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TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. THE LAW OF PERSONS
PART I-INFANTS
CHAPTER I
INFANCY
§ 1. The Commencement and Duration of Infancy.
§ 2. The Capacity of an Infant as to Matters Other than
Contract.
§ 3. The Contracts of Infants.
§ 4. What Contracts Are Binding Upon the Infant.
§ 5. Contracts of the Infant for Necessaries.
§ 6. The Contract Must Be for Articles of Personal Necessity.
§ 7. The Contract Itself Is Not Enforceable.
§ 8. Other Contracts Are Voidable.
§ 9. The Avoidance of the Contract.
1. Who can avoid.
§ 10. 2. When the infant may avoid his contract.
§ 11. 3. How he may avoid it.
§ 12. The Restoration of the Consideration.
§ 13. As to Beneficial Executed Contracts.
§14. 4. The effect of his avoidance.
§ 15. Ratification of an Infant's Contract.
$ 16. Express Ratification.
$ 17. Implied Ratification.
§ 18. Liability of an Infant for Torts.
19. Actions By or Against an Infant.
PART II-INSANE AND INCOMPETENT PERSONS
CHAPTER II
INSANE AND INCOMPETENT PERSONS. I
§ 20. Insanity.
§ 21. Proceedings to Establish Insanity.
§ 22. Proceedings to Appoint a Guardian.
CHAPTER III
INSANE AND INCOMPETENT PERSONS.
II-THEIR LEGAL RESPONSI-
BILITY
§ 23. Contracts of Insane and Incompetent Persons.
§ 24. The Mental Capacity Required to Make a Will.
§ 25. Mental Capacity as an Element in the Commission of a
Crime.
§ 26. Torts of or Relative to Insane Persons.
§ 27. Actions By or Against Insane Persons.
B. THE LAW OF DOMESTIC RELATIONS
PART IV-HUSBAND AND WIFF
CHAPTER VIII
MARRIAGE
37. Of the Nature of Marriage.
§ 38. Capacity of the Parties.
§ 39. The Marriage Ceremony or Contract.
§ 40. Duress or Fraud in the Marriage Contract.
§ 41. Conflict of Laws as to Marriage.
CHAPTER IX
DIVORCE
§ 42. Diversity of Opinion as to Divorce Legislation.
§ 43. Divorce Distinguished from Annulment of Marriage.
§ 44. Absolute and Limited Divorces.
§ 45. The Causes for Divorce.
§ 46. Defenses Peculiar to the Divorce Action.
§ 47. Divorce Actions Are Sui Generis.
§ 48. The Validity of Foreign Divorces.
§ 49. The Validity of Divorces Granted in Other States of the
Union.
§ 50. The Conflicting State Decisions.
§ 51. The United States Supreme Court Decisions of 1901.
$ 52. The Haddock Case.
§ 53. Estoppel to Question a Divorce Judgment.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER IX
The United States Census Report on Marriage and Divorce,
1887-1906; and the Supplemental Report for 1916.
CHAPTER X
THE PERSONAL RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE
A. As between each other.
§ 54. The General Principle.
§ 55. The Duties Common to Both.
§ 56. The Special Rights and Duties of the Husband.
§ 57. The Rights and Duties of the Wife.
§ 58. Lack of Legal Remedy to Enforce Conjugal Rights.
B. As against third parties.
§ 59. The Rights of the Husband.
§ 60. The Husband's Action for Criminal Conversation.
§ 61. The Husband's Action for Alienation of the Wife's Affec-
tions.
§ 62. The Husband's Action for Loss of the Consortium by Per-
sonal Injuries to the Wife.
§ 63. The Corresponding Rights of the Wife.
CHAPTER XI
THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF HUSBAND AND WIFE AT THE COMMON LAW
§ 64. The Necessity of an Historical Treatment.
§ 65. Rights Vested Under Prior Laws Are Not Taken Away by
Statutory Changes.
§ 66. The Unity of Husband and Wife the Basis of the Common
Law.
§ 67. The Common Law Modified, First by Equity, Secondly by
Statute.
§ 68. Of the Right Gained by the Husband by the Marriage in
the Wife's Real Estate.
§ 69. In Her Personal Property in Possession.
§ 70. In Her Paraphernalia.
§ 71. In Her Chattels Real.
§ 72. In Her Choses in Action.
§ 73. In Her Earnings.
§ 74. The Wife's Equity to a Provision from Her Choses in
Action.
§ 75. The Liabilities Cast Upon the Husband by the Marriage.
A. For prenuptial liabilities of the wife.
§ 76. B. For the Torts of the Wife.
§ 77. C. For her Acts as his Agent.
§ 78. D. For her Support.
§ 79. What Are Necessaries.
§ 80. The Default of the Husband.
§ 81. The Credit Must Have Been Given to the Husband.
CHAPTER XII
THE LEGAL CAPACITY OF THE MARRIED WOMAN
§ 82. To Make a Contract.
§ 83. To Convey Her Real Estate.
$ 84. To Purchase Real Estate.
§ 85. To Make a Will.
§ 86. To Commit Torts and Crimes.
§ 87. To Act as Agent, Donee of a Power, or Trustee.
§ 88. To Sue and Be Sued.
§ 89. A. As to Suits by Husband and Wife.
§ 90. B. As to Suits against Husband and Wife.
CHAPTER XIII
CONTRACTS, COMMON PROPERTY INTERESTS AND SUITS BETWEEN
HUSBAND AND WIFE
§ 91. Antenuptial Contracts.
§ 92. Postnuptial Contracts of an Executory Nature.
§ 93. Contracts for Separation or Separate Maintenance.
§ 94. Executed Contracts Between Husband and Wife.
A. Deeds.
95. B. Gifts.
§ 96. Common Property Interests Between Husband and Wife.
A. Tenancy by the Entirety.
§ 97. B. Larceny between Husband and Wife.
§ 98. C. Adverse Possession and the Statute of Limitations be-
tween Husband and Wife.
$99. Suits Between Husband and Wife.
CHAPTER XIV
THE RIGHT OF THE SURVIVING HUSBAND OR WIFE IN THE OTHER'S
PROPERTY
§ 100. The Rights of the Husband.
A. In his deceased wife's real estate-Tenancy by the
Curtesy.