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Constitutional Law - Relation Of Federal And State Governments Applicability Of State Licensing Statute To Federal Contractors, Lee N. Abrams S.Ed. Jun 1957

Constitutional Law - Relation Of Federal And State Governments Applicability Of State Licensing Statute To Federal Contractors, Lee N. Abrams S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

A contractor submitted a bid for construction of facilities at an Arkansas Air Force Base over which the United States had not acquired jurisdiction. After this bid was accepted by the federal government and work on the project had begun, the contractor was tried by the Circuit Court of Pulaski County, Arkansas, and found guilty of submitting a bid, executing a contract, and commencing work as a contractor without the license required by Arkansas law. The Arkansas Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court. On appeal to the United States Supreme Court, held, reversed. In a brief …


Evidence - Dead Man's Statute - Interpretation Of "Transaction", Howard N. Nemerovski S.Ed. Jun 1957

Evidence - Dead Man's Statute - Interpretation Of "Transaction", Howard N. Nemerovski S.Ed.

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Plaintiff was a passenger in an automobile which collided with one driven by defendant's intestate. Both drivers were killed, and plaintiff sued defendant, administrator of intestate's estate, for personal injuries, alleging negligence. There were no other eye-witnesses to the collision, and the trial court, relying upon the Alabama dead man's statute, would not permit plaintiff to testify to any of the details or circumstances of the accident, or even to the fact that she had been involved in an accident with an automobile driven by the decedent. The jury found for defendant. On appeal, held, reversed. Plaintiff, passenger in …


Evidence - Examination Of Witnesses - Surprise As Grounds For Impeaching A Party's Own Witness, John A. Ziegler, Jr. S.Ed., Raymond Dittrich Jun 1957

Evidence - Examination Of Witnesses - Surprise As Grounds For Impeaching A Party's Own Witness, John A. Ziegler, Jr. S.Ed., Raymond Dittrich

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The defendant was convicted of the statutory rape of his stepdaughter. Immediately following the alleged offense, the victim had signed a statement accusing the defendant of the crime charged. Before the trial, however, the district attorney was advised by the defense counsel, and by the victim herself, that the written statement was not true. At the trial, when called as a witness by the commonwealth, the girl repudiated her earlier statement, whereupon the district attorney pleaded surprise and was permitted to use the prior statement to impeach. On appeal, held, affirmed. The district attorney was "actually surprised" when the …


Federal Procedure - Jurisdiction - Minimal Diversity Permitted By The Federal Interpleader Act Satisfies Constitutional Requirements, Robert J. Hoerner Jun 1957

Federal Procedure - Jurisdiction - Minimal Diversity Permitted By The Federal Interpleader Act Satisfies Constitutional Requirements, Robert J. Hoerner

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A disinterested Texas bank brought a federal interpleader action under 28 U.S.C. (1952) §1335 against a Texas widow and four joint claimants, three of whom were Texas citizens and the other a Tennessee citizen. On appeal from a summary judgment for the joint claimants, the widow argued that the court lacked jurisdiction. Held, affirmed. Congress intended that section 1335 should cover these "minimal" facts. The "complete diversity'' requirement of Strawbridge v. Curtiss is only a rule of statutory construction and not a constitutional requirement. Haynes v. Felder, (5th Cir. 1957) 239 F. (2d) 868.


Labor Law - Nlra - "Roving Situs" Picketing As Violation Of Section 8(B)(4)(A), William K. Muir Jr. Jun 1957

Labor Law - Nlra - "Roving Situs" Picketing As Violation Of Section 8(B)(4)(A), William K. Muir Jr.

Michigan Law Review

Respondent union sought to organize the crane and dragline operators of a manufacturer of ready-mixed cement and posted pickets about the local manufacturing plant. During the working day each of the employer's delivery trucks crossed the picket line at least twice. In addition, the union established a roving picket line which circulated about the manufacturer's trucks while they were making deliveries to customers at local construction sites. The roving picketing lasted only so long as the workers of the primary employer remained on the customer's premises. The pickets at all times stayed within six hundred feet of the trucks. The …


Torts - Guest Act - Negligent Conduct Of The Driver, William K. Muir Jr. Jun 1957

Torts - Guest Act - Negligent Conduct Of The Driver, William K. Muir Jr.

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Plaintiff was a gratuitous passenger in an automobile driven by defendant. Defendant, intending to coast to his destination, turned off the ignition, removed the key, and placed it in his pocket. The removal of the key caused the steering gear to lock, and defendant was unable to avoid a collision with a tree. Plaintiff suffered injuries and brought suit. Evidence was adduced to show that in defendant's type of automobile the steering wheel was so constructed as to lock upon removal of the key. Testimony revealed that defendant understood the general operation of the lock, but that the particular mechanism …


Wills - Lapse Of A Residuary Gift, Phillip Jacobus Jun 1957

Wills - Lapse Of A Residuary Gift, Phillip Jacobus

Michigan Law Review

Testatrix left a will containing the following bequest: ". . . I give, devise and bequeath to my brothers and sisters, A, B, C, D and the children of E (naming them), and F and G, all the ... residue ... of my Estate ... both real and personal of whatsoever kind . . . and wherever situated should be sold and distributed in equal share, share and share alike .... " G died before the testatrix, and her share lapsed. The trial court held that G's share passed as intestate property of the testatrix. On appeal, held, …


Scott: The Law Of Trusts (Second Edition)., Lewis M. Simes Jun 1957

Scott: The Law Of Trusts (Second Edition)., Lewis M. Simes

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Law of Trusts (second edition). By Austin Wakeman Scott


Recent Books, Michigan Law Review Jun 1957

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A List of Books Received by Michigan Law Review


Required Joinder Of Claims, Dieter L. Hoegen May 1957

Required Joinder Of Claims, Dieter L. Hoegen

Michigan Law Review

In review we can say that within a comparatively broad field of the American law required joinder of claims is the rule. There are some exceptions. The German law has no rule of compulsory joinder of claims. Here, there are some exceptions, too. In this sense and within a field which is marked out by the American rule and the German exceptions, the relationship of rule and exceptions is reversed in the two systems.


Workmen's Compensation - Federal Employers' Liability Act - Coverage Under 1939 Amendment, Robert J. Hoerner May 1957

Workmen's Compensation - Federal Employers' Liability Act - Coverage Under 1939 Amendment, Robert J. Hoerner

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In 1956 the Supreme Court handed down two decisions interpreting the 1939 Amendment to the Federal Employers' Liability Act which substantially extended the act's coverage. The purpose of this short comment is to examine this extension and its impact on the perennial controversy between advocates of the FELA on the one hand and workmen's compensation on the other.


Patents - The Changing Standard Of Patentable Invention: Confusion Compounded, John M. Webb S.Ed. May 1957

Patents - The Changing Standard Of Patentable Invention: Confusion Compounded, John M. Webb S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In Lyon v. Bausch and Lomb Optical Co., Judge Learned Hand carefully analyzed the problem and took the position that Congress intended to modify the standard then applied by the Supreme Court and revive that used twenty-five years ago. He stated that under recent Supreme Court decisions he would be compelled to find the patent invalid, but upheld it on the basis of his interpretation of the new statute. This comment is directed not only to Judge Hand's interpretation, but also to the effect that his decision has had, and may be expected to have in the future, both …


Corportations - Cumulative Voting, Classified Boards And Proportional Representation, William R. Luney S.Ed. May 1957

Corportations - Cumulative Voting, Classified Boards And Proportional Representation, William R. Luney S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In two recent decisions, Wolfson v. Avery and Janney v. Philadelphia Transportation Co., a constitutional provision guaranteeing to every corporate shareholder the right to cumulate his votes in an election of directors was construed in light of a statute authorizing the classification of directors and the election of only one class annually. In both, it was argued by a minority shareholder that the constitutional provision guaranteed him representation on the board proportional to his stock holdings, and that the classification statute, authorizing a reduction of the number of directors to be elected at each election, required a greater number …


Labor Law - Labor-Management Relations Act - Strike During Life Of Contract Under A Reopening Provision, Dudley Chapman May 1957

Labor Law - Labor-Management Relations Act - Strike During Life Of Contract Under A Reopening Provision, Dudley Chapman

Michigan Law Review

A collective bargaining agreement between Lion Oil Company and the union provided that if either party should desire to amend, notice should be served on the other, but not before August 24, 1951. The contract could be terminated by giving sixty days notice to terminate if agreement could not be reached within the sixty days following notice to amend. The contract did not contain a no-strike clause. The union gave notice on August 24, 1951 of its desire to amend, and having reached no agreement, struck on April 30, 1952 without having served notice to terminate. Both parties agreed that …


Federal Jurisdiction - Securities And Exchange Commission - Application Of Rule X - 10b-5 To Transactions Involving Non-Securities, Richard Singer May 1957

Federal Jurisdiction - Securities And Exchange Commission - Application Of Rule X - 10b-5 To Transactions Involving Non-Securities, Richard Singer

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff brought an action for damages and the cancellation of certain instruments under section 10 (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and rule X-10B-5 promulgated thereunder by the Securities and Exchange Commission. She proved a series of interrelated acts which took place over a period of months by which the defendants fraudulently deprived her of both securities and other property. The defendants objected to the jurisdiction of the district court on the ground that rule X-10B-5 was not applicable to transactions involving non-securities. The district court retained jurisdiction on the theory that all of the acts complained of …


Constitutional Law - Due Process - Adequacy Of Notice By Publication, Cyril Moscow S.Ed. May 1957

Constitutional Law - Due Process - Adequacy Of Notice By Publication, Cyril Moscow S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In condemnation proceedings instituted by a city against a landowner, notice of proceedings to determine his compensation was given only by publication in the official city newspaper. The statute in force called for notice either in writing or by publication. After the time authorized for appeal from a compensation award had elapsed, the landowner brought an equitable action to enjoin the city from entering upon the property, alleging that he knew nothing of the condemnation proceedings until after the time for appeal had passed. The trial court denied relief, holding that the newspaper publication was sufficient notice to meet due …


Municipal Corporations - Police Power - Constitutional Validity Of Curfew Ordinance, John A. Ziegler S.Ed. May 1957

Municipal Corporations - Police Power - Constitutional Validity Of Curfew Ordinance, John A. Ziegler S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Appellant-petitioner was charged with a violation of a city ordinance making it a misdemeanor to assist any minor under the age of seventeen to violate the curfew laws. The curfew ordinance prohibits minors under the age of seventeen from being in any public place between IO P.M. and 5 A.M. unless accompanied by parent or guardian, or unless the presence of the minor is connected with and required by some legitimate business, trade, profession or occupation in which the minor is engaged. Petitioner moved to dismiss the complaint at the preliminary hearing on the grounds that the ordinance was an …


Regulation Of Business - Robinson-Patman Act - Injury To Competition Between Buyers Of Auto Parts, A. Duncan Whitaker S.Ed. May 1957

Regulation Of Business - Robinson-Patman Act - Injury To Competition Between Buyers Of Auto Parts, A. Duncan Whitaker S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner manufactured and sold automobile parts to distributors who resold them to jobbers in interstate commerce. The products were classified into three lines: leaf spring line, coil action line, and piston ring line. A progressive, cumulative discount was given in each line, based upon the aggregate yearly purchases of either a single buyer or a group-buying organization. The Federal Trade Commission charged petitioner with price discrimination in violation of the Robinson-Patman Act. Every customer who testified at the hearing denied that he had been injured competitively by the petitioner's pricing practices. Nevertheless, in view of the substantial price differentials, the …


Federal Employee Invention Rights - Time To Legislate, Marcus B. Finnegan, Richard W. Pogue May 1957

Federal Employee Invention Rights - Time To Legislate, Marcus B. Finnegan, Richard W. Pogue

Michigan Law Review

It is the purpose of this article to review judicial standards applicable to the determination of rights in inventions made by employees of the federal government, to note statutory provisions affecting the problem, to examine the content and effect of the present Executive program for determining such rights, to review and evaluate two fundamental and conflicting theories in this field, and to propose legislation establishing appropriate standards and procedures. This topic is believed to have general interest because, in addition to the urgencies suggested above, the problem touches some of the basic legal philosophy underlying the United States patent system.


Simes & Smith: The Law Of Future Interests, Bertel M. Sparks May 1957

Simes & Smith: The Law Of Future Interests, Bertel M. Sparks

Michigan Law Review

A Review of The Law of Future Interests. 4 vols. By Lewis M. Simes and Allan F. Smith.


Recent Books, Michigan Law Review May 1957

Recent Books, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A List of Books Received by Michigan Law Review


Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review May 1957

Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This index includes articles, comments and some of the longer notes which have appeared in leading law reviews since the publication of the last issue of this Review.


Labor Law - Collective Bargaining - Duty Of Employer To Substantiate Claim Of Inability To Pay, John Fildew Apr 1957

Labor Law - Collective Bargaining - Duty Of Employer To Substantiate Claim Of Inability To Pay, John Fildew

Michigan Law Review

A union had been recognized by an employer for three years. Pursuant to a reopening clause in the current contract the union asked for a IO-cent wage increase. The company maintained that it was paying above average wages and could not afford more than a 2½-cent hourly raise. When the union asked to be shown the company's books as proof of this claim of inability to pay, the company refused on the ground that the union had no legal right to such information. The National Labor Relations Board found that the company had failed to bargain in good faith with …


Lecht: Experience Under Railway Labor Legislation, Sylvester Petro Apr 1957

Lecht: Experience Under Railway Labor Legislation, Sylvester Petro

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Experience Under Railway Labor Legislation. By Leonard A. Lecht.


Atoms For Peace: The New International Atomic Energy Agency, Bernhard G. Bechhoefer, Eric Stein Apr 1957

Atoms For Peace: The New International Atomic Energy Agency, Bernhard G. Bechhoefer, Eric Stein

Michigan Law Review

On October 26, 1956 seventy states signed an international agreement described as the Statute of an International Atomic Energy Agency. This signing followed a conference of over a month in which eighty-two states participated. All of the participating states supported the text which resulted from this conference-a truly remarkable result considering that the subject of the conference was atomic energy with its far-reaching international security implications.


Required Joinder Of Claims, Dieter L. Hoegen Apr 1957

Required Joinder Of Claims, Dieter L. Hoegen

Michigan Law Review

This comparative study is confined to the situation of one claimant against one claimee. The principles which will be considered seem to be rather well settled both in the American and the German law. The fact, however, that besides many a common result we shall find fundamental differences in the pertinent basic concepts of the American and German systems makes the discussion worthwhile. It may, at least, promote a reconsideration of the propriety of those concepts.


Regulation Of Business-Civil Actions Under Section 3 Of The Robinson-Patman Act, Richard E. Day S.Ed. Apr 1957

Regulation Of Business-Civil Actions Under Section 3 Of The Robinson-Patman Act, Richard E. Day S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In Nashville Milk Co. v. Carnation Co. plaintiff sought to recover treble damages and asked injunctive relief, claiming defendant had sold filled milk at unreasonably low prices for the purpose of destroying competition by plaintiff in its sale of a like product in violation of section 3 of the Robinson-Patman Act. In affirming an order dismissing the complaint, the Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that a private action may not be maintained for a violation of section 3 of the Robinson-Patman Act. That very same week, the Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit reached a contrary …


Eminent Domain - Restrictive Covenants - Compensability Of Equitable Servitudes, Thomas A. Troyer Apr 1957

Eminent Domain - Restrictive Covenants - Compensability Of Equitable Servitudes, Thomas A. Troyer

Michigan Law Review

During appellee sanitation district's negotiations for the purchase of a tract of land owned by one Peterson, the eighteen appellants and thirty-seven other owners of land in the vicinity of Peterson's tract executed with Peterson and each other reciprocal covenants whereby each party agreed that his land should be restricted to certain uses, the use contemplated by appellee for Peterson's land being specifically excluded. When appellee and Peterson failed to reach an agreement in their negotiations and appellee filed a petition for condemnation of the land, appellants presented a cross-petition to the trial court, requesting that they be allowed to …


Creditor's Rights - Fraudulent Conveyances - Security Assignment Of Contract Payments Void If Assignor Retains Control, John A. Beach S.Ed. Apr 1957

Creditor's Rights - Fraudulent Conveyances - Security Assignment Of Contract Payments Void If Assignor Retains Control, John A. Beach S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

An insolvent debtor, who owed some $3,500 on plaintiff's partially-collected judgment, executed an instrument assigning to another creditor, a bank, all moneys due and to become due to the debtor under an existing contract, expressly as security for payment of the debtor's present and future indebtedness to the bank. The contract obligor was notified of the assignment, and thereafter the bank collected the amounts periodically accruing under the contract. The bank applied part of these collected amounts to the balance that the debtor owed the bank. The rest was either handed over to the debtor or credited to his general …


Real Property - Easements - Implied Easement Of Access , Created By Conveyance With Reference To Plat, As Surviving Vacation Of Street, Allen Dewey Apr 1957

Real Property - Easements - Implied Easement Of Access , Created By Conveyance With Reference To Plat, As Surviving Vacation Of Street, Allen Dewey

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff sued to recover his deposit and search fee on a contract for the purchase of lands, a valuable part of which lay within the limits of two vacated streets. He contended the title was unmarketable because all owners of lands conveyed with reference to a plat showing these streets had by those conveyances acquired easements of access which survived the subsequent vacation of the streets by municipal authorities. The vacated streets had never been used and there were no physical indicia of them. Evidence showed all the lots on the map had access to the public highway system without …