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Wills - Interpretation Of "Existence" As Used In Statutes Providing For Probate Of Lost Or Destroyed Wills, Edward P. Dwyer, Jr.
Wills - Interpretation Of "Existence" As Used In Statutes Providing For Probate Of Lost Or Destroyed Wills, Edward P. Dwyer, Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Testator, about to undergo a serious operation, executed a will leaving $5,000 to his fiancée and the balance of his estate to his brother Louis. Three days later, after the operation had been performed and when testator was apparently on the road to recovery, he informed a lawyer that he desired to give his fiancée a check for $5,000 at once in lieu of the bequest to her in the will, and desired the rest of his estate to go to Louis. Testator mistakenly told the lawyer he had no other relatives. The lawyer then advised him to have the …
Quasi-Contracts - Recovery By Donor Of Charitable Relief From Paupers And Their Estates, James L. Mccrystal
Quasi-Contracts - Recovery By Donor Of Charitable Relief From Paupers And Their Estates, James L. Mccrystal
Michigan Law Review
The question whether or not a pauper or his estate assumes an obligation to reimburse the donor of charitable relief has been subject to many varied and inconsistent answers. Most of the cases in this field are not distinguishable on their facts, and hence the inability to reconcile them must be laid to the differences in the reasoning of the courts in their attempts to handle these cases more from a sociological approach than from a legal point of view. In discussing this problem it is desirable to place these cases in three principal classes: (1) where relief is given …
Constitutional Law - Involuntary Servitude, John W. Potter
Constitutional Law - Involuntary Servitude, John W. Potter
Michigan Law Review
Appellant was indicted under a Georgia statute which provided that anyone who contracted to perform services of any kind with the intent not to perform such services was subject, upon conviction, to fine and /or imprisonment. Proof of the contract, procurement of money or any other thing of value, and the failure to perform the service or to return the money advanced without good and sufficient cause were stated to be presumptive evidence of the requisite intent. Appellant claimed that the statute violated the Thirteenth Amendment and the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The state court held the …
Criminal Law And Procedure - Statutes-Constitutionality Of Criminal Penalties For Unreasonable Deductions Under Federal Income Tax Statute, William H. Shipley
Criminal Law And Procedure - Statutes-Constitutionality Of Criminal Penalties For Unreasonable Deductions Under Federal Income Tax Statute, William H. Shipley
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was indicted for attempting to evade the federal tax on the income of a certain corporation for the years 1933 to 1936. In providing for deductions from gross income, the statute permits a reasonable allowance for salaries or other compensation for personal services. The government charged that the defendant was a party to a fraudulent scheme whereby, under the guise of paying commissions for services, which commissions were · deducted from gross income, the corporation distributed profits to its stockholders. The trial court submitted to the jury the issue whether the deduction represented a reasonable allowance for the services …
Corporations - Rights Of Action By The Representative Of Corporate Creditors - Effect Of Corporate Assent, Edward W. Adams
Corporations - Rights Of Action By The Representative Of Corporate Creditors - Effect Of Corporate Assent, Edward W. Adams
Michigan Law Review
By various acts the directors and officers of a corporation--its agents for the conduct of corporate business--may wrong the corporation or make possible a wrong to the corporation or to the body of corporate stockholders. When the corporation becomes involved in insolvency proceedings, in order to make available to creditors as many assets as possible, the receiver or trustee in bankruptcy determines whether some cause of action will lie to recover damages or property, or whether he may successfully defend to preserve assets. If the corporation itself could have been successful in the litigation, the solution would be easy because …
Unfair Competition- Unlawful Trade Practices -Michigan Statute - Misleading Practices By ''Wholesale Sellers", Jay W. Sorge
Unfair Competition- Unlawful Trade Practices -Michigan Statute - Misleading Practices By ''Wholesale Sellers", Jay W. Sorge
Michigan Law Review
During recent years "phony" wholesalers have been defrauding the public by selling merchandise at "wholesale" prices which are actually higher than the retail prices of the same articles. These sales are made by three methods: (a) through the use of open showrooms, in which the articles are displayed as they would be at a wholesale house, although the actual business carried on is with individuals; (b) by distributing courtesy cards entitling the bearer to discounts at certain retail or wholesale houses, and (c) by sending out to members of organizations or to individuals catalogs which advertise standard brands at low …
Damages - Effect Of Defendant's Tender Of Specific Restitution Upon Plaintiff's Action To Recover The Value Of Property, William H. Kinsey
Damages - Effect Of Defendant's Tender Of Specific Restitution Upon Plaintiff's Action To Recover The Value Of Property, William H. Kinsey
Michigan Law Review
A person who has appropriated the land or chattels of another may prefer to return the subject matter rather than be held liable for its money equivalent in a law suit brought by the rightful owner. Whether the appropriator will improve his position by tendering specific restitution presents an interesting question. Because of the numerous remedies at the owner's disposal, it is impossible to formulate a single, concise answer.