Cemetery associations may take land for burial pur-
poses, § 280.

remedy against for refusal to permit burial in cem-
tery, 280.

Certificate of deposit is an evidence of debt, 225.
represents money left with the bank for safe keep-
ing, 225.

is negotiable when, 225.

is in the nature of commercial paper, 225.

payee chargeable upon his indorsement of, 225.
Change of corporate name, 31.

cannot be changed by act of corporate body, 31.
can be done only by same power creating corpora-
tion, 31.

effected by changing articles of incorporation, 31.
evidence of change, 31.

identity of corporation not destroyed by, 31, 286.
does not affect third persons, 31.

of usual place of meeting, 68.

of name does not invalidate subscription to stock,
240.

in organization does not release subscriber to stock,
240.

in charter subject to consent of stockholders, 241.
of name of religious society, 272.

of name of municipal corporations, 286.
Charitable societies, nature and objects of, 339.
benefit societies are not regarded as, 339.
instances of, 339.

how dissolved, 339.

property of, how affected by dissolution, 339.
property acquired by gift reverts to owner after dis-
solution, 339.

gift of property cannot be diverted, 339.

Charitable uses, courts of equity may enforce, 340,
are favorites of courts of equity, 340.

uncertainty as to the objects may render it invalid,
340.

beneficiaries need not be named, 340.
when gifts for, will be sustained, 340.
who may be trustees for, 340.

jurisdiction of court of chancery as to, 340.
Charter, effect of forfeiture of, 303.

how forfeited, 203.

of bank, powers under, 214.

of railroad company, 239.

railroad company may abandon, 244.

repeal of, by legislature, 244.

Charter-(continued.)

forfeiture of, § 244.

requirement of, to fence line of railroad, 253.
of municipal corporations, 286.

Checks, definition, 224.

drawn on bank or banker, 224.

are never presented for mere acceptance, 224.
formal parts of, 224.

are an appropriation of the maker's funds, 224.
duty of bank to holder, 224.

remedy of holder against drawer, 224.

remedy of drawer against bank, 224.

post-dated checks, 224.

certificate of bank that check is "good," 224.
cashier may certify, 224.

Clubs, nature of, 336.

are not deemed companies, 336.
liabilities of members of, 336.

sale of liquor renders club liable for revenue tax,
336.

default in payment of revenue tax renders mem-
bers liable, 336.

Common carriers, railroad companies are, 207.

liability of railroad company as, 257.

duty of railroad to receive and transport goods, 257.
express companies are deemed to be, 257.
duty of, as to the delivery of goods, 258.

carriage of live stock, 258.

what excuses from liability for loss or injury, 258.
duty of, as to passengers, 259.

who are deemed passengers, 259.

right as to tolls, 260.

lien on goods carried, 260.

Compensation for property taken by eminent domain,

96.

proceedings to ascertain, 96.

waiver of right to, 96.

a squatter not entitled to compensation, 96.

of agents, 146.

for land taken for railroad purposes, 248.

value of land taken must be ascertained by legal
powers, 248.

to owner of land bounded on a stream, 248.

owner of land adjoining turnpike used by railroad
not entitled to additional, 248.

to railroad by land taken by another road, 248.
for land sought to be taken during pendency of pro-
ceeding, 248.

Compensation-(continued.)

for land taken by railroad, how estimated, § 249.
what is to be considered in awarding, 249.

allowance for benefit to other property of owner,
249.

for land taken for streets, 294.

of officers of municipal corporations, 312.
Conversion, when refusal to transfer stock is, 122.
damages in action for, 122.

when bank liable for, 226.
Consolidation, defined, 185.

power to consolidate, 186.
how effected, 187.

construction of statutory power, 187.
assent of stockholders, 188.

dissenting stockholder, 188.

implied consent, 188.

without consent of stockholders when, 188.
compensation of dissenting stockholders, 188
effect on foriner companies, 189.

effect on property of former companies, 190.
effect as to liabilities of new company, 191.
of corporations created in different states, 192.
of railroad companies, 224.
Construction of term "persons," 4, 87.
of incorporating acts, 25.
of term "resident," 33.
of corporate powers, 36.
of corporate contracts, 45.
of term ordinance," 55.

of by-laws, 59.

of words "shall be lawful," in a by-law, 59.
of word "year," in statute requiring annual meet-
ing, 64.

of provisions exempting from taxation, 91.

of statutes authorizing the taking of private prop-
erty, 95.

of "taking" by eminent domain, 97.

of word "subscriber,' 126.

of grants to railroads, 246.

of statute authorizing exercise of eminent domain,
247.

of" dwelling-house," in exercise of right of eminent
domain, 247.

of "unable to agree for the purchase" of lands by
railroad, 248.

of "either or both" sides as applied to railroad
tracks, 253.

Construction-(continued.)

of "securely fenced" as applied to railroad tracks,
$253.

of "road" crossings, 253.
of term "baggage," 259.
of railroad charter, 260.

of municipal charter, 287.

of municipal power to erect wharves, 288,
of statute authorizing street assessments, 294.
of "joint-stock company," 337.

Contracts, powers of corporations in respect to, 43.
corporator may contract with his corporation, 43.
how made, 44.

corporation bound by implied, 44.

when seal not necessary, 44.

parol, 44.

what rights corporation may claim under, 44.
by-law of a bauk is a contract between stockholders,

59.

liability of corporations upon, 76.

by agent of corporation, 76.

ultra vires, 99, 100, 101.

in violation of statutes are void, 100.

of subscription to stock must be in writing, 108.

by stockholder to pay corporate debt, 126.

by sub-agents will not bind corporation, 128.

in which directors are interested, 141.

by foreign corporation, 143.

when grossly improvident will not be enforced, 148.
effect of dissolution of corporation on, 209.
national banks may make, 231.

by and with railroads, 243.

railroad may make any contract not forbidden by
its charter, 243.

of railroad to transfer person beyond its own line,
243.

for railroad stock in consideration for particular
location, 243.

executory, when required to be in writing, 243.

by agents of railroad company, 243.

ultra vires by railroad company, 243.

to convey land to railroad company, 246.

railroad company may compel the specific perform-
ance of, 246.

when vague and uncertain, 246.

when specific performance will not be decreed, 246.
remedy by land owner for breach of, by railroad, 246.
for construction of railroads, 252.

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Contracts-(continued.)

stipulations in contracts with railroads, § 252.
measurement of work done for railroads, 252.
failure to complete railroad in specified time, 252.
sub-contractor cannot recover from railroad for ex-
tra work, 252.

railroad director is a trustee in regard to, 256.
railroad director cannot be interested in, 256.
of religious societies, 276.

with clergyman, how dissolved, 282.

by and with municipal corporations, 289.
for local improvements, 295.

requirements of ordinance must be complied with,

295.

advertising for proposals for, 295.

right vested in bidder for, 295.

liability of municipal corporation to lowest bidder,

295.

when contract price may be increased, 295.

what not included in requirement for public bids,
295.

liability of municipal corporations as to, 300, 313.
action against municipal corporation on an implied,
.300.

if duly made, cannot be impaired by subsequent
statute, 300.
of counties, 317.

Contributory negligence in case of cattle injured by

railroad, 253, 262.

in actions against railroad, 262.
of passenger on street-car, 266.
in case of injury in street, 303.

Corporations, definition, 1.

properties and powers, 1.

existence depends upon a legislative act, 1.

perpetual succession under corporate name, 1.

vested with capacity to transact business like a

natural person, 1.

properties conferred, 2.

immortality and individuality, 2.

may act as a single individual, 2.

separate existence, 3.

powers and franchises, 3.

members individually lost in corporate existence, 3.

the legal being transacts business, 3.

individual corporator may sue corporation, 3.

corporation may sue corporator, 3.

in what sense deemed persons, 4.