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Courts - Judicial Ethics - Broadcast Of Murder Trial, Michigan Law Review
Courts - Judicial Ethics - Broadcast Of Murder Trial, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A microphone was installed in a court room with consent of the trial judge and counsel, for a direct broadcast of a murder trial. Prisoner's counsel, in his argument to the jury, made certain remarks concerning the plaintiff, state's witness, which the latter claimed were libelous per se. Joining as defendants the trial judge, counsel for the alleged felon, and the director of the radio station, plaintiff asserted that the installation of the equipment was an "extrajudicial and illegal" act. Defendant trial judge's motion for non-suit was granted at the close of plaintiff's case, The case was submitted to the …
Torts - Negligent Misrepresentations - Information Gratuitously Supplied, Michigan Law Review
Torts - Negligent Misrepresentations - Information Gratuitously Supplied, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs, who were liquidating trustees of a building and loan association, alleged that the association requested defendant to send it a copy of a certain will, but that defendant, who was trustee under the will, sent the association a copy of another will. Since the testators bore the same name, the association did not realize the error, but relied on the copy and suffered a loss which it would not have suffered if it had known the true state of facts. Plaintiffs sued to recover the loss. Held, plaintiffs have not stated a cause of action, inasmuch as they …
Automobiles - Guest Statutes - What Constitutes A Guest - Sharing Expenses On A Pleasure Trip, Michigan Law Review
Automobiles - Guest Statutes - What Constitutes A Guest - Sharing Expenses On A Pleasure Trip, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff sued to recover for personal injuries sustained when riding with defendants in the latters' automobile. The parties were on a few days' pleasure trip. It was apparently the tacit and mutual understanding that the expenses of transportation, hotels, etc., would be shared equally. Held, plaintiff was a guest within the meaning of the guest statute, and thus had no right of recovery against the driver or owner for injury resulting from the negligence of the driver. McCann v. Hoffman, (Cal. 1937) 70 P. (2d) 909.
Torts - Violation Of Penal Statute As Civil Wrong - Bucketing - Intentional Wrong, Michigan Law Review
Torts - Violation Of Penal Statute As Civil Wrong - Bucketing - Intentional Wrong, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A statute prohibited bucketing operations by dealers in securities and commodities, and provided penalties for such offenses. Plaintiff alleges that, acting without knowledge of defendant's illegal operations, he gave the defendant an order for the purchase of stock, which, he says, was not executed, as defendant reported, but "bucketed" in a manner prohibited by statute. Plaintiff sued to recover damages. Defendant demurred on the grounds (1) that the transaction referred to was not bucketing, but (2) that if it was, defendants were not liable to this plaintiff as the latter was not within the class of persons intended to be …
Liability Of Parents For Tort Of Child - Rounds, Admr. V. Phillips Et Al. - Kerrigan V. Carroll Et Al.
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.
Negligence - Duty To Control Conduct Of Another - Landowner's Duty To Those Outside His Premises, Michigan Law Review
Negligence - Duty To Control Conduct Of Another - Landowner's Duty To Those Outside His Premises, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
In violation of its rules prohibiting trespassing, defendant railroad's signal maintenance man invited a third person to shoot ducks from the signal tower. The trespasser, while in the tower, negligently shot plaintiff's decedent, who was shooting on adjacent land. Held, the defendant company did not violate its duty to use care commensurate with known danger, hence was not liable. DeRyss v. New York Cent. Ry., 275 N. Y. 85, 9 N. E. (2d) 788 (1937).
Liability In Anglo-American Law For Damage Done By Chattels, Fowler V. Harper
Liability In Anglo-American Law For Damage Done By Chattels, Fowler V. Harper
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
A Synthesis Of The Law Of Misrepresentation, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely
A Synthesis Of The Law Of Misrepresentation, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.
A Re-Examination Of The Basis For Liability For Emotional Distress, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely
A Re-Examination Of The Basis For Liability For Emotional Distress, Fowler V. Harper, Mary Coate Mcneely
Articles by Maurer Faculty
No abstract provided.