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Conveyances--Validity Of Parol Agreements As To Determinable Boundary Lines, Bettie Gilbert Jan 1939

Conveyances--Validity Of Parol Agreements As To Determinable Boundary Lines, Bettie Gilbert

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Jurisdiction Over Lands Ownedy By The United States Within The State Of Washington: Part I, The Subject In General, John N. Rupp Jan 1939

Jurisdiction Over Lands Ownedy By The United States Within The State Of Washington: Part I, The Subject In General, John N. Rupp

Washington Law Review

Among the unique characteristics of our federal system of government is the concept of the dual sovereignty of the national and state governments over land, things, and persons located within the boundaries of the states. In addition to its position and rights as ultimate sovereign over all territory within its borders, the United States is also a corporate body politic and as such can make contracts, and can hold property, both real and personal. Under this power to own property in its own right the United States has become a great landed proprietor, owning many tracts of land within the …


Contracts To Devise Real Property, Willard J. Wright Jan 1939

Contracts To Devise Real Property, Willard J. Wright

Washington Law Review

Contracts to devise real property are frequently entered into and are generally held to be a valid mode of transferring realty. Very properly the courts view such contracts with suspicion, especially when orally made. In order to prove the contract to devise real property some states require that it be in writing, otherwise it will be deemed void. But the majority of courts are not so strict and an oral contract if adequately proven is satisfactory. However, in proving oral contracts some states require that the contract be proven "independent of the performance" while other courts including Washington are more …


Nebulous Injunction Decrees Against Noise-Nuisances - Meadowbrook Swimming Club V. Albert Jan 1939

Nebulous Injunction Decrees Against Noise-Nuisances - Meadowbrook Swimming Club V. Albert

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Maryland Examines The Proposed Uniform Property Act, Herbert Myerberg Jan 1939

Maryland Examines The Proposed Uniform Property Act, Herbert Myerberg

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Manual Transfer Of Deed To Grantee On Parol Condition - Buchwald V. Buchwald Et Al. Jan 1939

Manual Transfer Of Deed To Grantee On Parol Condition - Buchwald V. Buchwald Et Al.

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Taxation Of Maryland Ground Rents, H. H. Walker Lewis Jan 1939

The Taxation Of Maryland Ground Rents, H. H. Walker Lewis

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bailments - Liability Of Parking Lot Owner For A Stolen Car, M. D. Blackwell Jan 1939

Bailments - Liability Of Parking Lot Owner For A Stolen Car, M. D. Blackwell

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff parked her car at defendant's parking lot, paying the required fee and leaving the key in the car. The plaintiff testified that this was done at the attendant's request, and this testimony was not directly controverted. The attendant left the lot about midnight, and some time after that time the car was stolen. Held, that a bailment existed, and that the plaintiff had set up a prima facie case of liability on the part of the bailee for failing to exercise due care. Auto Ins. Co. v. Syndicate Parking Co., 58 Ohio App. 148, 16 N. E. …


Deeds - Covenant Of Warranty Limited By Exceptions In Another Covenant, Seward R. Stroud Jan 1939

Deeds - Covenant Of Warranty Limited By Exceptions In Another Covenant, Seward R. Stroud

Michigan Law Review

A mortgaged land to B and thereafter executed a second mortgage on the same land to C. In the second mortgage, A covenanted that "they are seized of good and perfect title . . . in fee simple and that the title so conveyed is clear, free and unincumbered except . . . (the Hixton Bank mortgage) [mortgage to B] and that they will forever warrant and defend the same . . . against all claims whatsoever." The first mortgage to B was foreclosed, and B purchased at the foreclosure sale. B sold the land to A, …


Fixtures - Uniform Conditional Sales Act - Interpretation Of The Word "Freehold", Robert E. Sipes Jan 1939

Fixtures - Uniform Conditional Sales Act - Interpretation Of The Word "Freehold", Robert E. Sipes

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff installed elevators in an apartment house under construction. The elevators were covered by a conditional sale contract with the general contractor. Prior to the sale of the elevators the apartment house had been mortgaged. Upon the contractor's default in payment for the elevators, plaintiff asserted his right to remove the elevators as against the owner of the apartment and the mortgagee. Held, the elevators could be removed. Otis Elevator Co. v. Arey-Hauser Co., (D. C. Pa. 1938) 22 F. Supp. 4.