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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886. Excerpt:... COVENANT. 1. Action at law ennnot he maintained after assignee has severed his relation to land, in respect to breaches of covenant committed during liis holding. Remedy in such case is in equity. DoarJson v. 1'olk, 474. 2. Covenant in deed for land containing a quarry, that grantor will not open or work, or allow to be opened or worked, any quarry on certain farm owned by grantor adjoining land conveyed, cannot be enforced against assigns of grantor. Norcrosx v..James, 64. 3. Where A.'s land was bound by a covenant to keep open a private road for the use of the owner of an adjoining tract, and A. encroached on said road by erecting piazzas, &c. Held, that the owner of the dominant tenement was entitled to an injunction and was not estopped by reason of having offered no resistance to erection of said obstructions, of which he had knowledge; and that statute of limitations was no defence. Gawton v. Leltind, 141. 4. Agreement as to party wall provided tbat A. should build it, and that before B. should use it, he should pav A. one-half of its cost, and that the pro-visions of the agreement should run with the land. Held, that the agreement to pay one-half the cost was personal to A., and that wiill when completed, became the property of each, altliongb A. had right to retain possession of whole as security lor payment of sum due liim. (jibson v. IJotilen, 610. CREDITORS' BILL. See Equity, 11. Receiver. Removal Of Causes, 3. CRIMINAL LAW. See Action, 5. Attorney. Bills And Notes, II, 12. Constitutional Law, 22, 42, 43. Kruors And Appeals, 2, 10. Extra-Dition. Habkas Corpus. Sale, 13, 14. Slahdkk Andlibkl, 4. Sun-Day. I. Generally. 1. On appeal erroneous ruling will not be reversed if accused was not injured by it. Staiim v. Stale, 474. 2. Tbat A. employs 13....