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Co-Tenancy-Conveyance By Grantor To Himself And Another, Shubrick T. Kothe
Co-Tenancy-Conveyance By Grantor To Himself And Another, Shubrick T. Kothe
Michigan Law Review
Decedent, owning land and personal property thereon, executed a deed purporting to convey to herself and her son a life estate in the property "as joint tenants during their joint lives and an absolute fee forever in the remainder to the survivor of them. . . " Held, the deed created a tenancy in common in both of them during their lives and an estate in fee to the survivor. Hass v. Hass, (Wis. 1946) 21 N.W. (2d) 398.
Trusts And Estates-Trends In The Law: 1941-1945 (A Service For Returning Veterans), Lewis M. Simes
Trusts And Estates-Trends In The Law: 1941-1945 (A Service For Returning Veterans), Lewis M. Simes
Michigan Law Review
In every generation there are some judicial decisions so revolutionary that any summary of developments in the law, regardless of its author or of its brevity, would include them. Such cases as Erie Railroad v. Tompkins and Williams v. North Carolina will fall into this category no matter who lines up the materials. But such avulsive changes rarely if ever occur in the law of Trusts and Estates; and it is anybody's guess to determine the significant aspects of the day-to-day accretions which actually take place. Thus, the writer has no illusions that he is singling out the trends as …
The Function Of Will Contests, Lewis M. Simes
The Function Of Will Contests, Lewis M. Simes
Michigan Law Review
To anyone steeped in the doctrines of the common law there is something anomalous about the will contest. First, the will is duly admitted to probate in a proceeding which is almost universally conceded to be judicial. Then at a subsequent time a so-called contest is brought by the heir, in which the precise proposition determined on the probate is retried. In most jurisdictions the heir is not bound to make any sort of a showing to entitle him to contest. He need not allege newly discovered evidence. He need not submit any evidence of · fraud or mistake. Indeed, …