A Treatise on the Law of Building and Buildings: Especially Referring to Building Contracts, Leases, Easements, and Liens, Containing Also Various Forms Useful in Building Operations, a Glossary of Words and Terms Commonly Used by Builders and Artisans, and a Digest of the Leading Decisions on Building Contracts and Leases in the United States

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Houghton, Miffin, 1888 - 618 pàgines
 

Continguts

Power of Architects
15
Arbitration and Award
21
Certificates Refused
27
Maryland Lien Claim
28
Instances of Entire Contracts
33
Bond against Liens
34
General Statement
47
Illegal Contracts
48
Merger
55
Time Penalties
61
Lowenstein 57 N Y 604 260
67
CHAPTER VI
68
CHAPTER VIII
87
Tenders
93
Liquidated Damages
99
Infants
104
CHAPTER X
105
Administrators and Executors
110
Buildings erected upon Land of another
113
Tenants at Will
116
Negligence
119
Tenant in Fee Simple
122
Liability of Builder for Negligence of his Workmen
125
CHAPTER XIII
132
Connecticut
138
Indiana
152
Louisiana
160
Nature of Easements
162
Prescription
163
Destruction or Loss of Easements
164
License distinguished from Easement
165
Enforcing Easements
166
Nebraska 4779
181
Nevada 477r 333 New Hampshire 4778
182
New Jersey 4771
183
McClelland 5 Watts 487 421
193
Reservoir or Water Companies
195
Property in Water
196
314
197
316
198
Injuries caused by WaterPipes and Reservoirs
199
General Statement
200
Gas Companies CHAPTER XXV
201
Liabilities of Gas Companies
202
Damages occasioned in laying GasPipes
203
Authority for laying GasPipes
204
Larceny of
205
363
207
366
208
368
209
BUILDING LEASES
210
Building Leases dependent upon Contingencies
216
Forfeiture
222
Agreements to insure
228
Hickman 6 Munf 15
235
Woodward 6 B C 519
244
BUILDING LEASES UNDER POWERS
251
CHAPTER XVIII
259
CHAPTER XIX
265
Covenants generally
266
Covenants to repair
268
Citations from Decisions on Covenants to repair
270
Covenants to insure
273
Covenants to rebuild
274
Covenants running with the Land
275
Covenants for Renewal of Leases
276
Penalties
278
Covenants Peculiar to Building Leases
279
Covenants to build in a Particular Manner
281
Uniformity in Building
282
Outlook
284
Unlawful Leases
285
Time Covenants
286
Covenants restricting Purposes of Buildings
287
372
288
Penal Covenants
290
Lessors Title
291
Description of Demised Premises
292
Citations on Sufficiency of Description
295
Privilege of Purchasing
296
Covenants to pay for Improvements
297
Taxes Assessments etc
299
CHAPTER XX
302
When Buildings may be Personal Property
303
Instances of Articles judicially declared Fixtures
304
Removal of Buildings
307
EASEMENTS RELATING TO BUILD INGS CHAPTER XXI
312
General Statement
318
LIGHT AND
320
Adjoining Houses
321
Deprivation of Light affecting Tenancies
327
Obstructions by Lessees
328
Loss of the Right
330
Swinging Shutters
333
Privacy 180 Prospect
334
New Mexico 477u
335
New York 477v
336
North Carolina 477x
337
CHAPTER XXIII
338
Oregon 477aa
339
Building a Party Wall
340
Rhode Island 477dd
341
Building upon a Party Wall
342
Use of a Party Wall
344
Agreements and Covenants concerning Party Walls
345
Ownership of Party Walls
348
Window Lights in Party Walls 188 Repairing and Rebuilding Party Walls
350
Right of Support generally
355
Extent of the Right to Lateral Support
356
Private Ways
382
New Streets Alleys and Private Ways
383
Prescription
384
Dedication
385
Dedication Implied when
389
Rebutting Presumption of Dedication
393
Public Authorities
394
Extent of Easement of Way 221 Repairing Ways
395
Obstructing Highways
396
Remedies
398
380
400
CHAPTER XXVII
401
Cesspools and Privies
403
227
405
Drains as Easements
406
The Construction and Repairing of Drains
407
Sewers
408
Liability of Municipal Corporations
409
MECHANICS LIENS CHAPTER XXVIII
413
Similarity of the Lien Statutes
414
NonResidents entitled
415
CHAPTER XXIX
417
As to Mortgagees Purchasers and Other Lienors
419
As to Lien of Vendor
420
CHAPTER XXX
422
Tenants cannot Lien on Landlords Estate
423
Building Leases
424
Mortgagees
426
Minors and Lunatics
427
CHAPTER XXXI
428
Liability for Contracts of Builders
429
Liability for Materials not used
430
CHAPTER XXXII
432
Materials
433
CHAPTER XXXIII
434
Public Buildings when exempt
435
Amount claimed not material
436
CHAPTER XXXIV
438
Subrogation
439
CHAPTER XXXVII
448
Waiver of Mechanics Lien Rights
449
Description
454
CHAPTER XXXIX
456
Bill of Complaint or Petition
457
Procedure
458
Demurrers
459
Pleading and Practice
460
Amendments
461
CHAPTER XL
462
Alabama
463
Arizona
464
Arkansas
465
California
466
Colorado
468
Connecticut
470
Dakota
471
Delaware
473
District of Columbia
474
Georgia
475
Illinois
477
Indiana 4776
477
Iowa 477c
477
Kansas 477e
477
Kentucky 477f
477
Louisiana 477g
477
Maine 477h
477
Maryland 4771
477
Massachusetts 477j
477
Michigan 477k
477
Minnesota 477m
477
Mississippi 477n
477
329
477
330
477
333
477
334
477
335
477
338
477
340
477
342
477
Tennessee 477gg
477
344
477
345
477
Vermont 477kk 347 Virginia 477kk
477
348
477
West Virginia 477nn
477
350
477
Wyoming 47799
477
Province of Quebec 477ss 353 Province of Ontario 477ss
477
APPENDIX Glossary of Words and Terms frequently used by Builders Archi tects and Others in Building Operations
478
Agreement with a Builder for Erecting a House
487
Contract between Builder and Commitee for Erecting a Church
489
Contract under Seal between a Corporation or Other Public Body and a Builder for Erecting a Building
492
Agreement for Specified Repairs and Improvements
497
Letting out Contracts by Bids
498
Special SubContract Stipulations
500
Contract for building a Public Building
506
Pulling down Old Buildings
510
Stipulations for Agreement with an Architect
512
Maryland Statute Form
519
355
571
356
573
381
579
384
592
359
597
394
602
395
606
Permissive Waste
617
398
618
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