from execution" in this state. What is to hinder a bitter enemy of yours,
if you have one, from having you committed to prison. Can a _civil_ suit
proceed in the absence of the defendant?


_Practical Work._

Assume that John Smith bought from Reuben White a cow, the price agreed
upon being $30; that Smith refuses to pay, and White sues him. Write up
all the papers in the case, make proper entries in the docket, assessing
costs, etc.




CHAPTER IV.

THE INCORPORATED VILLAGE.


Need of.--Owing to conditions, natural and artificial, favorable to
business enterprises, people group together in certain places. Living in a
limited area, the amount of land occupied by each family is small, and the
territory is surveyed into lots and blocks. To make each homestead
accessible, streets are laid out. The distances traveled being short,
people go about principally on foot; hence the need of sidewalks. To
reduce the danger of going about after dark, street-lamps are needed. The
nearness of the houses to each other renders it necessary to take special
precautions for the prevention of fires, and for their extinguishment in
case they break out.