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Torts--Wrongful Death--Unborn Child--The Estate Of An Unborn Child Has A Cause Of Action For Wrongful Death--O'Neill V. Morse, Michigan Law Review
Torts--Wrongful Death--Unborn Child--The Estate Of An Unborn Child Has A Cause Of Action For Wrongful Death--O'Neill V. Morse, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The attitude of the law toward the unborn child has differed according to the area involved and its underlying concepts and policy. It has been settled en ventre sa mere be to his benefit. Legal recognition was accorded "for the purpose of providing for and protecting the child, in the hope and expectation that it will be born alive and be capable of enjoying those rights which are thus preserved for it in anticipation." In this context, the live-birth requirement is not surprising. The injustice of depriving a posthumous child of an inheritance is apparent only if the child is …
The Union Of Law And Equity, Charles W. Joiner, Ray A. Geddes
The Union Of Law And Equity, Charles W. Joiner, Ray A. Geddes
Michigan Law Review
This paper was prepared for the guidance of a Committee on Michigan Procedural Revision jointly created by the Michigan Legislature, the Supreme Court of Michigan, and the Michigan State Bar to recommend revision of Michigan statutes and rules. Toe need for the joinder of law and equity procedure was thought to be so fundamental that this paper was prepared as a basic study for the committee. In it an attempt is made to bring to the attention of the Michigan lawyers, judges, and legislators an analysis of the Michigan Constitution, statutes, and cases and the experience of other states that …
Defeasance As A Restrictive Device In Michigan, William F. Fratcher
Defeasance As A Restrictive Device In Michigan, William F. Fratcher
Michigan Law Review
Quite apart from any question of their validity, the imposition of use restrictions by means of a prohibition was not practicable before the development of equitable remedies because the common law afforded no method of enforcing such a prohibition. One who conveyed land in violation of a prohibition on alienation might attempt to enforce the prohibition by attacking the validity of his own conveyance but one who violated a prohibition on use had neither motive nor method for challenging his own acts. Hence attempts to restrict use by common law devices are necessarily confined to penalty restraints and to limitations …
Wills And Administration - Jurisdiction Over The Probate Of Lost Or Destroyed Wills
Wills And Administration - Jurisdiction Over The Probate Of Lost Or Destroyed Wills
Michigan Law Review
Under Mich. Comp. Laws (1929), sec. 15547, a will lost, suppressed or destroyed may be admitted to probate upon its being established in a prescribed manner in the probate court. And under sec. 15543 no will is effectual to pass title to property unless probated as required by law. Plaintiff coal company, apparently under the direction of its manager, King, filed a bill of interpleader for a judicial determination as to whether it should pay rent as lessee of certain property to the administrator of the estate of the deceased lessor, or to King, who claimed as devisee of the …
The Declaratory Judgment As An Exclusive Or Alternative Remedy, Edwin M. Borchard
The Declaratory Judgment As An Exclusive Or Alternative Remedy, Edwin M. Borchard
Michigan Law Review
In a recent Michigan case the seller of a boiler, claiming a chattel mortgage therein for the unpaid purchase price, brought an action against the person who had bought the boiler at a bankruptcy sale of the property of the original buyer for a declaration that the plaintiff had the right to possession, or in the alternative, that the defendant was under a duty to pay the balance of the original purchase price. The defendant claimed to be the owner free of the mortgage. A majority of the Michigan Supreme Court, on its own motion, for the propriety of the …
Patents - Option Of The Court To Permit Contempt Proceedings Or To Require A New Suit
Patents - Option Of The Court To Permit Contempt Proceedings Or To Require A New Suit
Michigan Law Review
A final injunction was issued by the federal district court of Massachusetts against A, a Michigan corporation. The terms of the injunction were that A should not make, use, or sell lasts, or any colorable imitation thereof, embodying the invention covered by certain enumerated claims belonging to the present complainant. In a subsequent term of court the complainant alleged a violation of the injunction and brought contempt proceedings against A in the district court. The alleged infringement consisted in the manufacture and sale of a device which was slightly changed in form from that which the defendant had made prior …
Equity Jurisdiction As Affected By Adequacy Of The Remedy At Law
Equity Jurisdiction As Affected By Adequacy Of The Remedy At Law
Michigan Law Review
A Michigan case, decided December 3, 1929, presents an interesting problem concerning the status of equity jurisdiction when the relief at law is adjudged adequate. Plaintiff and defendant owned adjoining lots, and disagreed as to the location of the true boundary line between them. Plaintiff was in possession of the disputed strip. Defendant started an ejectment suit, whereupon plaintiff brought a bill in equity to enjoin defendant's suit at law and to have title decreed to be in himself. Defendant answered denying that there was any equity in the bill, and moved to dismiss. Later counsel agreed that the entire …
Injunction-Breach Of Negative Covenant-Adequate Remedy At Law
Injunction-Breach Of Negative Covenant-Adequate Remedy At Law
Michigan Law Review
The defendant, an owner of a gasoline station, entered into a contract with the plaintiff whereby he agreed to buy "all motor fuels handled, sold, or required" at his station from the plaintiff. He further agreed not to "sell, or allow to be sold on his premises * * * any other brands of motor fuel than those of the seller [plaintiff]." Before the expiration of the contract the defendant notified the plaintiff that he would no longer be bound by the contract. The lower court dismissed a bill praying for an injunction restraining the defendant from violating the negative …