Woodruff, George C.

Author: 
Woodruff, George C.
Embedded Notebook: 

DESCRIPTION5 vs.; 20x28 cmFive volumes of law notes taken at Tapping Reeve’s Litchfield Law School that covervarious subjects. The subjects are broken down into subcategories that describe legaltechnicalities. Volume 1: Some mis-numbering, every section starts with page one.Volume 2, page 11 has “Legal Tree.â€ù; There are two page numbers 361CONTENTSVolume 1: Municipal Law, 35 pagesStatutes, Repeal of Laws, PleadingsDomestic Relations, 71 pagesHusband and Wife: liability, arguments, celebration of marriage, divorce;Parent and Child: privileges and disabilities, torts, miscellaneous rules,powers, illegitimate children, infants’ rights; Guardian and Ward:settlement; Master and Servant: general rules, of the master’s authorityover the servants.Contracts, 75 pagesCircumstances that will invalidate, Nature and Kinds of Contracts, Writtenand Unwritten, Miscellaneous Rules, Sale of Lands, Interpretation,Annulling, Discharging, and Waiving ContractsBailment, 75 pagesGeneral Acceptance, Rules, Depositum, Locatio et Conducto, MandatumInn Keepers, 5 pagesDutiesSheriff and Jailors, 45 pagesVolume 2: Action, 332 pagesCovenant Broken, Action of Account, Action of Debt, Action of Detinue,Action of Assumpsit, Action of Slander, Trover, Action of Assault andBattery, Action of Trespass for False Imprisonment, MaliciousProsecution, Replevin, Trespass.Writs, 16 pagesWrit of Mandamus, Writ of Prohibition, Writ of Habeas Corpus, QuoWarrantsExecutors and Administrators, 80 pagesLiabilities of Representatives, Administration, Manner of Proving Wills,Authority, Co-executors, LegaciesVolume 3: Bills of Exchange, 97 pagesParties, Authority of Procuration, Illegal Consideration, Construction,Acceptance Supra Protest, Promissory Notes, Remedies on a Bill or NoteInsurance, 100 pagesMarine Insurance, Policy, Requisites of a Common Policy, InsuranceUpon Lives, Fire InsurancePartnership, 14 pagesKinds of, Affects of Each Others’ wrongs or torts, Dissolution OfArbitrament and Award, 46 pagesWho May Make a Submission, Who May Be an Arbitrator, Requisites ofan Award, Relief vs. RewardsUsury, 29 pagesPleadings, Under What Circumstances a Debt Draws InterestCriminal Law, 76 pagesPersons Capable of Committing Crimes, Felony, Homicide, Punishment,Arson, Burglary, Larceny, Forgery, Perjury, Subornation of Perjury, BailPractice in Connecticut, 76 pagesVolume 4: Pleadings, 240 pagesDeclaration, Dilatory Pleas, Special Pleas, General Pleadings, Arrest ofJudgment, Defects in the Pleading, Defects in the VerdictBills of Exception, 8 pagesWrits of Error, 26 pagesNew Trials, 18 pagesCauses for a New TrialEvidence, 173 pagesSlander, Perjury, Treason, Presumptive Evidence, Copies of Records,Judgments, As To Writs, Explanation of Written Instruments, UnwrittenEvidence, Examination of WitnessesVolume 5: Real Property, 413 pagesEstates, Freeholds, Inheritance, Estates inPossession/Remainder/Reversion, Executory Devises, Estates inReversion, Estates upon Condition, Mortgage, Estates in Severalty, Titleby Deed, Title by execution, Purchase by Devise, FraudulentConveyances, Trespass Quare Clausum FregitOuster and the Remedies for It, 27 pagesEjectment, Who may have the Action, Pleadings, Evidence,Verdict/Judgment, Trespass for MesneWaste, 10 pagesGeneral Rules, Who May Maintain this Action, Recovery on the ActionPowers of Chancery, 31 pagesRelief vs. Penalty, Setting Aside Agreements, Of the Power of Chanceryto Issue Injunctions

Original Repository: 
Litchfield Historical Society