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Rights Of Finders, Ralph W. Aigler Jan 1950

Rights Of Finders, Ralph W. Aigler

Michigan Law Review

Because the deeply important jurisprudential concept of possession is involved, cases dealing with the problem of finders assume an importance far beyond their practical significance. The recent decision by the Oregon Supreme Court in Jackson v. Steinburg suggests further discussion of the problem, with particular reference to the cases in that state.


Conflict Of Laws-Enforcing Tax Laws Of Sister States, Bernard L. Trott S. Ed. Apr 1949

Conflict Of Laws-Enforcing Tax Laws Of Sister States, Bernard L. Trott S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In the recent case City of Detroit v. Proctor, the defendant, a resident of Detroit, was owner of personal property located there in the year 1939. The city levied a tax on this property, which tax became a debt under the laws of Michigan on the first day of April, 1939, and became due and · payable on the 15th of July, 1939. During the month of June, 1939, the defendant removed both his person and his property from the state of Michigan and has since resided elsewhere. The treasurer of the city of Detroit, who is empowered by …


Developments In The Conflict Of Laws, 1902-1942, Ernest G. Lorenzen Apr 1942

Developments In The Conflict Of Laws, 1902-1942, Ernest G. Lorenzen

Michigan Law Review

The writer's interest in the conflict of laws coextends substantially with the life of the Michigan Law Review. This may be some excuse for attempting to trace some of the developments in this field in the intervening years. Let us consider first what has happened in this country and thereupon what has occurred in the rest of the world.