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Torts - Right Of Prospective Legatee Against Person Preventing Execution Of Will, Emma Rae Mann Dec 1936

Torts - Right Of Prospective Legatee Against Person Preventing Execution Of Will, Emma Rae Mann

Michigan Law Review

The plaintiff's sister had prepared a will which she desired to have witnessed, by the terms of which will the plaintiff would have received a share of her sister's estate. The defendant, brother-in-law of the plaintiff, by threats prevented his wife from completing the execution of the will, and he acquired all of her property by intestate succession. The plaintiff sued for damages in the amount of the proposed legacy, but the court held that the petition stated no cause of action inasmuch as there was no showing that the defendant had invaded any property right of the plaintiff. Cunningham …


Trusts-Liability Of Trust Estate For Torts Of Trustee Feb 1936

Trusts-Liability Of Trust Estate For Torts Of Trustee

Michigan Law Review

Defendants, trustees of land which had been leased for years to plaintiff, demanded that plaintiff stop removing crops from the land until the past-due rent was paid. Such a removal of crops was a criminal offense by South Carolina statute. In a suit for libel against the defendants in their representative capacity, held, defendants' demurrer sustained. Ross v. Moses, 175 S. C. 355, 179 S. E. 757 (1935).