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Extensive Addition To Library Planned, John Fallon
Extensive Addition To Library Planned, John Fallon
About the Buildings
The following day, March 30, 1859, the motion to put the Committee's plan (to found the Law School of the University of Michigan) into operation was taken from the table and passed by the Board of Regents ... At their June meeting the Regents authorized the Law Committee to purchase up to $2000 worth of law books for the new department ... And to the long projected Law Department at last became a reality. From the humble seed planted in 1859, the present Law School was to grow. Ninety five years to the very month later, the tree which grew …
Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1953, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 4, No. 3, December 1953, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•Proposed Library Addition •The Ethical Approach: An Editorial •In Brief •Extensive Addition to Library Planned •President's Corner •27 Years and 200,000 Books •Legislative Research at Michigan •A Very Uncommon Lawyer Looks at Various Things •Heidelberg Professor Tells of German Legal Education •Legal Fraternity Presidents •Book Reviews
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.
Future Interests - Rule Against Perpetuities - Actual Rather Than Possible Facts As Determining Certainty Of Vesting, Paul B. Campbell S.Ed.
Future Interests - Rule Against Perpetuities - Actual Rather Than Possible Facts As Determining Certainty Of Vesting, Paul B. Campbell S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
T died testate, leaving a life estate to her children A and B, with the remainder to granddaughter C. The will further provided that if other body heirs of A and B survived their deaths, then such heirs should share equally with C; and if all the grandchildren should die without leaving heirs of their body, then the property was to pass to T's brothers and sisters or their representatives. A and B survived but T died without further issue. Later C also died without issue. X held conveyances deeding to him the interests of the …
Is The Rule Against Perpetuities Doomed?, Lewis M. Simes
Is The Rule Against Perpetuities Doomed?, Lewis M. Simes
Michigan Law Review
Few rules of the common law have shown such amazing vitality as the rule against perpetuities. Emerging in the Duke of Norfolk's Case in 1682, as a rule to restrict unbarrable entails in land, it is now applied, not only to interests in land, legal and equitable, but also to personal estate, tangible and intangible, including beneficial interests in trusts. It is regarded as a part of the common law of nearly every English speaking country, except a few of the United States where statutory substitutes have been provided. Since 1930, statutory substitutes have been abolished and there has been …
Civil Procedure - Judgments - Exceptions To The Rule Of Res Judicata, William A. Bain, Jr., S.Ed.
Civil Procedure - Judgments - Exceptions To The Rule Of Res Judicata, William A. Bain, Jr., S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
A land contract provided for a conveyance to Pearson from Adams and his wife. The wife was not a party to the contract and refused to execute the deed. Pearson sought specific performance requesting relief of a type not then available in Illinois and when asked if he would accept a deed from Adams alone, he refused. The action was dismissed. Adams then brought this action in ejectment and Pearson counterclaimed requesting a deed executed by Adams alone. The trial court found that the judgment in the previous action was res judicata as to the counterclaim. On appeal, held, …
Criminal Procedure - Juries - Effect Of Disqualified Juror On The Verdict, Joseph M. Kortenhof S.Ed.
Criminal Procedure - Juries - Effect Of Disqualified Juror On The Verdict, Joseph M. Kortenhof S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was convicted of selling whiskey and imprisoned in the county jail. After the time for appeal had elapsed he discovered that one jury member had been an unpardoned convict. In a habeas corpus proceeding the defendant urged that the judgment was void and subject to collateral attack. The county court refused to discharge the defendant. On appeal, held, affirmed. Discovery after the verdict that a convict sat on the jury, contrary to statute, gives an automatic right to a new trial. However, since the defect only renders the verdict voidable and not void it must be challenged within …
Labor Law - Labor - Management Relations Act - Attempt To Institute Consumer Boycott As Unfair Labor Practice, George B. Berridge S.Ed.
Labor Law - Labor - Management Relations Act - Attempt To Institute Consumer Boycott As Unfair Labor Practice, George B. Berridge S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In attempting to induce certain employees of defendant, a manufacturer of bakery products, to join a bakery workers' union, the union and several labor councils picketed retail stores selling defendant's goods in Los Angeles. Placards carried by the pickets stated that defendant was non-union and on the 'We-do-not-patronize" list of various labor organizations. A California state court granted defendant a preliminary injunction against the picketing. Thereupon the National Labor Relations Board applied to federal district court for a preliminary injunction restraining defendant from invoking the injunction granted by the state court, claiming that since the unions' conduct was an unfair …
Torts - Child's Right To Recover For Alienation Of Parent's Affection, Marvin O. Young S.Ed.
Torts - Child's Right To Recover For Alienation Of Parent's Affection, Marvin O. Young S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff's parents were divorced in 1934 when plaintiff was five years old. Custody of plaintiff was awarded to her mother, but plaintiff alleged that she received "usual paternal love, affection, maintenance, and support" from her father until 1941, when plaintiff's father took defendant as his mistress, keeping her until his death in 1952. Plaintiff brought this action for damages on the theory that defendant alienated the affections of her father, thereby depriving plaintiff of fatherly affection, guidance and support. Defendant's demurrer was overruled by the trial court. On appeal, held, reversed. In the absence of a statute, a child …
Wills - Enforcement Of Parol Contract To Devise Real Property, John S. Slavens S.Ed.
Wills - Enforcement Of Parol Contract To Devise Real Property, John S. Slavens S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs and decedent made an oral agreement whereby plaintiffs agreed to pay decedent a yearly sum and to make repairs on certain real estate in return for which decedent agreed to devise the real estate to plaintiffs. Plaintiffs had been in possession of the property for several years and had vastly improved its value when decedent died, devising the property to third parties. Plaintiffs brought this action for specific performance against the devisees. The trial court, satisfied that the oral contract had been established, entered the decree for specific performance. On appeal, held, affirmed. A person can make a …
In Suport Of The Thayer Theory Of Presumptions, Charles V. Laughlin
In Suport Of The Thayer Theory Of Presumptions, Charles V. Laughlin
Michigan Law Review
A learned judge once said to a young lawyer, "If you are ever a trial court judge, never give reasons for your decisions. Your rulings will probably be right, but your reasons will likely be wrong." That statement may aptly apply to judicial pronouncements relating to the subject of presumptions. Decisions are largely free from criticism so far as concerns the results reached, but the reasoning processes by which they are reached appear to be in hopeless confusion. It is believed that a theory can be presented which will both reconcile these confusions of judicial techniques and explain the general …
Advancements: Ii, Harold I. Elbert
Advancements: Ii, Harold I. Elbert
Michigan Law Review
A voluntary inter vivos transfer by a parent to a child is not an advancement so long as the transferor lives. The purpose of the doctrine is to equalize an intestate' s property among his children. It is auxiliary to the distribution of his estate that the question of advancement is raised. The death of the transferor is not enough to give rise to the doctrine. The person seeking to charge the intestate's heirs with an advancement must prove several additional facts. The legislation of each state determines what must be proved in order to charge the transferee with an …
Aliens - Naturalization - Netural Aliens Who Sought Relief From Military Service Barred From Becoming United States Citizens, John Houck S.Ed.
Aliens - Naturalization - Netural Aliens Who Sought Relief From Military Service Barred From Becoming United States Citizens, John Houck S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
During World War II, an alien who was a citizen or a subject of a neutral country was allowed to escape service in the armed forces of the United States by signing Selective Service Form DSS 301. A release thus obtained carried with it a disability ever to become a citizen of the United States. A substantial number of neutral aliens availed themselves of this relief from military service. Today, the courts are faced with the problem of whether signing Form 301 shall in every case prevent the alien from becoming a citizen. It is the purpose of this comment …
Securities - Rights Of Used Car Purchasers Under Trust Receipt Financing, Walter H. Weiner S.Ed.
Securities - Rights Of Used Car Purchasers Under Trust Receipt Financing, Walter H. Weiner S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The recent enactment of the Uniform Trust Receipts Act: by the Michigan legislature was an important and much needed revision in the Michigan law of chattel security. Although the UTRA has been referred to as a " . . . perplexing maze of technical phrases ... ," it is submitted that the act contains a clear presentation of the changes which are to be effected, and should go far in freeing the financing of goods in the flow of commerce from some anachronistic shackles. The particular intent of this comment is to explore the impact of the UTRA and other …
Constitutional Law - Civil Rights Act - Civil Liability Of State Judicial Officers, John C. Hall S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Civil Rights Act - Civil Liability Of State Judicial Officers, John C. Hall S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In 1940 defendant, a state judge, granted an ex parte order transferring plaintiff, then a voluntary inmate of a Massachusetts school for the feeble-minded, to the Department of Defective Delinquents. Released on habeas corpus in 1951, plaintiff brought suit under the Civil Rights Act, claiming a denial of notice and hearing in violation of the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. On appeal, held, a judge is not liable at common law or under the Civil Rights Act for acts done in the exercise of his judicial function. Francis v. Crafts, (1st Cir. 1953) 203 F. (2d) …
Constitutional Law - Equal Protection - Damage Action For Breach Of Racial Restrictive Covenant, Raymond R. Trombadore S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Equal Protection - Damage Action For Breach Of Racial Restrictive Covenant, Raymond R. Trombadore S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Petitioners sued at law for breach of a racial restrictive covenant, alleging that respondent violated the covenant by conveying restricted realty without incorporating restrictions in the deed, and by permitting non-Caucasians to enter and occupy the premises. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the complaint, the California court of appeals affirmed, and hearing was denied by the state supreme court. On certiorari the United States Supreme Court held, affirmed, Chief Justice Vinson dissenting. An award of damages by a state court for breach of racial restrictive covenants would constitute state action which would deprive the excluded class of …
Corporations - Effect Of A Provision In Articles Of Incorporation Permitting The Counting Of Interested Directors For Quorum Purposes, James W. Callison S.Ed.
Corporations - Effect Of A Provision In Articles Of Incorporation Permitting The Counting Of Interested Directors For Quorum Purposes, James W. Callison S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs, minority stockholders, sought to restrain the consummation of a merger agreement between defendant Mayflower and Hilton corporations because the plan had not been approved by a quorum of disinterested directors of Mayflower. Defendants relied upon a provision in Mayflower's articles of incorporation which stated that " . . . any director may be counted in determining the existence of a quorum at any meeting of the Board of Directors of this Corporation for the purpose of authorizing any contract or transaction [between this Corporation and any other corporation in which any director or officer of this Corporation is pecuniarily …
International Law - Retroactive Recognition Of De Facto Government Not Invalidation Of Acts Of Prior De Jure Government, Duncan Noble S.Ed.
International Law - Retroactive Recognition Of De Facto Government Not Invalidation Of Acts Of Prior De Jure Government, Duncan Noble S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
On December 12, 1949, the Chiang regime on Formosa accepted the offer of an American group headed by General Chennault to purchase the physical assets of the Nationalist-operated Central Air Transport Corporation, including forty aircraft located at Hong Kong. The British government ceased to recognize the Nationalists as the de jure government of China on January 5, 1950. Thereafter the British announced that they recognized the Communist regime as the de facto government of those parts of China they actually controlled, effective October 1, 1949, the date the Communists had proclaimed themselves the government of China. The Chennault corporation brought …
Corporations - Securities Act Of 1933 - Stock Sale To Employees As A Public Offer, Paul B. Campbell S.Ed.
Corporations - Securities Act Of 1933 - Stock Sale To Employees As A Public Offer, Paul B. Campbell S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The Securities and Exchange Commission sued to enjoin defendant corporation from offering stock for sale to its employees without first complying with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933. Defendant claimed that its offer was not a public offer and therefore it came under a class of transactions which were exempt from the registration requirements. The offer was made to about 500 of the company's 7,000 employees. The company classified the offer as one made only to ''key employees." The court of appeals affirmed the trial court's judgment for defendant. On certiorari, held, reversed, two justices dissenting. …
Mortgages - Redemption - Right Of Mortgagee To Require Partial Redemption, James S. Taylor S.Ed.
Mortgages - Redemption - Right Of Mortgagee To Require Partial Redemption, James S. Taylor S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The mortgagor of the premises in question died leaving as his heirs-at-law the plaintiff and eight other children. Shortly thereafter, the mortgagee commenced proceedings to foreclose the mortgage under a power of sale. Pending these proceedings the plaintiff entered the military service of the United States and thus became entitled under the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act of 1940 to protection against the exercise of the power of sale. The mortgagee purchased at the foreclosure sale and thereafter made extensive improvements on the land. Plaintiff brought a bill to redeem the premises, tendering the entire amount of the mortgage …
Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Deductibility By An Employee Of Sum Paid In Settlement Of Claim Arising From His Operation Of Automobile Used In Company's Business, Richard B. Barnett S.Ed.
Taxation - Federal Income Tax - Deductibility By An Employee Of Sum Paid In Settlement Of Claim Arising From His Operation Of Automobile Used In Company's Business, Richard B. Barnett S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Petitioner and one Elkins were employed by a corporation which they had organized to engage in the electrical contracting business. They furnished their own automobiles to transport men and material from job to job, and were reimbursed by the corporation for operating expenses. The corporation also paid for insurance and repairs of the automobiles. While Elkins was using petitioner's car to drive two employees to a job in progress, a collision occurred causing personal injuries to the two employees, who recovered a judgment against petitioner which he finally settled by payment of $4,000 in excess of the amount of the …
Guttmacher & Weihofen: Psychiatry And The Law., Morris Ploscowe
Guttmacher & Weihofen: Psychiatry And The Law., Morris Ploscowe
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Psychiatry and the Law. By Manfred. S. Guttmacher and Henry Weihofen.
Sunderland: History Of The American Bar Association And Its Work, Glenn R. Winters
Sunderland: History Of The American Bar Association And Its Work, Glenn R. Winters
Michigan Law Review
A Review of History of the American Bar Association and its Work . By Edson R. Sunderland.
Vol. 4, No. 2, November 1953, University Of Michigan Law School
Vol. 4, No. 2, November 1953, University Of Michigan Law School
Res Gestae
•"On Law for All" •A Governor's Approach to the Law •SBA Column •From Titles to Tackles •History of the Law School: The Founding •Law Club Elects Officers •President's Column
Constitutional Law - Congressional Powers - Validity Of The 1951 Gamblers' Occupation Tax Act, James W. Callison S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Congressional Powers - Validity Of The 1951 Gamblers' Occupation Tax Act, James W. Callison S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The Revenue Act of 1951 levied a tax on persons engaged in the business of accepting wagers, requiring such persons to register their names and places of business and residence with the Collector of Internal Revenue. The act also required the disclosure of the name and address of each person receiving wagers for the registrant, or, if the registrant himself received wagers for another, the name of that person. Violations of the act were punishable by fine and imprisonment. Defendant was indicted for willful failure to register and pay the tax. The district court granted defendant's motion to dismiss on …
Negligence - Proving Inviter's Breach Of Duty By Circumstantial Evidence, Charles E. Oldfather S.Ed.
Negligence - Proving Inviter's Breach Of Duty By Circumstantial Evidence, Charles E. Oldfather S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff brought a negligence action for personal injuries suffered when she slipped on a spot of grease in the driveway of defendant's railroad station. The evidence showed that the spot was at least one foot square and was covered with dust and dirt so that it resembled in color and texture the rest of the pavement. The evidence also indicated that vehicles often drove through and parked in the drive, and that there were no marks on the spot other than a deep skid mark left by plaintiff's heel. The trial court allowed the jury to determine from this evidence …
Sales - Uniform Trust Receipts Act - Strict Requirement Of Accuracy In Designating Trustee In Filing Under The Act, John W. Hupp S.Ed.
Sales - Uniform Trust Receipts Act - Strict Requirement Of Accuracy In Designating Trustee In Filing Under The Act, John W. Hupp S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff and E. R. Millen Co., Inc., entered into a financing arrangement whereby plaintiff agreed to finance the wholesale purchase of various types of electrical appliances by E. R. Millen Co., Inc. Plaintiff promptly recorded a statement of trust receipt financing setting forth that the plaintiff "is or expects to be engaged in financing under trust receipt transactions the acquisitions by the trustee, E. R. Millen Company." The statement then designated the trustee's business address. This trust receipts arrangement was in operation for about a year when E. R. Millen Co., Inc., made a general assignment of all of its …
Palsgraf Revisited, William L. Prosser
Palsgraf Revisited, William L. Prosser
Michigan Law Review
Perhaps the most celebrated of all tort cases is Palsgraf v. Long Island Railroad Company. Certainly it is one of the most controversial. Thirteen judges in all passed upon the case, and seven of them were for the plaintiff, at least in the sense that they considered that the issue was one to be left to the jury. Four of the remaining six, sitting on the Court of Appeals of New York, had the :final word, and they set aside the verdict, dismissed the complaint, and ordered judgment for the defendant. The Advisers of the Restatement of Torts debated …
Borderland - Where Copyright And Design Patent Meet, Richard W. Pogue
Borderland - Where Copyright And Design Patent Meet, Richard W. Pogue
Michigan Law Review
Copyright law and design patent law contemplate basically different objects of protection. Yet at the outer fringes of these types of protection certain concepts overlap to form a rather undefined borderland in which it is difficult to say what law is applicable-copyright law, patent law, neither, or both. It is the purpose of this paper to explore this borderland area in the light of traditional copyright and patent law principles, with attention given to policy considerations involved, and to offer suggestions toward drawing a sharper boundary between the two.
Civil Procedure - Compensation Of Witnesses In A Civil Action, David W. Belin S.Ed.
Civil Procedure - Compensation Of Witnesses In A Civil Action, David W. Belin S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
As the amount and complexity of litigation has increased, there have been corresponding increases in demands for added compensation of witnesses. Like the juror, the witness often receives the time-honored answer that he cannot be heard to complain that his compensation is inadequate; the administration of justice is a mutual benefit to all members of the community, and each is under a public duty to further it.
At common law witnesses received no compensation. Time spent in testifying was held to be claimed by the public as a tax, paid by the witness to the system of law which protected …