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Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Recent Cases--
Attorney and Client--Contingent Fee Contracts--Divorce Action
Corporations--Corporate Power--Contributions to Philanthropic Institutions
Corporations--Criminal Anti-Trust Action--Indemnification of Directors for Litigation Expenses
Evidence--Presumption of Law and Inference of Fact--Retrospective Presumption of Continuity
Federal Procedure--Class Actions--Discretion of Trial Court
Income Taxation--Deductions--"Ordinary and Necessary"--Expenses
Income Taxation--False Statements--Criminal Penalties
Labor Law--Arbitration Agreements--Specific Enforcement in Federal Courts
Military Law--Discharged Personnel--Power to Arrest for Serious Crimes
Military Law--Privilege Against Self Incrimination--Admissibility of Handwriting Specimen Obtained Involuntarily
Torts--Automobile Guest--Contributory Negligence as a Matter of Law
Workmen's Compensation--Employees' Altercations--Aggresso
Procedure And Evidence, Edmund M. Morgan
Procedure And Evidence, Edmund M. Morgan
Vanderbilt Law Review
Demurrer: The Tennessee cases reiterate the orthodox proposition that a demurrer admits the facts alleged or averred in the pleading to which it is interposed.' It is perhaps unnecessary to note that this proposition is true only when the problem concerns the sufficiency of the allegations or averments in the pleading. In truth, the demurrer is merely a default as to the facts and a tender of issue on the law. If the demurrer is overruled and the action is for unliquidated damages, the plaintiff's averment as to the amount of the damages is not taken as true; he must …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Contracts--Ceiling Price Legislation--Effect upon Performance
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Evidence--Declarations against Interest--Third-Party Confessions
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Family Law--Loss of Consortium of the Parent--Right of Child to Recover Against a Negligent Defendant
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Federal Procedure--Statutory Construction--Meaning of "Mentally Incompetent"
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Income Taxation--Surrender of Lease--Capital Gain to Lessee
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Income Taxation--Taxable Stock Dividend--Treasury Stock Held for Investment
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Judgment--Suit to Vacate--Insufficient Allegations of Cruelty Void Divorce Decree
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Labor Law--Filing Requirements--Noncompliance at Time Charges Filed
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Municipal Corporations--Liability for Negligence--Operation of Swimming Pool for Profit
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Process--Constructive Service--Tort Action Arising Without State
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Torts--Res Ipsa Loquitur--Application To Disappearing Airplane