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Libel And Slander-Necessity For Allegation Of Special Damages For Defamation Not Shown Libelous Per Se, John J. Gaskell S.Ed.
Libel And Slander-Necessity For Allegation Of Special Damages For Defamation Not Shown Libelous Per Se, John J. Gaskell S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendants, the deacons, pastor, and clerk of the Gallatin Baptist Church, published to the church membership a letter to the plaintiff, an ordained minister of the Baptist Church, and a member of the Gallatin Church, requiring him to report and show cause why the hand of fellowship should not be withdrawn from him because of heresy. The plaintiff's complaint for libel set out the letter published, but a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action was sustained by the circuit court on the grounds that there was no allegation of special damages to the plaintiff. On …
The Privy Council And Private Law In The Tudor And Stuart Periods: I, John P. Dawson
The Privy Council And Private Law In The Tudor And Stuart Periods: I, John P. Dawson
Michigan Law Review
It has been often said that the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries in England were pre-eminently the age of conciliar government. The activities of the Tudor Privy Council extended into every phase of national life and were responsible, more than any other single factor, for the effective organization of an English national state. These activities continued under the first two Stuarts, with no break in institutional development, though they widened the gulf between Crown and people and hastened a revolution.
Alternative Pleading: I, Roy W. Mcdonald
Alternative Pleading: I, Roy W. Mcdonald
Michigan Law Review
The present series of articles seeks to test the extent to which the dictates of this common professional experience have influenced the statutes, rules, and precedents which govern our civil practice. As a background for a review of procedures typical of the code and federal practice within the United States, it will be useful initially to consider briefly the English practice during the past century and a half. The English procedures, as they existed at the end of the eighteenth century, though everywhere locally modified and simplified in some respects, formed authoritative guides for the practices of most of the …
Federal Procedure-Change Of Venue-Applicability Of §1404(A) Of The Judicial Code Of 1948 To Cases Arising Under The Federal Employers' Liability Act And The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Thomas L. Waterbury S. Ed.
Federal Procedure-Change Of Venue-Applicability Of §1404(A) Of The Judicial Code Of 1948 To Cases Arising Under The Federal Employers' Liability Act And The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Thomas L. Waterbury S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Two recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court have resolved this problem. In the first case, plaintiff employee sued defendant employer for damages under the FELA. Taking advantage of the broad choice of venue given him, plaintiff sued in the Chicago district court which was some 400 miles from Irvine, Kentucky, the place of injury and residence of all the witnesses. Defendant moved for transfer to a Kentucky district court, ''For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice. . . . " The motion was granted and plaintiff sought a writ of mandamus in the …
Appeal And Error-Union Of Law And Equity-Appealability Of Order Denying Demand For Jury Trial, Earl R. Boonstra S. Ed.
Appeal And Error-Union Of Law And Equity-Appealability Of Order Denying Demand For Jury Trial, Earl R. Boonstra S. Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendant held an insurance policy written by plaintiff which by its terms covered a hangar against loss by fire. After the hangar had been destroyed by fire, plaintiff instituted this suit for reformation on the ground that the contract had been written as a fire policy through mutual mistake. Defendant denied the mistake, filed a counterclaim to recover on the policy as written, and demanded a jury trial. Plaintiff moved to strike the demand, and the motion was granted. The court of appeals dismissed the defendant's appeal. On certiorari, held, affirmed. Not being a final decision, the order denying …