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Heir Hunting -- A Profession Or A Racket?, Frank C. Ingraham
Heir Hunting -- A Profession Or A Racket?, Frank C. Ingraham
Vanderbilt Law Review
Although the cases clearly define the law and public policy applicable to the genealogist's contract, the important variable is the individual factual situation and its implications. The courts have upheld the heir-hunter's contract when the following factors were predominant in the suit: where the services of the genealogist amounted to valuable consideration; where the parties were competent and on equal footing; where there was no implied or express agreement to participate in existing or contemplated litigation; where the beneficiary accepted the evidence which established his claim and received the benefit of the claim; where there was no duty on the …
Notes, Michigan Law Review
Notes, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The information given in the notes is derived from inspection of the books, publishers' literature, and the ordinary library sources.
Equity-Criminal Contempt-Violation Of Court Order Or Decree-Attorney's Responsibility, Warren K. Urbom S.Ed.
Equity-Criminal Contempt-Violation Of Court Order Or Decree-Attorney's Responsibility, Warren K. Urbom S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Employees of R, while on strike, picketed in the vicinity of a warehouse that was owned by X hut a part of which had been rented by R. The warehouse was served by two railroad spur tracks and two streets. Attempts to deliver goods to the warehouse via the railroad tracks were physically obstructed by the pickets, whereupon a temporary injunction issued restraining employees from "picketing ... plaintiff's railroad tracks and spur tracks or right of way or property in any manner whatsoever .... " Thereafter, on the strength of an attorney's advice, the employees maintained pickets fourteen …
Streamlined Justice In Virginia, Kennon C. Whittle
Streamlined Justice In Virginia, Kennon C. Whittle
Washington and Lee Law Review
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