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consent induced by, 190

avoidance of voidable contract procured by, 221

agent accepting secret commission, primâ facie evidence of, 532
action of deceit, 523

(Derry v. Peek), 539

misrepresentation must be one of fact, 523

misstatement of intention, 523–525

as between vendor and purchaser, 479, 525
of opinion, 525

of legal position, 526

express representation, construction of, 526
partial statement, 526-527

representation implied from conduct, 527

wilful incitement to commit crime, 527

of safety, implied in issue of chattels for use, 528

sale of dangerous chattel, 479, 528

diseased animals, 495, 528, 529

loan, or gift of, 329-330

doctrine of caveat emptor does not apply to consequential
injury, 530-531

FRAUD-contd.

action of deceit-contd.

no representation implied, where means of knowledge of
both parties equal, 531–532

to found action of deceit there must be fraud, 28, 532--533
knowledge of falsity of statement, 532-533

absence of belief in truth of, 533

meaning of term "reckless," 533-534

negligent misrepresentation is not enough, 534-535
where statement ambiguous, it must be intended in sense
in which untrue, 538

Directors' Liability Act, 1890...524, note (e), 539

non-disclosure of contracts, &c., in prospectus, 540

defective memory affords excuse for misstating fact once
known, 535

where defendant acquires knowledge of untruth before
statement acted upon, 536

where statement becomes untrue after it was made,
536-537

representation must be intended to be acted on by plaintiff,
541

need not be made to plaintiff directly, 541

reports of directors, 541-542

prospectuses, 523–524, 539–543

primâ facie addressed only to intending allottees,

544

may be intended to deceive purchasers on market,

544

there must be intention to deceive the plaintiff as an
individual or as one of a class, 479, 543

test of such intention is interest, 544

(Langridge v. Lery discussed.)

motive of defendant immaterial, 532-533

plaintiff's conduct must have been influenced by the repre-
sentation, 545–546

need not have been solely influenced

by it, 546

carelessness of plaintiff in not discovering untruth no
defence, 546

misrepresentation as to credit of third persons, 62, 546— 547
what amounts to, 547-548

fraud of agent, 61

Lord Tenterden's Act, 61-62, 546-547

signature by agent not sufficient to satisfy, 61–62, 547
semble, corporate seal is sufficient signature by cor-
poration, 547

misrepresentation may raise estoppel without, 537

"concealed fraud," question of limitation, 182-183, 326, 374
in competition between traders, 28, 634--635

FRAUD-contd.

on trade reputation, 714

use of trade-mark, 716, 720

on market, 28, 669–670

how far essential in action for infringement of trade-mark,

729-731

fraudulent trade-marks not protected, 726

fraudulent removal of goods to avoid distress, 291, 292, 316
fraudulent conveyances, 761

distress by means of misrepresentation, 303

FRESH PURSUIT,

arrest on, 207, 209, 771

distress on, 291, 318

FRUCTUS INDUSTRIALES

are chattels even before severance, 337, note (c), 755

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damage by, 380, 411-412, 437, 474. (See NUISANCE.)

GOD, ACT OF. (See VIS MAJOR.)

GOVERNMENT,

tort to foreign subject ratified by, not actionable, 40–41
GROWING CROPS,

distress on, 298, 300, 301

impounding, 306

sale of, 310

time of, 311

tortious taking of, 359

execution on, 755, 767-768

GUEST,

liability of host towards, 15, 89

at inn, must be traveller, 29 note (y)
confidential duty to, 587

at inn, when he may bring trespass, 341
not rateable, 341

GUN,

injury by, 8, 9 note (c), 15, 461, 462, 464, 528, 545
not informing that it is loaded, 8, 141, 452-453, 531

H.

HABEAS CORPUS, 212, 215 note (i)

НЕАТ,

HEIR,

against person out of jurisdiction, no power to order writ of, 737

nuisance by, 394

liability of, for nuisance, 421

HEIRLOOMS, 272

HIGH BAILIFF. (See COUNTY COURT.)

HIGHWAY,

repair ratione tenurœ, 35

coal-hole in, 106, 401-402, 443–444

things overhanging, 439, 462, 484, 496
limit of public right in, 347

no right of public meeting in, 347
what is improper user of, 347-348

excessively weighty traffic in, damage caused by, 347 and
note (i), 402, 403

party abusing his right liable to owner of soil in trespass, 317-

348

non-injurious user of public field path, 785, 786

possession of soil of, 324-325

public bodies, 341-342

arrest of offenders against Highway Act, 204

right of passage over strips at side of roadway, 348

obstruction of, 25, 126, 161, 396, 397, 400, 482. (See NUISANCE.)

non-repair of, 32—35, 401, 402, 403, 412

contribution by authorities to repair of, 36, note (9)

indictment for, civil in its nature, 639

excavation adjoining, 398–443

barbed wire adjoining, 399

taking up periodically, injunction, 786

objects frightening horses in, 399

dedication of, subject to existing nuisance, 399

subject to right to obstruct in future, 399

presumption of, 324

dangerous character of, precluding, 400

misfeasance in management of, 32, 35, 36

abatement of nuisance to, 161–162

distress may not be taken on, 290

cattle straying from, trespass by, 11, 446

distress of, 320

HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, 263

HISSING. (See CONSPIRACY.)

26, 27

when a slander, 555 note (4), 610

HOSPITAL

for infectious diseases, nuisance, 388, 390, 409

HUNTING, 64, 345, 666

HUSBAND,

may sue for loss of wife's service, 5, 227

defence of. (See SELF-PROTECTION.)

action for enticing away and harbouring wife, 228

action for personal injuries to wife, 228

(See CRIMINAL CONVERSATION.)

no publication between husband and wife of defamatory matter,

568

apology of wife no evidence against, when sued together for
slander, 625

(See CONSORTIUM; MARRIED WOMAN.)

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when liable in trover for goods delivered under contract, 47

bailee, when liable for injury to goods bailed, 47-48

"workman," 99

procuring avoidance of contract of service by, 221

en ventre sa mère, injury to, 48

agreement by, to settle action, voidable, 48

period of limitation in case of, 177, 373

INFECTIOUS DISEASE,

liability for communicating, 492-493

animals with, liability of owner, 444-445
sale of diseased animals, 495, 528, 529
imputing, slander, 556

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