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Election Of Remedies - As Between Conversion And Replevin - Measure Of Recovery
Election Of Remedies - As Between Conversion And Replevin - Measure Of Recovery
Michigan Law Review
Through fraud, defendant received from plaintiff certain shares of stock together with other securities to secure a loan of $300,000 to the plaintiff. Defendant wrongfully hypothecated this stock. Plaintiff, after learning of the conversion, sued for the specific stock in replevin. During the course of the action he changed his demand to one in damages for conversion. The court held that plaintiff may not change the theory of his cause of action from replevin to conversion. Satterwhite v. Harriman Nat. Bank & Trust Co., (D. C. N. Y. 1935) 13 F. Supp. 493.
Constitutional Law - Minimum Wage Decision - Future Of Legislation By States
Constitutional Law - Minimum Wage Decision - Future Of Legislation By States
Michigan Law Review
The shadow of a thirteen-year old decision which many had hoped was laid forever again fell upon the field of minimum wage legislation as the Supreme Court invalidated the New York minimum wage law for women. With this holding, which came as a surprise to many, the issue of the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation was again thrust into the limelight, and with the two great political parties wrestling with the problem of party programs, the decision may have political repercussions, of a force as yet incalculable. Before considering the future of minimum wage legislation, let us take a brief …
Sales-Corporate Reorganization Proceedings Under Section 77b-Right Of Conditional Vendors To Reclaim Property
Michigan Law Review
The debtor, a laundry corporation, had filed a petition for reorganization under Section 77B of the Bankruptcy Act. The petition was granted, but prior to the approval by the court of a reorganization plan several conditional vendors (whose sales agreements had been filed according to the requirement of the New York law) moved to retake the articles sold, in accordance with said law relative to conditional sales, the debtor having defaulted in the agreed payments. Held, the conditional vendors were not lienors nor mortgagees, whose interests would have been covered by the reorganization petition; and since the chattels were …
In Terrorem Clauses In Wills, George A. Slater
In Terrorem Clauses In Wills, George A. Slater
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Case Of Tierney V. Cohen, E. H. Foley, Jr.
The Case Of Tierney V. Cohen, E. H. Foley, Jr.
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
The Revision Of The New York Code Of Criminal Procedure—A Tentative Draft Of The Chapter On Arrest
The Revision Of The New York Code Of Criminal Procedure—A Tentative Draft Of The Chapter On Arrest
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Some Aspects Of Joinder Of Causes, Edward Q. Carr
Some Aspects Of Joinder Of Causes, Edward Q. Carr
Fordham Law Review
No abstract provided.
Constitutional Law-Application Of Joint Resolution Of Congress To Gold Clause In Bonds Of Corporations Of Other Countries
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a South American corporation, brought suit to recover on bearer bonds of a Finland corporation sold to plaintiff in New York. The bonds contained the stipulation that they were to be paid "in gold coin of the United States of America of the standard of weight and fineness as it existed on July 1, 1924." Both the principal and interest on these bonds were payable in New York. Held, the Congressional Joint Resolution declaring gold clauses in obligations to be against public policy and providing for discharging such obligations on payment, dollar for dollar, of legal tender coin, …
Evidence - Witnesses - Privilege Of Reporter Not To Testify Concerning Confidential Communications
Evidence - Witnesses - Privilege Of Reporter Not To Testify Concerning Confidential Communications
Michigan Law Review
Defendant, a newspaper reporter, refused to reveal to a grand jury which was investigating gambling and the lottery racket the names and addresses of persons and places mentioned in certain newspaper articles he had written on that subject, on the ground that the information was given to him confidentially and its source was therefore privileged. He was committed for contempt, and sued out a writ of habeas corpus. Held, writ dismissed. Mooney v. Sheriff, 269 N. Y. 291, 199 N. E. 415 (1936).