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The  Triplex  Springs  (Patented)  absorb  shock 
and  side-sway.  The  Overland  motor  returns 
twenty-five  miles  and  more  to  the  gallon  of  gaso¬ 
line.  Timken  and  New  Departure  bearings  are 
liberally  used  in  front  and  rear  axles.  And  the 
good  looks  of  the  New  Overland  commend  it 
everywhere.  The  hood  is  higher.  The  lines  are 
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WILLYS- OVERLAND  Ltd.,  Toronto,  Ont. 
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Legal  Questions 
Parents’  Liability  for  Damage  by  Child 
Will  you  kindly  advise  me  as  to  whether 
or  to  what  extent  a  parent  is  liable  for 
any  damages  caused  by  a  minor  child ‘I 
While  a  resident  of  West  Virginia  one  of 
my  children  kicked  in  a  playful  way  a 
young  man,  which  he  says  ruptured  him, 
and  is  now  claiming  damages.  The  kick 
was  not  intentional.  o.  M.  F. 
At  common  law  it  is  well  established 
that  the  mere  relation  of  parent  and  child 
imposes  upon  the  parent  no  liability  for 
the  torts  (any  wrongful  act)  of  a  child 
committed  without  his  knowledge  or  au¬ 
thority,  expressed  or  implied.  There  are 
but  few  jurisdictions  which  make  a  par¬ 
ent  liable  for  the  torts  of  the  child, 
.ouisiana  seems  to  have  a  statute  which 
irovides  that  the  parent  is  liable  for 
a  mages  occasioned  by  the  son’s  inten- 
ional  carelessness.  Of  course,  if  the 
iilher  was  present  and  encouraged  the 
hihi  to  do  wrong,  then  he  would  he 
liable.  n.  t. 
und  Standard 
Liability  for  Support  of  Mother 
In  consideration  of  a  cash  sum  paid,  a 
mother  signs  an  agreement  renouncing  all 
rights  and  claims  for  support  from  her 
children.  Is  such  an  agreement  valid  in 
Pennsylvania,  and  what  likelihood  is 
here  of  such  an  agreement  being  respect- 
d  if  at  any  time  in  the  future  she  should 
become  a  public  charge?  M.  E.  s 
We  do  not  think  that  a  mother  by 
signing  a  release  for  her  care  to  her  chil¬ 
dren  can  burden  the  municipality  in 
which  she  lives.  We  cannot  imagine  a 
child  who  would  seek  to  avoid  the  care  of 
his  mother.  N.  t. 
Connection  with  Private  Wire 
If  a  private  party.  A,  has  an  electric 
ine  built  extending  from  high-tension 
line  which  is  on  public  highway,  also  elec¬ 
tric  poles  from  A’s  line  are  on  public 
highway,  has  A  a  right  to  keep  anyone 
from  tapping  (connecting)  on  her  line 
between  high-tension  line  and  A’s  prem¬ 
ies?  T..  M. 
We  are  unable  to  give  a  very  definite 
answer,  for  the  reason  your  inquiry  does 
not  state  man'-  facts.  The  right  to  con¬ 
nect,  to  a  so-called  private  line  depends 
entirely  upon  the  conditions  under  which 
the  private  line  was  built.  If  the  right 
to  use  the  public  street  was  conditioned 
upon  others  using  the  line,  of  course,  oth¬ 
ers  could  connect,  and  if  the  electric  com¬ 
pany  furnishing  the  power  made  a  stipu¬ 
lation  providing  that  others  could  use  the 
line,  that  would  hold  good.  In  the  ab¬ 
sence  of  any  of  these  provisions,  and  if 
the  line  was  in  fact  a  private  line,  then 
the  party  owning  the  line  could  control  it. 
Why  worry  over  it?  What  harm  would 
it  do  if  a  neighbor  did  connect?  N.  T. 
Breach  of  Warranty 
A  bought  a  farm  from  R  and  C.  B  is  a 
sawmill  man.  R  and  C  lease  timber  to  a 
lumber  company,  and  B  did  the  sawing; 
had  finished  sawing  when  A  looked  over 
the  farm.  A  asked  B  whether  there  Was 
a  lease  on  the  lumber.  B  said  there  was, 
but  it  ran  out  in  a  year.  A  asked  B  to 
look  it  up.  B  failed  to  do  it.  B  and  C 
made  warranty  deed  to  A.  B  was  to  -va¬ 
cate  the  first  of  March,  1922.  B  re¬ 
mained  in  shanty  on  farm  without  per¬ 
mission  and  claims  he  will  stay  two 
years.  Now  the  lumber  company  says 
they  can  cut  A  off  ;  the  lease  is  not  men¬ 
tion  in  A’s  deed.  A  looked  up  the  rec¬ 
ords,  but  could  not  find  a  lease  on  record, 
and  later  on  found  a  deed  on  record  with 
B  and  C  entered  in  timber.  B  has  a  lot 
of  chickens  eating  up  A’s  crops.  Will  A 
have  to  put  up  with  all  this?  Is  there 
any  legal  way  for  A  to  bring  damage  suit 
against  B  and  C?  F.  c.  c. 
If  B  and  ('  gave  a  warranty  deed  of 
the  property  in  question,  no  doubt  A  can 
recover  from  R  and  ('  for  such  damage  as 
he’  has  sustained  by  reason  of  the  breach 
of  warranty.  A  can  probably  succeed  in 
an  action  to  evict  B  from  the  premises. 
N.  T. 
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1  should  like  some  information  as  to 
the  rights  of  my  local  school  board  to 
compel  me  to  deposit  a  dollar  for  each  of 
my  children  with  the  school  authorities 
as  security  for  the  books  used  by  them  in 
their  studies.  Recently  one  of  my  sons 
had  a  hook  taken  from  his  desk,  and  I 
had  to  pay  67  cents  for  it.  Now  they 
demand  that  I  deposit  another  dollar. 
Failing  to  do  this,  they  threaten  to  put 
the  child  hack  a  class.  Have  they  the 
right  to  do  this?  One  of  my  neighbors 
refused  to  put  up  the  dollar  deposit  and 
the  principal  of  the  school  will  not  issue 
any  books  to  his  child.  They  also  require 
each  pupil  in  the  school  to  pay  35  cents 
for  a  locker  key.  Of  course  the  amount 
is  small  in  both  instances,  but  I  should 
like  to  know  if  they  are  acting  within  the 
law  in  requiring  these  deposits.  I  paid 
over  $70  in  school  tax  last  year. 
New  York.  j.  f.  b.  h. 
It  does  not  seem  possible  that  you  have 
the  facts  entirely  straight  in  your  ques¬ 
tion.  Surely  the  teachers  in  your  school 
have  no  right  to  hold  a  child  back  in  his 
classes  for  failure  to  deposit  money.  We 
would  suggest  that  you  take  the  matter 
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