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St. Ives, Patron Saint Of Lawyers, John H. Wigmore

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

St. Ives, Model Of Legal Integrity, Robert J. White

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Some Aspects Of Joinder Of Causes, Edward Q. Carr

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Contract Of The Corporate Surety

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Corporations-Amendment Of Corporate Charters-Power Of The Legislature To Authorize Changes In Intracorporate Affairs

Michigan Law Review

In 1819, in the leading Dartmouth College case, Justice Story suggested that a state might easily retain control over its corporations by the simple expedient of reserving the power to alter, amend, or repeal the charter. The states were quick to accept the suggestion, but the real extent of this reserved power has never been definitely ascertained. A minority of the state courts, led by New Jersey, have held that this reserved power extends only over the contract between the state and the corporation; whereas a great majority have adopted the view that it extends over the contract between the …

Aeronautic Risk Exclusion In Life Insurance Contracts, Fred M. Glass

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

International Regulation

Journal of Air Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Mississippi Blue Book. Biennial Report Of The Secretary Of State To The Legislature Of Mississippi. [1933-1935], Mississippi. Secretary Of State

Mississippi Blue Books

No abstract provided.

Discussion Of Recent Decisions, Chicago-Kent Law Review

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Notes by J. E. Brunswick, G. S. Stansell, J. M. Coughlan, C. E. Fox Jr., J. J. Lannon, W. R. MacMillan, Katherine H. Johnson, C. E. Hacklander

Contracto-Impossibility As An Excuse For Failure To Perform Conditions In Insurance Policies Requiring Notice Of Loss

Michigan Law Review

Policies of insurance invariably contain provisions to the effect that, upon occurrence of the event insured against, notice thereof shall be given to the insurer. As in the normal contract, such condition qualifies the undertaking of the promisor unless its performance is legally excused. In actions for breach of promise, impossibility of performance has been held to constitute a good defense to the suit for damages in certain instances, though the early rule was that payment of damages was never impossible and hence impossibility of performance was no defense in an action for breach. It is to be noted that …

Tenancy By The Entirety In Illlinois, Walter B. Smith

Chicago-Kent Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Constitutionality Of The A. A. A. Processing Tax, Thos. F. Green Jr.

North Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Constitutional Law-Conservation Of Waters-Validity Of Statute Limiting Riparian Rights

Michigan Law Review

By the common law a riparian owner on a non-navigable stream has a vested right in the continuous natural flow of the stream on or bordering his land. An Oregon statute undertakes to cut down this right; it provides that a riparian owner's vested right to the continuous flow of the stream is limited to such flow as is necessary to preserve to him the beneficial uses to which he is already putting the water. Inasmuch as the right to the full continuous flow as against non-riparian appropriators is really a right to insist upon the availability of the stream …

Volume 9, Issue 2 (1935)

Obiter Dicta

No abstract provided.

Action Against Receiver—Equitable Defenses; Bank-Depositor Relationship—Three Doctrines Relating To Endorsements; Constitutional Law—State Taxation—Interstate Commerce; Evidence—Spontaneous Declarations Of Present Pain; Corporations—Watered Stock; Workmen's Compensation—Compensable Employment—Emergency Relief Work; Landlord And Tenant—Crop Share Rental—Interest Of Landlord In Tenant's Conflict With Seed Company, C. A. C.

Washington Law Review

No abstract provided.

Administrative Law - Liability Of Public Officers Exercising Quasi-Judicial Functions

Michigan Law Review

Defendants as duly authorized municipal officers issued a building permit to the plaintiff. After plaintiff had acted in reliance thereon defendants for reasons of self-interest and political expediency revoked the permit. Held, defendants as quasi-judicial officers while acting within their jurisdiction are not liable personally in tort for damages resulting from a discretionary act notwithstanding their conduct may have been malicious or corrupt. Wasserman v. City of Kenosha, (Wis. 1935) 258 N. W. 857.

Constitutional Law - State Police Power - Regulation Of Advertising By Dentist

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a practicing dentist, brought an action to enjoin the enforcement of a section of Oregon legislation regulating the practice of dentistry, which defined certain types of advertising and solicitation as unprofessional conduct and, as such, ground for the revocation of a license to practice. The section was upheld by the state supreme court and plaintiff appealed to the United States Supreme Court, alleging that the statute was unconstitutional in that it impaired the obligations of existing contracts and violated the "due process" and "equal protection" clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Held, that the statute was a valid exercise …

Utilization Of State Commissioners In The Administration Of The Federal Motor Carrier Act, Paul G. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

The problem of securing effective governmental regulation of economic interests that overlap state boundary lines, while at the same time curbing the growth of a centralized bureaucracy and preventing the disintegration of local government, becomes daily more disturbing. For this reason the passage of the Motor Carrier Act in the closing days of the 74th Congress and its approval by the President on August 9, 1935, was an event of singular importance for students of American governmental administration. Important as the legislation is in its substantive aspects, it is equally noteworthy because of its administrative provisions. The striking feature of …

Physicians And Surgeons-Voluntary Sterilization-Public Policy

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, advised by his physician that further pregnancy would endanger the life of his wife, submitted to an operation of vasectomy. Defendant physician informed him that the operation had been successful and that he could resume sexual relations with his wife without fear. The wife, however, became pregnant and plaintiff alleged that as a consequence he suffered mental agony and was put to great expense. He sued his physician on the theory of deceit in falsely representing to him that he was effectively sterilized. The lower court sustained a demurrer on the ground that the contract was contrary to public …

Wills - Gift's - Construction Of Instrument

Michigan Law Review

Decedent had lived with plaintiff and her parents. In 1932, after telling plaintiff's parents that he had some money in the bank, decedent said, "I got a will here . . . I understand I have got to have two signatures." Both parents, at his request, signed the instrument below.

"Dear Carlotta

"I give to you my money in Live Stock Bank.

"Hans Larsen

"April 16, 1932

"Witness: Michael C. Kelley

"Mamie V. Kelley."

Decedent put the instrument in his bank book and took it into the other room where plaintiff was sitting. He said, "Carlotta, I will give you …

Volume 9, Issue 1 (1935)

Obiter Dicta

No abstract provided.

The Expert Witness In Criminal Cases In France, Germany, And Italy, Morris Ploscowe

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The History And Operation Of The Briggs Law Of Massachusetts, Winfred Overholser

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Psychiatric Testimony In Probate Proceedings, Harold S. Hulbert

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

The Qualification Of Psychiatrists As Experts In Legal Proceedings, Israel Strauss

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Medical Testimony In Personal Injury Cases, Frederic E. Elliott, Ramsay Spillman

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Discussion Of Recent Decisions, Chicago-Kent Law Review

Chicago-Kent Law Review

Notes by G. S. Stansell, C. E. Fox Jr., W. J. J. Wahler, W. R. Macmillan, J. E. Brunswick, Helen W. Munsert, R. L. Huff, R. A. Rempert, J. Boucek, G. E. Hall., L. G. Richman, J. D. Gannon

Gas And Electricity In Interstate Commerce, Robert L. Howard

University of Missouri Bulletin Law Series

There is perhaps no other concept in the whole field of governmental or constitutional jurisprudence today of more immediate practical significance than that of interstate commerce. In rather striking contrast with conditions of an earlier day, interstate commerce has come to be very closely related to everyday life in a great variety of ways. Regulations now imposed in the name of interstate commerce affect practically every mouthful of food we eat, every article of clothing we wear, everything we buy or sell as well as the fuel with which we cook our food or heat our homes, to mention only …

The Revised Divorce Law Of West Virginia, Houston A. Smith

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Case Notes, H. N. Osgood

Chicago-Kent Law Review

No abstract provided.