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Notes On Recent Missouri Cases
Notes On Recent Missouri Cases
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
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University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
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Equitable Servitudes In Missouri, George L. Clark
Equitable Servitudes In Missouri, George L. Clark
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
Before the decision in Tulk v. Moxhay, a contract not to use land in a particular manner was treated by equity courts in the same way as were other negative contracts; if the plaintiff was so injured in the enjoyment of his own land that damages at law did not furnish an adequate remedy, equity would specifically enforce the contract by granting an injunction against the promisor. The right thus to control the use of the property in the hands of the promisor can hardly be classified as other than a property right, but since it was enforcible only against …
Some Problems In Hearsay And Relevancy In Missouri, E. W. Hinton
Some Problems In Hearsay And Relevancy In Missouri, E. W. Hinton
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
There is no rule better known than that hearsay evidence is generally not admissible. It is equally true, though not so widely known, that there are a large number of specific exceptions to this general rule of exclusion. Hearsay, has been so long under the ban that the profession not uncommonly thinks of it as not being evidence at all, rather than as a kind of evidence generally excluded for reasons of policy connected with the jury trial. This notion is responsible for a good deal of confusion in dealing with the exceptions under which hearsay is received. Instead of …
Notes On Recent Missouri Cases
Notes On Recent Missouri Cases
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
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Transfer And Partition Of Remainders In Missouri, The, Manley O. Hudson
Transfer And Partition Of Remainders In Missouri, The, Manley O. Hudson
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
The common law gave to vested remainders many of the qualities of present estates, and most of the questions arising in connection with their transfer have long been free from difficulty. But contingent remainders occupied such a precarious place in the law long after they were first recognized as legal interests, that all questions as to their transferability were approached with exceeding reluctance. The contingent remainderman had only a mere possibility of an estate, and the employment of such a description was in itself sufficient to conjure difficulty, for possibility to the common law lawyer was a dangerous word. A …
Notes On Recent Missouri Cases
Notes On Recent Missouri Cases
University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series
No abstract provided.