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Bailments-Delivery Of Possession-Liability Of Shopkeeper For Loss Of Article Left In Reception Room, Myron J. Nadler
Bailments-Delivery Of Possession-Liability Of Shopkeeper For Loss Of Article Left In Reception Room, Myron J. Nadler
Michigan Law Review
Without the knowledge of defendants, plaintiff hung her coat on a hook provided for wraps in the unattended reception room of defendants' beauty shop. Upon leaving, plaintiff returned to the reception room but was unable to find her coat. Judgment for its value was recovered in the lower court upon the theory that defendants were bailees of the coat and had been negligent in caring for it. Held, reversed. No bailment existed because there was no change of possession of the coat sufficient to constitute a delivery. Theobald v. Satterthwaite, (Wash.1948) 190P. (2d) 714.
Corporations - Liability Of Directors For Failure To Enforce Corporate Right By Section 16b Of Securities Exchange Act, Bernard Goldstone
Corporations - Liability Of Directors For Failure To Enforce Corporate Right By Section 16b Of Securities Exchange Act, Bernard Goldstone
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff brought a stockholder's derivative suit against the directors of X corporation, alleging that they wilfully failed to demand short term profits made in the sale of the corporation's securities by an officer of the corporation. These profits were recoverable by the corporation pursuant to section 16B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Plaintiff further alleged that as a result of the directors' failure to sue, the statute of limitations barred recovery of these profits, giving rise to a common law action against the directors for waste. Defendants moved to dismiss. Held, motion granted. Directors were not liable …
Judges--Motion For New Trial--Death Of Trial Judge Before Hearing On Motion For New Trial, Albert B. Perlin, Jr.
Judges--Motion For New Trial--Death Of Trial Judge Before Hearing On Motion For New Trial, Albert B. Perlin, Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Judgment was entered upon a jury verdict for the plaintiff. Defendants thereupon filed their intention to move for a new trial, but before the motion could be heard the trial judge died and assignment was made for hearing before another judge of the same court. Section 661 of the California Code of Civil Procedure directed that, "The motion for new trial shall be heard and determined by the judge who presided at the trial; provided, however, that in case of the inability of such judge or if at the time noticed for hearing thereon he is absent from the county …
Wills-Bequests Of Annuities-Right Of Legatee To Receive Principal In Lieu Of Annuity, Daniel W. Reddin Iii S.Ed.
Wills-Bequests Of Annuities-Right Of Legatee To Receive Principal In Lieu Of Annuity, Daniel W. Reddin Iii S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Decedent left a will in which she made a bequest of $3000, $1000 to be paid in cash and the balance to be invested by her executor in annuities to be purchased from certain specified companies. In his final report, which was upheld by the district court, the executor expressed his belief that the legatee had the right under this will to elect either to receive the entire bequest in cash or to have the designated part invested in the specified annuities, and stated that since the legatee had elected to receive the cash, the entire $3000 would be distributed …
Corwin: Liberty Against Government, Michigan Law Review
Corwin: Liberty Against Government, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of LIBERTY AGAINST GOVERNMENT. By Edward S, Corwin .
Eshheat-Bona Vacantia-Right Of State To Claim Unclaimed Royalty Payments Of A Corporation, N. S. Peterman
Eshheat-Bona Vacantia-Right Of State To Claim Unclaimed Royalty Payments Of A Corporation, N. S. Peterman
Michigan Law Review
The State of Arkansas brought suit against defendant to recover "various moneys, rents, royalties, credits, and other personal property, which had been unclaimed, forgotten, abandoned, or otherwise lost by-various persons," and which were allegedly in the possession of defendant. The state, not knowing who the previous owners were, submitted interrogatories to defendant which were designed to discover exactly what was in defendant's possession, and who had been the last known owners thereof. The state based its claim on the statutes and on the common law doctrine of bona vacantia. Defendant's demurrer was sustained. On appeal, held, affirmed. The state …
Discovery-Procurement Of An Order Requiring A Nonresident Plaintiff To Submit To An Oral Examination Within The State Before Trial, Ralph J. Isackson
Discovery-Procurement Of An Order Requiring A Nonresident Plaintiff To Submit To An Oral Examination Within The State Before Trial, Ralph J. Isackson
Michigan Law Review
Relator, a resident of Massachusetts, brought an action in Illinois against the Railway Express Company to recover damages for the negligent transportation of the relator's cattle. After the cause was at issue the Express Company's attorneys presented a motion to respondent, a superior court judge, requesting a court order directing the nonresident relator to appear before a notary public in Chicago for the purpose of an oral examination. The court granted the order, fixing a time and place for the taking of relator's deposition on oral interrogatories. Upon failure of the relator to appear, the court stayed proceedings for a …
Future Interests - Statute Abolishing The Rule In Shelley's Case Applied To The Worthier Title Doctrine, Joseph W. Morris
Future Interests - Statute Abolishing The Rule In Shelley's Case Applied To The Worthier Title Doctrine, Joseph W. Morris
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff set up an irrevocable trust of $75,000 to pay the income to himself for life, and upon his death to distribute the remainder of the trust to his heirs at law according to the laws of succession of the State of California in existence at his death. He later brought suit to terminate the trust on the theory that the worthier title doctrine prevented the creation of a remainder in his heirs at law, and that as sole beneficiary of the trust, he was entitled to termination. Held, the worthier title doctrine was inapplicable because of a statute …
Real Property-Easements-Extinction Of Easements Created By Implication Or Prescription On Sale Of Servient Land To Bona Fide Purchaser, Howard W. Haftel
Real Property-Easements-Extinction Of Easements Created By Implication Or Prescription On Sale Of Servient Land To Bona Fide Purchaser, Howard W. Haftel
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs and defendants owned adjoining farms. About thirty years ago their predecessors in title had constructed an underground tile drain from plaintiffs' farm to and across defendants' farm. In 1934 this drain was obstructed. In 1941 the servient farm was sold to defendants, who gave value and had no knowledge of the existence of the drain. Plaintiffs sought an injunction to compel removal of the obstruction. The lower court found that plaintiffs had acquired a prescriptive right to use the drain before it was obstructed, but refused to grant the injunction on the ground that defendants as bona fide purchasers …
Executors And Administrators-Personal Tort Liability-Effect Of Statutes Authorizing Continuance Of Decedent's Business, Leroy H. Redfern S.Ed.
Executors And Administrators-Personal Tort Liability-Effect Of Statutes Authorizing Continuance Of Decedent's Business, Leroy H. Redfern S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose here to consider the effect of statutes which provide authority for personal representatives to operate a business on the representatives' tort liability. An important factor in deciding whether the statutes change the common law rules relating to tort liability of executors and administrators is the manner in which the courts regard those rules-are they fair and do they make for good law, or are they harsh and arbitrary? For this reason attention is first directed to the practical operation of and reasons behind the common law doctrine.
Witnesses-Dead Man Statutes-Competence Of Spouse Of Party Or Interested Person-Effect Of Divorce, James E. Tobin S.Ed.
Witnesses-Dead Man Statutes-Competence Of Spouse Of Party Or Interested Person-Effect Of Divorce, James E. Tobin S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The "Dead Man" statutes, enacted in various forms in almost every state, generally forbid a party or person interested to testify in an action involving a decedent's estate. As is well known, these statutes are the lone survival of the common law rule disqualifying parties and persons interested as witnesses in all actions, a rule which has otherwise been universally repudiated because of the realization that pecuniary interest does not necessarily raise any large probability of falsehood and that, even if it did, the risks of admitting such testimony can easily be minimized and are far outweighed by the advantages …
Corporations--Section 10b Of The Securities Exchange Act--Rule X-10b-5--Duty Of Disclosure In Purchasing Shares, John E. Grosboll S.Ed.
Corporations--Section 10b Of The Securities Exchange Act--Rule X-10b-5--Duty Of Disclosure In Purchasing Shares, John E. Grosboll S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs (father and son) and defendants (two brothers) had owned all the capital stock of two corporations. The four constituted the entire board of directors. Defendants secretly entered into a contract with the National Gypsum Company agreeing to sell the latter the plant and equipment of one of the corporations and one third of the output of the other corporation over a three year period. Later the defendants purchased all of plaintiffs' stock in the two corporations. At that time plaintiffs knew nothing about the negotiations between defendants and National Gypsum, nor did defendants make any disclosures relative thereto. At …
Wills-Validity Of A Statutory Compromise Of A Will Contest Which Alters Or Reduces Possible Interests Created Under The Will, John M. Veale S.Ed.
Wills-Validity Of A Statutory Compromise Of A Will Contest Which Alters Or Reduces Possible Interests Created Under The Will, John M. Veale S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Testator's will created a trust of realty and personalty worth about nine million dollars. Small life annuities, subject to spendthrift provisions, were given to various heirs, with remainder on the death of the survivor of two grandsons to T's "legal heirs." Several years after T's death the heirs filed a bill to construe the will, claiming that it gave them vested remainders in the trust estate. Pending decision, all the present heirs executed an agreement to compromise the controversy which provided for immediate distribution to themselves of six million dollars from the corpus. The agreement was submitted to …
Some General Aspects Of Michigan Community Property Law, William E. Burby
Some General Aspects Of Michigan Community Property Law, William E. Burby
Michigan Law Review
The common law, in recognition of the fact that one spouse is entitled to some economic security in the property of the other spouse, evolved the interests known as dower and curtesy. These interests, of course, apply only with respect to land. The husband enjoyed an additional economic advantage that came from the management and control of his wife's property. This latter advantage has disappeared with the advent of Married Women's Property Acts that confer upon married women the right to manage their own estates. Statutes have also expanded on the concept of dower and curtesy by providing for a …