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Infants-Liability On Tort Arising Out Of Contract
Infants-Liability On Tort Arising Out Of Contract
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff was the assignee of a conditional sales contract for an automobile purchased by defendant, a minor. The contract contained a provision that the car should not be used in connection with any violation of any state or federal law. The defendant was apprehended by federal officers while using the car for the illegal transportation of liquor. The car was seized and later forfeited, and the plaintiff brought a tort action for the conversion of the car. Held, the infancy of the conditional buyer was no defense to an action for conversion by a wilful, illegal use. Vermont Acceptance …
Constitutional Law-Former Jeopardy-As Bar To Civil Suit For Penalty Tax
Constitutional Law-Former Jeopardy-As Bar To Civil Suit For Penalty Tax
Michigan Law Review
The respondent had been convicted and punished in a criminal prosecution for dealing in intoxicating liquors. In a civil action for the collection of taxes imposed as a penalty for non-payment of taxes due because of those particular sales, held, the prior conviction of the defendant constituted a bar to this civil suit for a penalty as double jeopardy even under sec. 5 of the Willis Campbell Act. United States v. LaFranca, U. S. Sup. Ct. Feb. 24, 1931; Adv. Op. No. 74.
Intoxicating Liquors-Liability Of Purchaser To Federal Prosecution
Intoxicating Liquors-Liability Of Purchaser To Federal Prosecution
Michigan Law Review
Considering the tremendous amount of public interest evinced in all cases arising under the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, it seems strange, at first glance, that more attention has not been paid by the courts to the purchaser of intoxicating beverages. Since the passage of the National Prohibition Act the dockets have been crowded with cases dealing with the sale, manufacture, and transportation of intoxicants, but it was not until ten years after the passage of the Act that the United States Supreme Court was asked to consider the legality of the purchase of liquor as such. The question …
What Rights Are Left, Everett S. Brown
What Rights Are Left, Everett S. Brown
Michigan Law Review
A review of WHAT RIGHTS ARE LEFT By Henry Alan Johnston.