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Note And Comment, Gordon Stoner, Grover C. Grismore, Stanley E. Gifford, Stuart S. Wall
Note And Comment, Gordon Stoner, Grover C. Grismore, Stanley E. Gifford, Stuart S. Wall
Michigan Law Review
What is a Public Purpose Justifying the Expenditure Therefore of Money Raised From Taxation - A recent Ohio case raises a question which is frequently discussed in connection with the activities of cities, i. e., 'what is a municipal or public purpose for the accomplishment of which city funds raised from taxation may be expended. The council of the city of Toledo passed an ordinance authorizing the expenditure of $1000 for the purpose of establishing a municipal moving-picture theater. The auditor refused to pay over to the director of public service the fund thus appropriated and mandamus was sought by …
Recent Important Decisions
Michigan Law Review
A collection of recent important court decisions.
Note And Comment, Joseph H. Drake, Frederick R. Shearer, Jack M. Hendrick, Peter Balkema, Wilson W. Mills
Note And Comment, Joseph H. Drake, Frederick R. Shearer, Jack M. Hendrick, Peter Balkema, Wilson W. Mills
Michigan Law Review
Pecote: A Bit of Legal Archaeology - -In the case of Pusey v. Pusey, I Vern. 273 (1684), the "bil was, that a -horn, which time out of mind had gone along with the plaintiff's estate, and was delivered, to his ancestors in ancient times to hold their land by, might be delivered to him; upon which horn was the inscription, viz. pecote this horn to hold huy thy land." The bill was demurred to in that the plaintiff did not by his bill pretend to be entitled to this horn, either as executor or devisee; nor had he in …
Note And Comment, Edwin C. Goddard, Jack M. Hendrick, Wilson W. Mills, Samuel H. Morris, George A. Cram
Note And Comment, Edwin C. Goddard, Jack M. Hendrick, Wilson W. Mills, Samuel H. Morris, George A. Cram
Michigan Law Review
The Effect of the Carmack Amendment to the Hepburn Act Upon State Laws as to Limitation by Contract of the Amount of the Liability of a Common Carrier - Three recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States involving the construction, of the Carmack Amendment to the Hepburn Act may be considered together, as the second was governed wholly and the third largely by the decision of the first. In the first case plaintiff delivered to defendant express company at Cincinnati, Ohio, a diamond, ring consigned to Augusta, Georgia. The package was never delivered, and plaintiff recovered judgment …
Recent Important Decisions
Michigan Law Review
Bankruptcy - Judgment for Breach of Promis, Aggravated by Seduction, Not Dischargeable - Petitioner 'had secured a judgment against the bankrupt for the breach of a promise to marry, seduction under such promise having been pleaded in aggravation of damages; the common law rule prevails in New York and a woman may not maintain an action for her own seduction. The District Court (196 Fed. 571), viewing this as a judgment grounded solely in contract, and not in tort as "for -will-ful and malicious injury to the person or property of another," or for "seduction of an unmarried female," held …
Recent Important Decisions
Michigan Law Review
Bankruptcy - Jurisdiction of the District Court Exclusive Within Its District - A trustee in bankruptcy appointed, by the District 'Court for the District of Illinois filed a petition in the District Court for the Western District of Michigan for a summary order to require the respondent to surrender to the trustee certain moneys claimed as the property of the bankrupt. The respondent was a resident of the Eastern District of Michigan, and denied the jurisdiction of the court to issue an order to be enforced in another district. Held that the jurisdiction of the District Courts, in all bankruptcy …
Progressive Program For Procedural Reform, Nathan William Macchesney
Progressive Program For Procedural Reform, Nathan William Macchesney
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Insanity And Criminal Responsibility, Edwin R. Keedy
Insanity And Criminal Responsibility, Edwin R. Keedy
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Association Method In Criminal Procedure, Paul Menzerath
Association Method In Criminal Procedure, Paul Menzerath
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Insanity And Criminal Responsibility, Edwin R. Keedy
Insanity And Criminal Responsibility, Edwin R. Keedy
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Judicial Decisions On Criminal Law And Procedure
Judicial Decisions On Criminal Law And Procedure
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Notes On Current And Recent Events
Notes On Current And Recent Events
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Problem Of Illegitimacy In Europe, Victor Von Borosini
Problem Of Illegitimacy In Europe, Victor Von Borosini
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Present Day Aims And Methods In Studying The Offender, William Healy
Present Day Aims And Methods In Studying The Offender, William Healy
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Reform Not Revolution, D. Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
Reform Not Revolution, D. Gina Lombroso-Ferrero
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Protest Against Laws Authorizing The Sterilization Of Criminals And Imbeciles, Charles A. Boston
Protest Against Laws Authorizing The Sterilization Of Criminals And Imbeciles, Charles A. Boston
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
1913-1923 Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court Fee Book, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court
1913-1923 Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court Fee Book, Rowan County (Ky.) Circuit Court
Rowan County Circuit Court Ledgers
The Fee Book of Rowan County (KY.) Circuit Court from 1913 to 1923.
Degrees Of Homicide In Kentucky, Kentucky Law Journal
Degrees Of Homicide In Kentucky, Kentucky Law Journal
Kentucky Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Notes On Current And Recent Events
Notes On Current And Recent Events
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Proceedings Following Conviction, Frank L. Randall
Proceedings Following Conviction, Frank L. Randall
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Judicial Decisions On Criminal Law And Procedure
Judicial Decisions On Criminal Law And Procedure
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Indeterminate Sentence And Release On Parole, Edwin M. Abbott
Indeterminate Sentence And Release On Parole, Edwin M. Abbott
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Criminal Procedure, William N. Gemmill
Criminal Procedure, William N. Gemmill
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Proceedings Of The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Institute, Simeon E. Baldwin
Proceedings Of The Fourth Annual Meeting Of The Institute, Simeon E. Baldwin
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
Judicial Decisions On Criminal Law And Procedure
Judicial Decisions On Criminal Law And Procedure
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.
European Systems Of State Indemnity For Errors Of Criminal Justice, Edwin M. Borchard
European Systems Of State Indemnity For Errors Of Criminal Justice, Edwin M. Borchard
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
No abstract provided.