Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — What the Law Decides [ARTICLE]

What the Law Decides

A debt for the purchase of an electric light plant for a municipal corporation is held, in Mayo vs. Washington (N. C.) 40 L. R. A. 163, not to be one of the “necessary expenses” of the town which can be incurred without a vote of the majority of the qualified voters and legislative authority. The intoxication of a passenger standing on the running board of a streetcar is held, in Kingston vs. Fort Wayne & Erie Railway company (Mich.), 40 L. R. A. 131, not to absolve the company from exercising care toward him, or to prevent his recovering damages if injured by the carrier’s negligence. With this case is an extensive note on Intoxication as affecting negligence. The application of the proceeds of a sale under a deed of trust to the first of two notes secured is held, in Owings vs. McKenzie (Mo.), 40 L. R. A. 154, to be valid as against objections by mesne conveyancers who by purchase and sale of the property have become sureties, although their liability has been released by y extension of time. The fact that firewords were on exhibition in a store when a policy of insurance was issued on the stock, or that one of the firm of agents which issued the policy soon after purchased fireworks at tlfe store, is held, in Phoenix Insurance company vs. Flemming (Ark.), 39 L. R. A. 789, to be sufficient to* show knowledge of the agent when issuing the policy that the fireworks were kept in stock.