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Procedure And Evidence -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Edmund M. Morgan
Procedure And Evidence -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Edmund M. Morgan
Vanderbilt Law Review
Construction and Sufficiency on Demurrer: A pleading must be construed in the light of matters judicially noticed; an allegation of facts from which the inference of the existence of an essential fact is no more reasonable or is less reasonable than an inference of its non-existence is not the equivalent of an allegation of that essential fact. ...
Thus in an action against a Pension Board for money due, a demurrer to the bill of complaint specifying only the failure to allege a ground of recovery does not raise the question whether the decision of the Pension Board is made …
Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Charles H. Miller
Criminal Law And Procedure -- 1958 Tennessee Survey, Charles H. Miller
Vanderbilt Law Review
In surveying the field of criminal law and procedure the cases presented to the supreme court during the year were little more than normal or typical. Several of the criminal cases are not presented in detail in this article, as they are dealt with in other survey sections.
Annual Survey Of Tennessee Law, Harold Seligman
Annual Survey Of Tennessee Law, Harold Seligman
Vanderbilt Law Review
Of particular significance in this field during the survey year has been the decision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee in Southern Bell Tel. and Tel. Co. v. Tennessee Pub. Serv. Comm'n. Several aspects of administrative law are involved in this holding, including scope of review, evidence to be considered by the court on review, and the rate-making function...
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In Flowers v. Benton County Beer Board, the license of a beer permit holder was revoked by a county beer board due to the holder's plea of guilty to driving an automobile while under the influence of an intoxicant in …
Variable Verbalistics -- The Measure Of Persuasion In Tennessee, Kenneth L. Roberts, William M. Sinrich
Variable Verbalistics -- The Measure Of Persuasion In Tennessee, Kenneth L. Roberts, William M. Sinrich
Vanderbilt Law Review
In a trial one party always has the affirmative burden of persuading the finder of fact to adopt his allegations as true. This burden is met by inducing a particular degree of belief in the mind of the fact finder.'Manifestly, absolute truth is not attainable in a lawsuit. Rather certain facts are found to exist from all the evidence presented and these findings labeled true for the purposes of the case. Since different factual situations require different measures of persuasion, it is necessary that the fact finder, whether judge or jury, know and understand the particular measure applicable in order …
Book Review, Law Review Staff
Book Review, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
The National Probation and Parole Association has been working for over 35 years to improve the administration of justice and in the publication of "Guides for Sentencing" it has provided one of its most important services to judges who are charged with the administration of criminal justice and to juvenile and domestic relations courts. The book is the first of a series of practical manuals for all of the above named courts and it is the result of the combined labors of 37 specially selected United States, state and juvenile judges for a period of about five years. Bolitha J. …
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Recent Cases
Conflict of Laws--Jurisdiction--Assumption of Personal Jurisdiction over Non-Resident Insurer on the basis of a Single Insurance Contract
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Constitutional Law--Taxation--Tax Immunity of Federal Government not Infringed by Local Taxes upon Possession of Government Property
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Evidence--Hearsay--Utterance of Employee under Emotional Stress Admissible to Establish Scope of Employment and Render Employer Vicariously Liable
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Insurance--Automobile--Duplicating Recoveries allowed under Liability and Medical Payment Clauses of Automobile Liability Insurance Policy
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Insurance--Business Indemnity--Radiation Decontamination Expenses not Recoverable under a Business Interruption Clause
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Insurance--Life--Variable Annuity Contracts not Subject to Regulation by Securities and Exchange Commission
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Physicians--Unprofessional Conduct--Willful Evasion of Federal …
A Defendant's Appearance As Evidence Of His Age
A Defendant's Appearance As Evidence Of His Age
Washington and Lee Law Review
No abstract provided.
Abstracts Of Recent Cases, J. L. R.
Evidence--Res Gestae--Spontaneous Declarations, J. D. Mcd.
Evidence--Res Gestae--Spontaneous Declarations, J. D. Mcd.
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Business Records As Evidence In West Virginia, R. M.
Business Records As Evidence In West Virginia, R. M.
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Automobiles--Owner's Liability Statutes--Application to the Master-Servant Relationship
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Bankruptcy--Discharge--Failure of Creditor to Inform Bankruptcy Court of Bankrupt's Fraud in Procuring Loan
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Bills and Notes--Demand Instruments--Time When Statute of Limitations Begins to Run
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Bills and Notes--Holder in Due Course--Giving a Check in Exchange for Another Negotiable Instrument is not the Giving of Value When the Check Turns Out to be Worthless
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Constitutional Law--Due Process of Law--Use of Perjured Testimony and Suppression of Material Evidence Favorable to Accused in State Criminal Proceedings
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Constitutional Law--Equal Protection of the Laws--Executory Interest Conditioned upon Racial Restriction on Use of Land
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Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan (Reviewer), James J. Lenoir (Reviewer), David H. Vernon (Reviewer), David W. Louisell (Reviewer), David Maxwell (Reviewer)
Book Reviews, Ronan E. Degnan (Reviewer), James J. Lenoir (Reviewer), David H. Vernon (Reviewer), David W. Louisell (Reviewer), David Maxwell (Reviewer)
Vanderbilt Law Review
Book Reviews:
Cases and Materials on Evidence, Fourth Edition. By Morgan, Maguide & Weinstein Brooklyn: Foundation Press, 1957. Pp. xxiv,880. $11.00
reviewers: Ronan E. Degnan and David W. Louisell
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Estate Planning and Taxation Two volumes. By William J. Bowe Buffalo: Dennis & Company, Inc., 1957. Vol. I, pp. lvi, 590; Vol. II,pp. viii, 614.
reviewer: James J. Lenoir
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The Sanctity of Life and the Criminal Law By Glanville Williams. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1957. Pp. xi, 350. $5.00.
reviewer: David H. Vernon
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Current Legal Problems Edited by G. W. Keeton & G. Schwarzenberger London: Stevens & …
Evidence--Weight Of Evidence And Credibility Of Witnesses--Juror's Common Knowledge And Experience, J. D. Mcd.
Evidence--Weight Of Evidence And Credibility Of Witnesses--Juror's Common Knowledge And Experience, J. D. Mcd.
West Virginia Law Review
No abstract provided.
An Introduction To The Study Of Presumptions, Ernest F. Roberts
An Introduction To The Study Of Presumptions, Ernest F. Roberts
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Comments, Various Editors
Comments, Various Editors
Comments, Various Editors