalfant et al............. ... 278 Sheaffer v. Clendenin.. ............ 427 .. 441 Sleeper v. The Pennsylvania Railroad Co............... 147 ..... 96 Smith y. Pringle......... 100 ....... 114 Smiths v. McGinty. 203 Spangler v. The Pennsylvania Mutual Aid Society, 480 ...... 412 Speidel v. Henrici and Lenz, Trustees of the Har- mony Society........ 291 Spencer v. Clinefelter, to use, etc......... ....... 198 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania....... Steinman & Co. v. Miller et al............. ........ 105 Stewart and Wife v. Allegheny National Bank...... 209 .......... 170 Stockdale, Trustee, v. Hill............... .............. 60 Sunbury Insurance Co, v. Humble........... .... 451 Supreme Court Judgments..... 63, 76, 88, 98, 108, 134 280 Supplement to the Order of the Supreme Court, etc., 422 ... 438 ..... 312 347 Τ 140 315 305 Thackara v. Mintzer.................. .......... ................ 353 The D, S. Newcomb............ ...... 187 The Iron City National Bank of Pittsburgh v. The Siemens-Anderson Steel Co......... ............... 334 The Second National Bank of Titusville, Pennsyl- vania, v. Caldwell et al............. ............ 333 .... 246 Thompson v. Ward ...... 491 Township of Rush v. County of Schuylkill..... ........ 414 Township of Aston v. McClure-Same v. Quigley... 491 Tuigg v. Sheehan........... ....... 158 136 .................... 216 Union Insurance Co. v. The City of Allegheny...... 213 Union Savings Bank v. Fife........... .......... 180 200 United Brethren Mutual Aid Society of Pennsyl. vania v. McDermond.. 89 United States v. Taylor. 28 Umbenhower v. Miller. .............. ................. 356 U ..... 433 327 Vanderslice, Assignee, for use, v. The City of Phila- ...... 315 W 471 391 ... 59 Ward v. Orr......... 416 Watson Malone & Son v. The City of Philadelphia, 360 21. 326 Weast v. Derrick...... ...... 404 Weed and Hoffman v. Hall... 261 ............. 95 White v. The Borough of McKeesport....................... 238 ........................ 92 .............. ..................... .. 327 Wilson & Sons v. Waugh, Jack & Co...................... 176 405 ...... 495 17 ........ 384 Wright and Kemble v. The Antwerp Pipe Co. and 119 the Oil City Pipe Co............. ............... 235 279 | Wyoming National Bank's Appeal......... ............... 52 Y 9 ........ 477 ....... 276 ... ..... 403 · INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 183 287 1705.. 384 erant, 3 .. 118 376 233 . ACT OF GOD. Instruction to jury on ..................... 433 | ACTS OF ASSEMBLY-Continued. 1871, June, 2. Boroughs 1871, June, 19........ Corporations........ 1872, February, 29. Married Women.... 1872, March, 14..... Amendment....... 1872, March, 16.. Allegheny County... 1872, April, 3. Allegheny County.... 1872, April, 3.... Evidence......... 1872, April, 3.... Married Women... 1872, April, 9... Wages......... Insurance... Practice........ ... 161, 180, Deeds.... 139 Practice. Offices... 208 Deeds....... Orphans' Court.. 1875, April, 12.. Liquors.. .... 119 1876, March, 14. Judgment,... 1876, April, 20. Wages....................... 1876, May, 8... Inns and Taverns... 203 Boroughs. 1878, June, 12.... Wages...... 376 1879, April, 11 Orphans' Court. 1879, May, 19... Attorney at Law...... 100 Taxation.......... 342 Registers.......... Schools... 1881, June, 10.. Taxation.. ACTS OF CONGRESS. Boroughs...... 1793, March, 2...................... Injunction....... 1864, June, 30......... .... National Banks.......... ACTS OF PARLIAMENT. Lunatics.. 4, Edward III, Ch. 7......... Actions... 33, Edward I. ... Jurors......... 22'and 23, Charles II, Ch.9. Costs.... ADMINISTRATION. Granting of letters upon estate of living person, though supposed to be dead, is not only a voidable, but a void act........... 143 Under Act of March 15, 1832, register has power to issue letters of administration on estates of dead persons only, and not on estates of living.............. Ib Execution......... ADVANCEMENT. See Decedents' Estates. Decedent was surety on note for husband of her daughter: she paid it, and subsequently stated that she intended amount paid should be de- ducted from her share in her estate. Held, that it could not be held against her as an advancement, 385 That which was originally intended as a gift can- not be changed into an advancement by the ex Ib Schools. 383 AGENT. See Principal and Liquors... When powers of local insurance agent immaterial, 451 Decedents' Estates......... AMENDMENTS. Our statute of amendments have been liberally construed, and parties may be stricken out or added when by so doing the cause can be tried on its merits, and such right is not confined to mere mistake of fact in name of party......... Right to amend declaration is neither waived nor abridged by agreement to dispense with trial by jury and submit a case to court under the Act 22d .. ................. 193 Crimes.. 5, 14, 15, 57, 166, 231 The record of summary conviction before chief bur- gess of borough, instituted in name of Common- wealth, was returned on certiorari issued in name of defendants against chief and assistant bur- gesses. Held, that writ could be amended so as to make it conform to record of burgess................. 436 APPROPRIATION OF PAYMENTS. City of Pittsburgh, As to payments on account general rule is that law Insurance.................. 315. will appropriate in manner most beneficial to the Corporations. 341 creditor, to an unsecured or partially secured ac- count rather than to one fully secured, and if Fraudulent Debtors....... 200 there be no such difference, then to earliest open .................... 478 478 Waste........... 408 ARBITRATION. Lien of judgment when entered Corporations.. 34 Court has no power to set aside award of arbitrators 315, 479 440 147 349 15.8 ......... .............. **... ... 495 .......... 183 .. ...... 212 ARBITRATION.-Continued. strike it off so far as it determines payment of cost, although arbitrators made mistake.............. 305 prima facie with amount of inventory ....... lic priest to recover salary from bishop........ tors cannot be attached in suit against legatee ................................... tree, not to be liable in any way or manner for ................ 353 ment on which it is based at end of five years...... 401 sumed from act of plaintiff.......... be attached........ 100 ............... 302 signed by court, upon motion of district attorney, capacity..................................................................... upon that foundation of obligation and duty torney as do its rights and privileges..................... does claims of other persons when services may services until it was finished....... distinct from other capital...... but, not being made a lien, the bank is not enti- Ib leaves exact amount of an outstanding check holder of the check on implied acceptance............ 357 ute as bar to bankrupt's discharge is fraud in fact, involving moral turpitude and intentional wrong, 37 assignee to contest the same....... his certificate, and same is subsequently entered charge, obtain rule to open.... upon condition that she shall not remarry, and ............. 431 sation for right of way when equity proceedings levied on by him is not fulfilled by compulsory ................. untarily assumed obligation were bound by......... Ib umes XXXIV, XXXV, XXXVI and XXXVII...... 56 242 BOOK NOTICES.--Continued. Equity Jurisprudence, Pomeroy on....... Pennsylvania.......... XXXIX........ in Equity ........ 262 270 270 386 391 394 tions............. Essentials of the Law, Volume II...... 283, there must be strict compliance with terms of street improvements........ to be injured by laying out, widening or grading ................................... 296 of Assembly, “the burgess and town council corporate officers, to preside at such meeting......... Ib Distribution. nying wife's mortgage to...... .... 349 .... 21 Ib 1819, Sec. 10, P. L., 83, Purd. Dig., 1218......... veyed to assignor with the reservation that he .............. ......... ....... 92 ... 118 ...... 22 |