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A contract made with a minor is invalid. 



A contract made with a lunatic is void. 



Contracts for advertising in Sunday newspapers 

 are invalid. 



Each individual in a partnership is responsible for 

 the whole amount of the debts of a firm. 



Principals are responsible for the acts of their 

 agents. 



Agents are responsible to their principals for 

 errors. 



A note given by a minor is void. 



It is not legally necessary to say on a note "for 

 value received." 



A note drawn on Sunday is void. 



A note obtained by fraud, or from a person in a 

 state of intoxication, cannot be collected. 



If a note be lost or stolen, it does not release the 

 maker; he must pay. 



The indorser of a note is exempt from liability if 

 not served with notice of its dishonor within twenty- 

 four hours of its non-payment. 



How to Rent a Farm. 



In the rental of property, the greater risk is always 

 on the landlord's side. He is putting his property 

 into the possession and care of another, and that 

 other is not infrequently a person of doubtful utility. 

 These rules and cautions may well be observed: 



1. Trust to no verbal lease. Let it be in writ- 

 ing, signed and sealed. Its stipulations then be- 

 come commands and can be enforced. Let it be 



