Bequests upon trust to use the income thereof each year in keeping a monument or grave in repair, or in saying masses,8 or in having a brass band to play at the testator's grave each year on the anniversary of the testator's death9 have been held invalid, and the reason given is that the gift is a "perpetuity"1 or is in "violation of the rule against perpetuities."11 What do the courts mean by calling such a gift a "perpetuity?" And in what way, if at all, could the bequest be so changed as to avoid the "rule against perpetuities" and …

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Unwary Purchaser, Edward S. Rogers Jun 1910

Unwary Purchaser, Edward S. Rogers

Michigan Law Review

Anyone who has occasion to examine the cases involving trade mark infringement and other forms of unfair trading by the imitation of names, labels, packages and the like, must at once be struck by their irreconcilable conflict. While, of course, the facts in no two cases are alike, this diversity cannot account for the variance in result. The rule of law to be applied is not seriously disputed. The Lord Ordinary's definition of infringement, in Smith v. Carron, 13 R. P. C. 109, III, can hardly be improved upon: "A trade mark is infringed when goods are sent into the …

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University Of Michigan Department Of Law, Annual Announcement 1910-1911 And Catalogue Of Students 1909-1910, University Of Michigan Law School May 1910

University Of Michigan Department Of Law, Annual Announcement 1910-1911 And Catalogue Of Students 1909-1910, University Of Michigan Law School

Law School Announcement and Bulletins

Contents: Announcements for 1910-1911; Board of Regents; Faculty of Law; Department of Law; The Department Building; Library; Directions to Candidates for Admission; Requirements for Admission; Combined Course in Collegiate and Law Studies; Admission of Special Students; Admission to Advanced Standing; Class Rating; Courses of Instruction; Special Courses; Examinations; Theses; The Practice Court; Conveyancing; Graduate Study; Oratory; Oratorical Associations; Work in the Department of Literature, Science and the Arts; Literary Societies; Michigan Law Review; Requirements for Graduation; Certificates of Attendance; Text-Books and Books of Reference; Fees and Expenses; Summer Session; Schedule of Work for 1910; Summer Session 1911; Students; Summary of …

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University Of Michigan University Bulletin, New Series Vol. Xi No. 9, February 1910, Summer Session Department Of Law Sixteenth Annual Announcement, University Of Michigan Law School Feb 1910

University Of Michigan University Bulletin, New Series Vol. Xi No. 9, February 1910, Summer Session Department Of Law Sixteenth Annual Announcement, University Of Michigan Law School

Law School Announcement and Bulletins

Contents: Faculty of the Summer Session of the Department of Law Session of 1910; University of Michigan Department of Law Summer Session; Libraries; Registration; Requirements for Admission; Fees; Location, Expenses, Board, Etc.; Credit; Advanced Standing; Courses of Study; Schedule of Work for 1910; Session of 1911; Courses of Free Lectures; Regular Session; University of Michigan Summer Session 1910; Literature, Science, and the Arts; Engineering; Medicine and Surgery; Pharmacy; Homeopathic Medical Courses; Fees; Students Enrolled 1909; Summary of Students.

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Book Reviews And Notes Jan 1910