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University of Michigan Law School

Michigan Law Review

Journal

1933

California

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Criminal Law And Procedure - Evidence - Presumptions Feb 1933

Criminal Law And Procedure - Evidence - Presumptions

Michigan Law Review

The Alien Land Law of California forbids the acquisition of real property for agricultural purposes by aliens ineligible to citizenship; amendment 9b provides that proof of the acquisition of land by the defendant and of his being a member of a race ineligible to United States citizenship raises the presumption of ineligibility to citizenship against the defendant, and the burden is on him to show citizenship or eligibility thereto. Defendants, an American and a Japanese, were indicted for conspiracy to violate the act. No evidence as to the birthplace of the Japanese was adduced by either side, and both were …


Bills And Notes-Liability Of An Acceptor On An Altered Instrument Jan 1933

Bills And Notes-Liability Of An Acceptor On An Altered Instrument

Michigan Law Review

Section 62 of the N. I. L. (Uniform Negotiable Instruments Law) provides: "The acceptor by accepting the instrument engages that he will pay it according to the tenor of his acceptance; and admits,-- (1) The existence of the drawer, the genuineness of his signature, and his capacity and authority to draw the instrument, and (2) The existence of the payee and his then capacity to indorse." A recent California case decided that by force of this section, a bank certifying and paying a check on which the payee's name had been changed could not recover the money from the holder …