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Abstracts, Katharine Loomis

Michigan Law Review

The abstracts consist merely of summaries of the facts and holdings of recent cases and are distinguished from the notes by the absence of discussion.

Construction Of Private Instruments Where Adopted Children Are Concerned: Ii, J. Wesley Oler

Michigan Law Review

Thus far in the discussion the attempt has been to consider a number of common terms of general designation, such as "children," "issue," and "heirs," detached from other language with which they may be found and disassociated from the circumstances under which they may be used, with a view to estimating their intrinsic significance in resolving questions as to the effect of adoption upon the identification of persons designated by them. The examination from this point: of view could lead to the deduction that in themselves the particular terms of designation furnished varying degrees of assistance to the interpreter of …

Construction Of Private Instrument's Where Adopted Children Are Concerned: I, J. Wesley Oler

Michigan Law Review

The institution of adoption is of ancient tradition, knowing primitive origin and tracing its history through many civilizations. Today its universality still bespeaks the human needs from which it springs.

Recent growth of statutory reforms, procedural and substantive, in our adoption system reflects the increasing social interest of the state in this field. Procedurally, extensive strides have been made to safeguard those directly concerned in adoption, and through them to protect the public in general. Substantively the lagging but nonetheless noticeable trend is toward complete legal equivalence between relationship by adoption and relationship by blood. At present, however, such equivalence …

Wills-Necessity Of Signature-Statutory Requirements Satisfied By Typewritten Name, Craig E. Davids S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Testatrix, having predeceased her husband by three hours, was believed to have died intestate, and her property passed to her husband's estate. Appellee, mother of testatrix, filed a claim against the estate for money owed by her daughter and son-in-law. A year after her claim had been settled by appellants, appellee filed for probate testatrix's will, in which appellee was named the sole legatee. The signature affixed to the instrument was not in the handwriting of testatrix but consisted only of her typewritten name, which testatrix had acknowledged as her signature before two witnesses on separate occasions. The lower court …