Divisions  of  the  subject  ........         538

I.     What  are  Contracts  within  this  provision  of  the  Constitution  f

1.  Executory  contracts  .........     540

2.  Executed  "  541

Grants  made  by  states  542-646

3.  Offices 547-553

4.  Licenses      ..........     554-5.59

5.  Private  corporations ;  definition       .....         560,561
Questions  involved     ..........    562

(1)  A  charter  is  a  contract  in  its  general  scope  and  design      563-568
Dartmouth  College  v.  Woodward ;  Providence  Bank  v.
Billings  ;  Planters'  Bank  v.  Sharp     .         .         .         564,  565
Cases  in  state  courts     .......     566-568

(2)  A  charter  is  a  contract  in  respect  to  its  express  collateral

stipulations ;  stipulations  against  taxing,  and  against
exercise  of  the  power  of  eminent  domain        .         .     569-584
United  States  Supreme  Court  cases  .         .         .         571-573

Cases  in  state  courts     .......     574-583

Binghampton  Bridge  case 584

(3)  Collateral  stipulations  not  implied  in  charters        .         .     585,  586

6.  Municipal  Corporations 587

II.     What  is  the  Obligation  of  a  Contract  ?

The  meaning  technical  not  popular 588

Obhgation  in  the  Roman  Law 689

The  law  creates  the  obligation  590-592

Ogden  V.  Saunders         .........         593

Illustrations       ..........      594   595

A  remedial  right  included  in  the  obligation    ....  596,597

III.      What  State  Lams  impair  the  Obligation  of  Contracts.
