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Contracts-Frustration Of Purpose, T. Ward Chapman S.Ed.
Contracts-Frustration Of Purpose, T. Ward Chapman S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The purpose of this comment is to discuss the doctrine in terms of its treatment by American courts. Attention will be given to the limitations which the courts have placed upon the doctrine, the degree to which they accept the doctrine thus limited, the rationales urged for the doctrine's acceptance or rejection, and the forms in which relief is given in frustration situations.
Real Property - Liens - Husband's Contract For Improvements On Land Owned Jointly With Wife, Judd L. Bacon S.Ed.
Real Property - Liens - Husband's Contract For Improvements On Land Owned Jointly With Wife, Judd L. Bacon S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
A husband alone contracted for the construction of a house on property owned jointly with his wife. The wife inspected the progress of the work, took part in directing it, and later occupied the house. In an equity proceeding by the contractor to establish and enforce a mechanic's and materialman's lien on the premises for the balance due under the contract, the trial court rendered a decree for the contractor. On appeal, held, reversed. Since there was no showing that the husband contracted as an agent of the wife, and the evidence does not support a finding that she …
Stockholder Votes Motivated By Adverse Interest: The Attack And The Defense, Earl Sneed
Stockholder Votes Motivated By Adverse Interest: The Attack And The Defense, Earl Sneed
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose of this article to study stockholder votes motivated by adverse interest from the standpoint of the attack and the defense. First, the remedies available to the complaining minority are examined. Then follows a study of the indicia of adverse interest in specific shareholder actions. Knowledge of the nature and import of these indicia should enable the careful lawyer to avoid or defeat the charge that unconscionable adverse interest vitiated the result of a stockholder vote.
Conflict Of Laws - Release In A Tort Action - Effect Of Lex Loci Delicti And Contractus, Stanley A. Williams
Conflict Of Laws - Release In A Tort Action - Effect Of Lex Loci Delicti And Contractus, Stanley A. Williams
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, defendant, and a third party were involved in a three-car collision in Virginia. Plaintiff settled an action against the third party's estate by executing a release, entered into in New York, in which plaintiff reserved any claims which he might have against the defendant. He then sued defendant, a resident of Pennsylvania, in a federal district court in Pennsylvania. The lower court, applying Virginia law to determine the effect of a release of one joint tortfeasor, dismissed plaintiff's action. On appeal, held, affirmed. The law of the place of the tort governs the effect of a release, not …
Labor Law - Arbitration - Determination Of The Question Of Arbitrability Under Section 301(A) Of Labor-Manabement Relations Act, Cecil R. Mellin
Labor Law - Arbitration - Determination Of The Question Of Arbitrability Under Section 301(A) Of Labor-Manabement Relations Act, Cecil R. Mellin
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff- union brought an action under section 301 (a) of the Labor-Management Relations Act to compel arbitration of a grievance over the subcontracting of work by defendant-employer. The collective bargaining agreement provided that questions as to the proper interpretation or application of any of the provisions of the agreement would be submitted to arbitration and that all matters involving exclusively managerial functions were excluded from arbitration. The trial court held the grievance not arbitrable. On appeal, held, reversed. An implied covenant of good faith and fair dealings and the fact that some private arbitrators have held that the conventional …
Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Contract Right Income To Cash Method Taxpayer Who Refused Cash Offer, Eldon Olson
Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Contract Right Income To Cash Method Taxpayer Who Refused Cash Offer, Eldon Olson
Michigan Law Review
During 1951 petitioner, a cash method taxpayer, executed a mineral lease. As part of the consideration petitioner was to receive an unconditional bonus or advance royalty of fixed amount. The lessee was ready, able and willing to pay the entire amount on execution, but at petitioner's request the contract provided for a small payment on execution with one-half the balance due on January 5th of each of the next two years. About one month before each due date the contract rights were discounted at a bank of which petitioner was a director. The lessee remained ready, able and willing to …