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Chancery Practice On The American Frontier: A Study Of The Records Of The Supreme Court Of Michigan Territory, 1805-1836, William Wirt Blume
Chancery Practice On The American Frontier: A Study Of The Records Of The Supreme Court Of Michigan Territory, 1805-1836, William Wirt Blume
Michigan Law Review
The act of Congress of January 11, 1805, which created Michigan Territory out of Indiana Territory, provided that the new territory should have a government "in all respects similar" to that provided for the Northwest Territory by the Ordinance of 1787. The Ordinance had provided for the appointment of a court to consist of three judges who should have "a common law jurisdiction. "
Trust Receipts- Rights As Between The Parties
Trust Receipts- Rights As Between The Parties
Michigan Law Review
The defendant financed purchases of automobiles by plaintiff, a retail dealer, in the following manner. The manufacturer would send the bill of lading and draft on plaintiff to a bank acting as agent for defendant. The bank would advance the amount of the draft and deliver the bill of lading to plaintiff, taking a trust receipt on the cars. This trust receipt recited that defendant was the owner of the automobiles and might retake possession at any time. On breach of the agreement, defendant retook possession of the cars with plaintiff's consent and thereafter sold them without plaintiff's knowledge. Plaintiff …