Contracts other than personal contracts, or contracts containing a provision against assignment, or contracts forbidden to be assigned by statute, may be assigned at Modern Law.1 Thus a contract of guaranty,2 or an indemnity bond,3 or a right of action on a bond given by a public contractor to protect material-men,4 the beneficial interest under a contract for work and labor,5 as wages under a logging contract,6 maritime wages,7 or an architect's commission,8 or the beneficial interest under a contract of sale,9 or the benefits under a public contract,10 or good-will and trade names,11 or valid and reasonable contracts restraining competition,12 a contract to buy realty,13 or a contract to sell realty and divide the profits therefrom,14 or a contract creating an easement in a spring,15 railroad tickets,16 a non-negotiable note,17 a running account,18 checks given by a corporation to its employees, payable in goods at the company store,19 or an insurance policy after loss,20 or the right to enforce a partnership debt out of the individual property of a partner,21 may all be assigned.

6 See Sec. 1256.

1 Lemmon v. Strong, 59 Conn. 448; 21 Am. St. Rep. 123; 12 L. R. A. 270; 22 Atl. 293; Savage v. Gregg, 15C 111. 161; 37 N. E. 312; Rodgers v. Torrent, 111 Mich. 680; 70 N. W. 335; Harbord v. Cooper, 43 Minn. 466; 45 N. W. 860; Knowles v. Frawley, 84 Wis. 119; 54 N. W. 107.

2 Lemmon v. Strong, 59 Conn. 448; 21 Am. St. Rep. 123; 12 L. R. A. 270; 22 Atl. 293; Crissey v. Trust Co., 59 Kan. 561; 53 Pac. 867; Owen v. Potter, 115 Mich. 556; 73 N. W. 977.

3 Hoffman v. Smith, 94 la. 495; 63 N. W. 182.

4 Sepp v. McCann, 47 Minn. 364; 50 N. W. 246; Gilmore v. Wester-man, 13 Wash. 390; 43 Pac. 345.

5 Taylor v. Hill, 115 Cal. 143; 44 Pac. 336; reversed on other grounds, 115 Cal. 143; 46 Pac. 922 (assignment of wages by an emancipated minor) ; Bates v. Lumber Co., 56 Minn. 14; 57 N. W. 218.

6 Burton v. Gage, 85 Minn. 355; 88 N. W. 997; Maritime wages.

The New Idea, 60 Fed. 294.

7 The New Idea, 60 Fed. 294.

8 Hooker v. Bank, 30 N. Y. 83; 86 Am. Dec. 351.

9 Bank v. Collins, 66 Ark. 240; 50 S. W. 694; La Rue v. Groezinger, 84 Cal. 281; 18 Am. St. Rep. 179; 24 Pac. 42; Mitchell v. Taylor, 27 Or. 377; 41 Pac. 119; Gilmore v. Westerman, 13 Wash. 390; 43 Pac. 345.

10 National Bank v. Herold, 74 Cal. 603; 5 Am. St. Rep. 476; 16 Pac. 507; Dickerson v. Spokane, 26 Wash. 292; 66 Pac. 381. Street paving contracts. Brownell Improvement Co. v. Critchfield, 197 I11. 61; 64 N. E. 332; Saxton National Bank v. Carswell, 126 Mo. 436; 29 S. W. 279; Stott v. Franey, 20 Or. 410; 23 Am. St. .Rep. 132; 26 Pac. 271. Water contract. Car-lyle v. Carlyle, etc., Co., 140 111. 445; 29 N. E. 556. Contract to erect heater in public school building. Anniston National Bank v. Durham School Committee, 121 N. C. 107; 28 S. E. 134.

11 Bank v. Warren, 94 Wis. 151;