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Slander Of Title - Nature Of The Action - Statute Of Limitations, Herbert R. Whiting
Slander Of Title - Nature Of The Action - Statute Of Limitations, Herbert R. Whiting
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff brought an action to recover damages occasioned by certain letters, alleged to be false and malicious, written by the defendant of and concerning the title to plaintiff's property. Since the letters were written more than one year prior to the commencement of the action, defendant argued that the action was barred by a clause in the local statute of limitations providing that "actions for libel and slander shall be commenced within one year after the cause of action shall have accrued." On the other hand the plaintiff asserted that the case came under the statute's two-year limitation of actions …
Bankruptcy - Debts Not Affected By A Discharge - Goods Purchased When Insolvent With No Intent To Pay, William C. Wetherbee Jr.
Bankruptcy - Debts Not Affected By A Discharge - Goods Purchased When Insolvent With No Intent To Pay, William C. Wetherbee Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Respondent was suing the debtor in a municipal court of Georgia for goods purchased on account. When the debtor was ajudicated a bankrupt, the respondent changed his action from contract to tort by alleging that the bankrupt had purchased the goods when insolvent with no intent to pay for them. A judgment was obtained by respondent and the bankrupt subsequently received a discharge in bankruptcy. The bankrupt now asks that the respondent be enjoined from further proceeding to enforce this judgment by garnishment or in any other manner. Respondent claims that the judgment was not discharged since it was a …
Insurance - Insurable Interest - Occupant Or Possessor Of Realty, Raymond H. Rapaport
Insurance - Insurable Interest - Occupant Or Possessor Of Realty, Raymond H. Rapaport
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff sued upon an insurance policy, issued to her by the defendant, covering a building in which she was conducting a merchandising business. The building was owned in fee by the plaintiff's father-in-law, who had told the plaintiff that she might occupy it so long as she wished, and that he intended to deed it to her and her children. Held, plaintiff had an insurable interest in the building. Liverpool & London & Globe Ins. Co. v. Bolling, (Va. 1940) 10 S. E. (2d) 518.