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Provability Of Claims For Future Rent For Damages Against A Trustee In Bankruptcy Or A Receiver Of An Insolvent Tenant Upon Abandonment Of The Leased Premises, Measure Of Damages In Federal Court Receiverships, Norman M. Littell
Washington Law Review
The large number of insolvency proceedings during the present economic period throws into relief two legal problems of vital importance to the landlord and the general creditors of the tenant. May the landlord prove a claim against the insolvent tenant's estate for the loss of future rent, or for damages due to the abandonment of the lease upon the insolvency of the tenant, and if such a claim is provable, what is the measure of damages? These problems are acute because of the present extreme deflation in rental values where the involvent's lease has an unexpired term of many years …
Inherent Power Of The Judiciary Over Admittance To The Bar, J. Kennard Cheadle
Inherent Power Of The Judiciary Over Admittance To The Bar, J. Kennard Cheadle
Washington Law Review
Admission to the bar is a matter of increasing concern to the state. As its economic life, its social life, become more intricate, the legal rules governing social conduct and their administration through courts of justice become more complicated, so that adequately trained lawyers are increasingly necessary to the competent exercise of their function as officers of the courts admnistering justice. Too, overcrowding of the bar increases the concern. As the relative number of lawyers increases, the temptation to lawyers to violate the public trust reposed in them increases, and their violations of legal ethics work generally to the detriment …
The Right Of Flight Over Private Property, William M. Allen
The Right Of Flight Over Private Property, William M. Allen
Washington Law Review
We all recognize that flight over private property must in some way be legalized. If the courts were to hold that any entrance into the air space constituted a violation of the legal rights of the owner of the soil, it would indeed be a great blow to the aeronautical industry In order to legalize flight it would be necessary to secure the permission of all landowners over whose property a flight was made. It is conceivable that this could be accomplished along regular airways. However, it is often necessary to deviate from the regular course by reason of weather …
Precatory Trusts, Howard R. Stinson
Precatory Trusts, Howard R. Stinson
Washington Law Review
The law as to the construction of precatory words is not reducible to a formula which can be made to fit any particular case. In fact, it is hard more than to indicate an inclination or leaning of the courts in deciding such situations. With this preface in mind, we purpose to examine the early line of authorities, the modern trend at large, and the particular cases in Washington. Early English courts raised trusts on mere precatory words. The reason for this rule was perhaps because originally all trusts were at best only of precatory force, and so would most …
Recent Cases, H. S.
Recent Cases, H. S.
Washington Law Review
Landlord and Tenant—Duty to Repair; Municipal Corporations—Powers—Sale of Excess Electrical Energy; Witnesses—Impeachment—Conviction of Crime—Nature of Offense; Wills—Construction of a Gift to a Wife by Name—Effect of Divorce
The American Law Institute's Restatement Of The Law Of Contracts With Annotations To The Washington Decisions, Committee Of Washington State Bar Association On Annotations To The Restatement Of The Law By The American Law Institute
The American Law Institute's Restatement Of The Law Of Contracts With Annotations To The Washington Decisions, Committee Of Washington State Bar Association On Annotations To The Restatement Of The Law By The American Law Institute
Washington Law Review
Covers Chapter 1, Meaning of Terms; Chapter 2, Formation of Contracts—General Principles; and Chapter 3, Formation of Informal Contracts
Suspension Of State Insolvency Laws By Operation Of The Federal Bankruptcy Act, Arthur Grunbaum
Suspension Of State Insolvency Laws By Operation Of The Federal Bankruptcy Act, Arthur Grunbaum
Washington Law Review
The Supreme Court of Washington in the recent decision of Armour & Co. v. Becker et al., has again raised a question mooted since 1819, as to the effect of the existence of a Federal Bankruptcy Act on the operation of a State Insolvency Law. Under present conditions, the problem of the availability of liquidating devices becomes peculiarly important, and warrants an analysis of the existing law on the subject. In the instant case, the plaintiff sought to recover the sum of $293.14 for goods and merchandise delivered to defendant, who was running a meat market and purchased goods until …
Riparian And Appropriation Rights To The Use Of Water In Washington, Charles Horowitz
Riparian And Appropriation Rights To The Use Of Water In Washington, Charles Horowitz
Washington Law Review
The need for water in this state was destined to play a vital part in the development of the law of water rights. While west of the Cascade Range there was relatively little or no shortage of available water, east of the Cascades the problem was serious. In many parts water was scarce and much capital required to make it available for use. Where, however, water was available in artesian basins, streams or rivers, conflicts arose among competing users. Regrettable as those conflicts were, they did, however, cause the legislature and courts to regulate and pass upon claims made. In …
The Beginnings Of A Law For The Air, Raymond W. Clifford
The Beginnings Of A Law For The Air, Raymond W. Clifford
Washington Law Review
This article aspires to give such boundaries as the subject will permit to a branch of the law so recent in its origin that its terminology is still in dispute. For the present we shall designate as "air law" that developing group of legal principles which apply to the occupancy, use and navigation of the air. But the difficulties which this definition encounters will be apparent as we proceed, and our excuse for its present employment is that it describes the matter in familiar terms. The discovery of new arts and instrumentalities has always exerted powerful influence upon the trend …
The Right To Enjoin Collection Of Taxes, Saul D. Herman
The Right To Enjoin Collection Of Taxes, Saul D. Herman
Washington Law Review
By Chapter 62, Laws of 1931, an attempt is made by the legislature to change the rule heretofore existing in this state relative to injunction against assessment and collection of taxes. From the early case of Andrews v. King County to the recent case of Willapa Elec. Co. v. Pacific County the right of the courts of this state to enjoin the collection of taxes has been again and again reiterated. Chapter 62, Laws of 1931, prohibits enjoining the collection of taxes except in two cases, viz., where the law under which the tax is levied is illegal, and where …
The Rule Of Perpetuities And Powers Of Sale, Frederick G. Hamley
The Rule Of Perpetuities And Powers Of Sale, Frederick G. Hamley
Washington Law Review
The rule against perpetuities is usually stated as prohibiting the creation of future interests or estates, which by possibility may not become vested within a life or lives in being and twenty-one years, together with the period of gestation, where the latter is necessary to cover cases of posthumous birth. It is not enough that the estate may possibly or even probably vest within the time limited by the rule, but the court must be able to see by looking at the document creating the estate that the estate will necessarily vest within the time. The Rule against Perpetuities applies …
Recent Cases, A. D.
Recent Cases, A. D.
Washington Law Review
Corporation—Trust Fund Doctrine—Right to Rescind Stock Subscription after Insolvency; Liability of Gas Company—Negligence—Failure to Notify Users of Interruption in Pressure; Taxation—Penalties—Effect of Statute; Duress—Business Compulsion; Purchase on Margin—Gambling Transactions—Intention of Parties
Arbitration By Jury, Edward W. Hinton
President's Address, Glenn J. Fairbrook
President's Address, Glenn J. Fairbrook
Washington Law Review
Presidential addresses have shown a decided trend in the last few years away from discussions of cases in which only a few were interested, and from controversial political subjects, toward themes more vitally touching our everyday life. Where a few years ago we found advocacy of a code of legal ethics and higher educational standards urged, we now take those things for granted. Our constitution still permitting the president one chance to air his views before passing into oblivion, I feel justified in following this trend, and will endeavor, therefore, to report on the stewardship of your officers for the …
Some Problems In Modern Legal Education, Harold Shepherd
Some Problems In Modern Legal Education, Harold Shepherd
Washington Law Review
Those of you who enjoy Gilbert and Sullivan recall, no doubt, the Lord Chancellor's appraisal of the law in "Iolanthe," "The law is the true embodiment of everything that is excellent, it has no kind of fault or flaw, and I, my lords, embody the law." Those of you who enjoy Dickens may also recall that one of his characters, Mr. Bumble, summed it all up by the expression, "The law is an ass." I have always suspected that the truth lies somewhere between the two, and that perhaps, in a nut shell, the true task of modern legal education …
Recent Cases, A. G.
Recent Cases, A. G.
Washington Law Review
Sales—Conditional Sales—Retention of Possession by Vendor; Evidence—Res Gestae—Opinion of a Bystander; Mortgates—Nature of Conveyance—Rights of Mortgagee—Rents and Profits; Boundaries—Deeds—Rights of Riparian Owner
Bench And Bar, F. L. Stotler
Bench And Bar, F. L. Stotler
Washington Law Review
President's Message; Proceedings of Opening Session; Washington Integrated Bar Act; Officers and Committee Appointments for 1931-1932; Report of Obituary Committee of State Bar Association of Washington, July 31, 1931
State Income Taxation As Affected By Property Tax Limitations, Alfred Harsch
State Income Taxation As Affected By Property Tax Limitations, Alfred Harsch
Washington Law Review
On all sides one hears of the crying need for tax reduction. The owner of tangible property, particularly real property, constantly complains that the tax burden imposed is confiscatory While it has been the political slogan of each campaign that taxes will be reduced the public is beginning to realize that there is no relief to be had in this direction. The "public" demands too much of government today to even hope that such can be realized. The answer to the property owner's plea for taxation relief must be along the line of a new distribution of tax burdens. This …
Admissibility Of Previous Consistent Statements By A Witness, Herald A. O'Neill
Admissibility Of Previous Consistent Statements By A Witness, Herald A. O'Neill
Washington Law Review
Today the courts are almost unanimous in holding that proof of statements made by a witness out of court similar to and in harmony with his testimony are inadmissible. "This rule of evidence," said Mr. Justice Holloway, speaking for the Supreme Court of Montana in the case of Fairleigh v.Kelley (1903), "became settled long ago." It is unquestionably supported by the decided weight of authority, and in fact, it may now be said that the rule is more than general—it is well nigh universal. There are, however, well settled exceptions to this general rule. In fact, the exceptions "have become …
Bench And Bar, Anon
Recent Cases, D. W.
Recent Cases, D. W.
Washington Law Review
Schools and School Districts—Liability—Torts—Negligence of Officer; Sales—Warranties—Implied Warranty of Quality—Food for Stock; Adverse Possession—Color of Title—Claim of Right in Good Faith
The Rights Of Japanese And Chinese Aliens In Land In Washington, Jack D. Freeman
The Rights Of Japanese And Chinese Aliens In Land In Washington, Jack D. Freeman
Washington Law Review
Here on the Pacific Coast the question of what rights a Japanese or Chinese alien can acquire in real property is of vital importance. A glance into the early law in regards to the rights of aliens in general will serve as an introduction to the problem. The early English common law would not allow an alien to hold land because of the poor policy of permitting the holding of land by one who owed allegiance to another sovereign. This was evaded by a system of uses and trusts. The early American law was the same. Again a system of …
Injunctions To Restrain Threatened Or Impending Criminal Prosecutions, Frederick G. Hamley
Injunctions To Restrain Threatened Or Impending Criminal Prosecutions, Frederick G. Hamley
Washington Law Review
The general rule is always stated to be that an injunction will not be granted to stay criminal or quasi-crininal proceedings. The original basis of the rule, it is quite generally agreed, was founded upon the theory that to sustain a bill in equity to restrain or relieve against proceedings for the punishment of offenses would constitute an invasion of the law courts. This theory was the natural outgrowth of the lack of relation between equity and law courts as they formerly existed in England. With the gradual ebb in the jealousies and antagonisms between courts of law and of …
Does Washington Law Require Testator To Sign His Will In Presence Of Attesting Witness?, Ivan W. Goodner
Does Washington Law Require Testator To Sign His Will In Presence Of Attesting Witness?, Ivan W. Goodner
Washington Law Review
It will be observed that while the statute does not, in terms, require testator to sign in the presence of the attesting witness, it does not mention acknowledgment as a mode of execution. What does "attestation" mean? Webster says that "the subscription of a name to a writing as a witness" is an attestation.
Federal Court Judgment Liens, Marion Edwards
Federal Court Judgment Liens, Marion Edwards
Washington Law Review
Apparently, at the present time, the thought of lawyers on the law relating to the territorial extent of Federal Court judgment liens on real property in the states, is somewhat confused. To attribute the bewilderment to any inherent difficulty in the subject would be ungracious if not unjust. It would be fairer to ascribe it to the distractions of modern life and business, though doubtless some modicum of blame is due to that propensity so gloomily pondered by Sir Joshua Reynolds when he said, "There is no expedient to winch man will not resort to avoid the labor of thinking." …
Recent Cases, H. S.
Waiver Of Patient's Privileges, De Wolfe Emory
Waiver Of Patient's Privileges, De Wolfe Emory
Washington Law Review
It is the purpose here to discuss the circumstances under which a patient is deemed to have waived the privilege veiling commumcations made to his physician, paying more particular attention to the law on that subject as it now exists in this state, in an attempt to arrive at the every-day and practical effect of the claim of privilege upon the ascertainment of truth in the court room.
A Review Of Common Carrier Motor Vehicle Regulation, Karl Stecker
A Review Of Common Carrier Motor Vehicle Regulation, Karl Stecker
Washington Law Review
Perhaps no other single factor has played so great a part in the revolution of the economic and social life of the nation during the past generation as the motor vehicle. With the growth of its importance in transportation has come the necessity for regulation. Broadly speaking, outside of the matter of general registration, the regulation, or necessity for regulation, falls within three periods corresponding with the improvement of the motor vehicle itself and with the development of the highways (1) the intracity or "jitney bus" period, (2) the intrastate period, and (3) the interstate period. The regulation of the …
Degrees Of Secondary Evidence, Story Birdseye
Degrees Of Secondary Evidence, Story Birdseye
Washington Law Review
One of.the most ancient of all legal doctrines is the "best evidence rule," although originally it had a much broader meaning than at present. According to the early view, it meant that only the best evidence which could be produced was admissible, it was applicable to all classes of evidence and not confined to documents. In its modern application, however, the best evidence rule amounts only to the requirement that the contents of a written instrument must be proved by the introduction of the writing itself, unless its absence is satisfactorily accounted for. The reason for this law of evidence …
Cases And Materials On The Law Of Credit Transactions, By Wesley A. Sturgis (1930), Frank L. Mechem
Cases And Materials On The Law Of Credit Transactions, By Wesley A. Sturgis (1930), Frank L. Mechem
Washington Law Review
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