INDEX.

Page.

ACCOUNTING. See Claims, 5: Indians, 5.

ADMINISTRATION. See Bankruptcy Act; Copyright, 1.

ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS. See Constitutional Law,
VII, 6; VIII, 2; Insolvency, 5; Interstate Commerce Acts;
Jurisdiction, I, 1; III, 6; Mandamus; Public Utilities, 1-3,
9-11; Unfair Competition, 2.

ADMIRALTY:

Jurisdiction; Death on Navigable Waters; Damages. Dis-
trict Court has jurisdiction over libel to recover damages, in
accordance with local death statute, for death on navigable
waters while decedent was performing maritime service to
completed vessel afloat, and occasioned by tort then and
there committed. Great Lakes Dredge Co. v. Kierejewski.. 479

ADMISSIONS. See Evidence, 2; Pleading, 1.

AGENCY. See United States Grain Corporation.

ALIENS. See Naturalization.

AMENDMENT.

Of map.

See Public Lands, II, 3–6.

AMOUNT INVOLVED. See Jurisdiction, III, 7; V, 9.

ANTICIPATION. See Patents for Inventions, 3, 4, 7-9, 11.

ANTI-TRUST ACTS:

Clayton Act; Leases; Gasoline Tanks. Practice, upon part
of manufacturer of gasoline, of leasing tanks with pumps to
retail dealers, at nominal rentals and upon condition that
equipment be used only with gasoline supplied by lessor,
does not violate Clayton Act. Federal Trade Comm. v. Sin-
clair Refg. Co.....

463

631

Page.

APPEAL AND ERROR. See Habeas Corpus; Jurisdiction;

Mandamus; Procedure.

APPEARANCE. See Jurisdiction, II.

ARBITRATION. See Interstate Commerce Acts, III.

ARMY:

1. Reserve Corps. Pay, of enlisted men in training, under
Act of June 15, 1917. United States v. Rider....

2. Id. Additional pay for flight duty, under Act of July 18,
1914. Id.

ASSIGNMENT. See Patents for Inventions, 13-15.

ATTACHMENT. See Corporations, 1.

ATTORNEYS:

Fees. See Bankruptcy Act, 1-5; Jurisdiction, IV, 5.
Lien. See Carriers, 1.

BANKRUPTCY ACT. See Insolvency, 2.

1. Attorney's Fees. Subject to Court's approval; contingent
fees forbidden. Watkins v. Sedberry....

2. Id. Champertous Contract,-void. Id.

3. Id. Quantum Meruit; Estoppel of Bankrupt. Right of
attorney, notwithstanding champertous contract with trustee,
to reasonable fee, as against bankrupt who opposed recovery
of property. Id.

4. Id. Attorney's Fees; How Chargeable-against surplus
or against debts? Id.

5. Id. How Measured; Amount of Recovery. Not entire
property recovered, but that part of it equal to bankrupt's
debts and the fee and expenses, allowed. Id.

6. Equitable Set-off; Trustees and Insolvent Depositary;
Secured Claim. Insolvent bank allowed claim, above value
of security, but denied dividend until deposits received from
trustees, with notice of bankruptcy, had been repaid.
Gardner v. Chicago Title Co......

BANKS AND BANKING. See Bankruptcy Act, 6; Constitu-
tional Law, V; Insolvency, 3-5; Jurisdiction, II, 7.

363

571

453

BONDS. See Jurisdiction, IV, 3–5.

BOUNDARIES:

Between States; decree. See Procedure, I.

CANALS. See Eminent Domain.

CARRIERS. See Constitutional Law, III, 1, 2; Interstate
Commerce Acts; Jurisdiction, V, 9; Taxation, 3-5.

Land grants. See Public Lands, II.

Railroad Labor Board. See Interstate Commerce Acts, III.
Transportation, by naval officer. See Navy.

Street railways. See Constitutional Law, VIII, 3, 11, 15;
Contracts, 1; Public Utilities, 4–7.

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1. Federal Control; Personal Injury; Attorney's Lien. Car-
rier not liable where claim, for injuries during federal control,
settled by Director General without participation of carrier
or consent of claimant's attorney. Wabash Ry. v. Elliott.. 457

2. Id. Garnishment. Under Federal Control Act, § 10,
neither carrier nor Director General, during federal control,
subject to garnishment in state court. Davis v. Dantzler
Co....

280

3. State Regulation; Stoppage of Trains. Order requiring
stops interfering with interstate commerce, void. St. Louis-
San Francisco Ry. v. Pub. Serv. Comm....

369

CERTIORARI. See Jurisdiction, III, 2, 3, 13.

CHAMPERTY. See Bankruptcy Act, 2, 3.

CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. See Jurisdiction, III, (2);
IV; V, 10.

CITIES. See Contracts, 1; Parties, 2; Public Utilities, 4-7.

CITIZENSHIP. See Naturalization.

CLAIMS. See Army; Bankruptcy Act, 6; Contracts, 5-15.
Private Land Claims Act. See Indians, 2.

1. Coast Guard Officers; Pay. Under Act May 22, 1917,
yeoman of Coast Guard entitled to pay of chief yeoman of

CLAIMS-Continued.

Navy, their qualifications and duties corresponding, not-
withstanding different classification made by Secretary of
Navy. United States v. Allen....
See also United States v. Moran.

2. Dent Act; Injury to Business. Expenses incurred by a
manufacturer after termination of its work for Government
during war and after Nov. 12, 1918, in efforts to keep alive its
organization and regain its commercial business, not re-
coverable. Price Co. v. United States.....

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317

321

179

3. Lever Act; Condemnation; Interest. Interest recoverable
from United States on balance due from date of taking.
United States v. Benedict.....

294

See also Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. United States.

299

4. Id. Interest may be measured by legal rate prescribed
by state law, if it is reasonable. Seaboard Air Line Ry. v.
United States.

5. Id. Interest against United States. Rule disallowing in-
terest in absence of stipulation or statute, is inapplicable to
action, not based on contract or any mere claim or account-
ing against Government, but which is part of a proceeding
by United States for condemnation of property and seeks
ascertainment and payment of just compensation for it. Id.

CLAYTON ACT. See Anti-Trust Acts.

COAST GUARD. See Claims, 1.

COMITY. See Jurisdiction, II, 5, 6; V, 8.

COMMERCE. See Anti-Trust Acts; Constitutional Law, III;
Interstate Commerce; Interstate Commerce Acts; Unfair
Competition.

COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. See Indians, 5;
Mandamus, 2.

COMPETITION. See Anti-Trust Acts; Unfair Competition.

COMPROMISE. See Evidence, 2.

CONDEMNATION. See Claims, 3-5; Constitutional Law, VII,
11; Contracts, 15; Eminent Domain.

CONDITIONS. See Constitutional Law, IV, 1; Contracts, 2, 3.

299

CONFORMITY ACTS. See Jurisdiction, I, 3; Parties, 4.

CONGRESS:

Powers. See Constitutional Law.

Statutes cited. See Table at front of volume.

Debates; legislative interpretation. See Statutes, 7, 8.

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW:

I. Generally, p. 635.
II. Judiciary, p. 635.

III. Commerce Clause, p. 636.
IV. Contract Clause, p. 636.
V. Federal Banks, p. 637.

VI. District of Columbia, p. 637.
VII. Fifth Amendment, p. 637.
VIII. Fourteenth Amendment:

(1) Notice and Hearing, p. 638.

(2) Liberty and Property; Police Power; Taxation, p.
638.

(3) Equal Protection of the Laws, p. 640.

See Jurisdiction; Statutes, 1-4.

Nineteenth Amendment. See VII, 4, infra.
Inspection fees. See III, 3, infra.

War power; requisition. See VII, 10, infra.

I. Generally.

1. Presumption. Every possible presumption stands in favor
of act of Congress until overcome beyond rational doubt.
Adkins v. Children's Hospital...

2. Construction Involving Validity. Statute construed if
possible to uphold it as constitutional. Arkansas Natural
Gas Co. v. Arkansas R. R. Comm.....

3. Id. Exceptions; Invidious Construction. Exception in
statute not taken as intended and operating to work arbi-
trary discrimination against particular party, when it may
be construed as a general one and nothing appears to prove
either that there are not other cases within its purview or
that it is based on arbitrary classification. Id.

II. Judiciary.

1. Legislative Power, over rates, etc., of public utilities.
cannot be conferred on this Court, as attempted by Public
Utilities Act for District of Columbia. Keller v. Potomac
Elec. Co....

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