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Monthly Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review Feb 1949

Monthly Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This department lists the articles and comments which appear in leading law reviews. The index embraces material published since the last issue of this REVIEW.


Wills-Validity Of Attestation On Separate Sheet Of Paper Not Physically Attached To Will, Myron J. Nadler Jan 1949

Wills-Validity Of Attestation On Separate Sheet Of Paper Not Physically Attached To Will, Myron J. Nadler

Michigan Law Review

Testatrix drew an instrument consisting of a single sheet of paper, intending it as her will. In the presence of a notary public, three witnesses observed the instrument with testatrix' signature thereon and her acknowledgment of it as her will, but did not sign it. The document was then placed in an envelope. A separate instrument of attestation which referred to the will was prepared by the notary and signed by the testatrix and the attesting witnesses. This instrument and the envelope containing the will were both placed in another folder which was then deposited with the proper officials. Probate …


Constitutional Law--Anti-Lynching Legislation, William B. Harvey S.Ed. Jan 1949

Constitutional Law--Anti-Lynching Legislation, William B. Harvey S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Despite progress in recent years toward the elimination of lynching, the demand for adequate federal legislation to cope with the problem is unabated. For almost three decades Congress has considered a succession of anti-lynching bills, most of which have been favorably reported by committees. None has become law. Legislators and others opposing the enactment of a federal anti-lynching act have placed primary reliance on an asserted lack of constitutionality. It is argued that lynching is merely local crime within the scope of the power and responsibility of the states to enforce their own criminal law. The purpose of this comment …


Tort Liability Of The State: The Federal Tort Claims Act And The Crown Proceedings Act, Harry Street Jan 1949

Tort Liability Of The State: The Federal Tort Claims Act And The Crown Proceedings Act, Harry Street

Michigan Law Review

Anglo-American legal systems have for so long lingered behind the Continent of Europe in developing a satisfactory basis of governmental civil liability that the enactment of the Federal Tort Claims Act of 1946 in the United States, and the Crown Proceedings Act of 1947 in Great Britain are events justifying a comparison and evaluation of these belated attempts to provide the citizens with an adequate remedy against the State.


Corporations--Directors--Application To Newly Created Directorships Of Statutory Provisions For Filling Vacancies, Frank L. Adamson S.Ed. Jan 1949

Corporations--Directors--Application To Newly Created Directorships Of Statutory Provisions For Filling Vacancies, Frank L. Adamson S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Only thirteen states have statutes specifying who may fill directorships created by an increase in the board. However, twenty-eight others provide by statute that the board is or may be empowered to fill vacancies. The question whether such a provision permits the board to fill directorships arising on an increase in the board was before the Delaware court in the recent case of Johnston v. Automatic Steel Products, Inc. The by-laws specified that an increase in the board created vacancies which the board could fill. The board acted thereunder, and this action and the by-law were challenged. The court held …


Domestic Relations - Statutory Abolition Of Certain Causes Of Action, George A. Rinker S.Ed. Jan 1949

Domestic Relations - Statutory Abolition Of Certain Causes Of Action, George A. Rinker S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

ln response to widespread and vigorous criticism of the abuses practiced through the use of the action at law for breach of promise to marry, and to a lesser extent, the actions for alienation of affections, criminal conversation, and seduction, several states enacted legislation designed to eliminate the evils complained of by abolishing some or all of those causes of action. The purpose of the present discussion is to analyze and compare the various statutes, and to indicate how they have fared in the courts; in short, to survey the whole reform program as it stands twelve years after the …


Theory Of Pleading A Survey Including The Federal Rules, William Wirt Blume Jan 1949

Theory Of Pleading A Survey Including The Federal Rules, William Wirt Blume

Michigan Law Review

In an often-quoted report of a committee of the American Bar Association, Roscoe Pound stated: "Pleadings have four purposes: (1) The first is to serve as a formal basis for the judgment. This is the oldest function, and one that goes back before the time of rational, as distinguished from purely mechanical trial of issues. . . . (2) Another is to separate issues of fact from questions of law .... (3) Another is to give litigants the advantage of a plea of res judicata if molested again for the same cause .... (4) Finally, pleadings exist to notify parties …


Constitutional Law-Due Process-Right Of Accused To Writ Of Error Coram Nobis, Bernard L. Trott Jan 1949

Constitutional Law-Due Process-Right Of Accused To Writ Of Error Coram Nobis, Bernard L. Trott

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, a nineteen year old Negro, was convicted of rape in a circuit court of Alabama. The conviction, largely predicated on a confession made by petitioner on July 3, 1946, to the local police, was affirmed on April 24, 1947, by the Supreme Court of Alabama. This petition was subsequently initiated before the Alabama Supreme Court seeking an order granting permission to petition the trial court for a writ of error coram nobis. The request was accompanied by an allegation that petitioner's confession had been induced by mental and physical torture administered by the local police. At no time during …


Constitutional Law-Equal Protection-State Restrictions In Nominations Of Candidates, David H. Armstrong S.Ed. Jan 1949

Constitutional Law-Equal Protection-State Restrictions In Nominations Of Candidates, David H. Armstrong S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

The Progressive Party, unable to qualify as a political party for purposes of the Illinois primary election, sought to nominate candidates for state and national offices by petition. The Illinois Election Code provides that such nominating petitions shall include the signatures of at least 200 qualified voters from each of at least 50 counties in the state. Of the state's registered voters, 87 per cent reside in the 49 most populous counties. The State Officers Electoral Board found that the petitions were insufficient, and the Illinois Supreme Court denied a motion for leave to file a petition of mandamus to …


Constitutional Law-Due Process-Right Of Alien Enemy To Judicial Review Of Deportation Proceeding, Robert P. Griffin Jan 1949

Constitutional Law-Due Process-Right Of Alien Enemy To Judicial Review Of Deportation Proceeding, Robert P. Griffin

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, a German alien enemy, had been arrested and interned during the war by virtue of broad summary powers granted the Chief Executive by the Alien Enemy Act of 1798. The act subjects alien enemies to apprehension, detention, and deportation upon order of the President "whenever there is a declared war . . . . " Under authority of the act, the President, on July 14, 1945, ordered the removal of all alien enemies "who shall be deemed by the Attorney General to be dangerous to the public peace . . . . " Though the act makes no provision …


Courts--Process--Nonresident Motorist Service Statute--Service On "Driver" As Within Provision Permitting Service On "Owner", C. C. Grunewald S.Ed. Jan 1949

Courts--Process--Nonresident Motorist Service Statute--Service On "Driver" As Within Provision Permitting Service On "Owner", C. C. Grunewald S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

While in Arkansas, appellee, an Illinois resident, drove a third party's automobile and was involved in a collision in which plaintiff's intestate was killed. Plaintiff instituted a negligence action in an Arkansas court against appellee, who had previously returned to Chicago, by service and notification pursuant to the Arkansas nonresident motorist service statute. Appellee appeared specially and moved to quash the service as ineffective under the statute. On appeal from the lower court's decision sustaining the motion, held, affirmed. The statutory language which permitted service on a nonresident "owner" did not allow service on a nonresident "driver." Kerr v. …


Criminal Law-New Trial-Absence Of Accused From Trial Because Of Attorney's Negligence, Alan Goldstein Jan 1949

Criminal Law-New Trial-Absence Of Accused From Trial Because Of Attorney's Negligence, Alan Goldstein

Michigan Law Review

Defendant, represented by an attorney, was ordered, under an appearance bond, to appear at the November term of the court of general sessions to answer to an indictment for assault and battery with intent to kill. The indictment was not prepared during the November term, and at the end of the term the court ordered all those whose cases were not called to appear at the next term of court. At the February term defendant's case came up, but his attorney had apparently failed to read the court calendar, as neither the defendant nor the attorney knew that the trial …


Constitutional Law--Statutory Interpretation Under Labor-Management Relations Act--Prohibition Of Union Political Expenditures, Roland E. Ginsburg Jan 1949

Constitutional Law--Statutory Interpretation Under Labor-Management Relations Act--Prohibition Of Union Political Expenditures, Roland E. Ginsburg

Michigan Law Review

The C.I.O., with the consent of its president, Philip Murray, made expenditures from the funds of the organization for the publication of an editorial in the "C.I.O. News," a regularly issued periodical, urging the members of the C.I.O. to vote for a particular candidate in a special Congressional election in Maryland. Additional funds were expended for the publication and transportation of one thousand extra copies. Both the C.I.O. and Mr. Murray were charged with violation of section 304 of the Labor-Management Relations Act in the district court. Defendants moved to dismiss the indictment, alleging that the statute abridged rights guaranteed …


Libel-Limitation Of Actions-"Single Publication Rule" Extended To Include Books, W. M. Myers Jan 1949

Libel-Limitation Of Actions-"Single Publication Rule" Extended To Include Books, W. M. Myers

Michigan Law Review

In November, 1941, defendant book publishers commenced distribution of a book containing allegedly libelous statements concerning plaintiff. Thereafter, there were seven additional printings, the last in December, 1943, distribution of which began in March, 1944. Although more than 12,000 copies of the book were sold prior to this reprinting, only 60 copies were sold from stock during the year immediately preceding July 2, I 946, the date plaintiff instituted his action. To determine whether the action was barred by the statute of limitations, the following question was certified to the New York Court of Appeals: "Do sales from stock by …


Venue-Forum Non Conveniens-Transfer Of Venue In Federal Employers' Liability Cases Under The New Judicial Code, Donald D. Davis Jan 1949

Venue-Forum Non Conveniens-Transfer Of Venue In Federal Employers' Liability Cases Under The New Judicial Code, Donald D. Davis

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a resident of Texas, brought action in a United States district court in Minnesota to recover damages under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for injuries received in an accident in Texas. Defendant, in accordance with section 1404(a) of the United States Judicial Code, moved for a change of venue to Texas for the convenience of parties and witnesses and in the interest of justice. Plaintiff resisted the transfer solely on the ground that the section did not apply where venue was granted under the F.E.L.A. Held, by a two judge district court, motion granted. Hayes v. Chicago, R.I. …


Torpey: Judicial Doctrine Of Religious Rights In America, Michigan Law Review Jan 1949

Torpey: Judicial Doctrine Of Religious Rights In America, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of JUDICIAL DOCTRINE OF RELIGIOUS RIGHTS IN AMERICA. By William George Torpey.


Notes, Michigan Law Review Jan 1949

Notes, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

The information given in the notes is derived from inspection of the books, publisher's literature, and the ordinary library sources.


Monthly Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review Jan 1949

Monthly Periodical Index, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This department lists the articles and comments which appear in leading law reviews. The index embraces material published since the last issue of this REVIEW.


The Revenue Act Of 1948-: Federal Estate And Gift Taxation, Milton D. Solomon Dec 1948

The Revenue Act Of 1948-: Federal Estate And Gift Taxation, Milton D. Solomon

Michigan Law Review

The community property system has always been a thorn in the side of the federal tax structure. The theory that husband and wife have equal, vested, undivided one-half interests in property held by them as tenants in community, when given effect for federal tax purposes, has resulted, because of our system of graduated rates, in substantial income, estate and gift tax advantages in favor of residents of community property states over their neighbors in non-community property states. Attempts to change this situation as to federal income taxation proved uniformly unsuccessful. However, success was achieved in the field of federal estate …


Freedom Of Silence: Constitutional Protection Against Governmental Intrusions In Political Affairs, Charles B. Nutting Dec 1948

Freedom Of Silence: Constitutional Protection Against Governmental Intrusions In Political Affairs, Charles B. Nutting

Michigan Law Review

Paradoxically enough, the "right" to be silent has been vociferously asserted by some of our most loquacious citizens. The current activities of Congressional investigating committees and the possible enactment of laws regulating participation in certain political affairs make timely a consideration of the basis for the assertion of the "right" and an attempt to determine the extent to which it may be said truly to be protected against intrusions by the state or national governments. It is proposed first to consider the question of secrecy in connection with the elective process itself and later to extend the inquiry into problems …


A Review Of Annual Survey Of American Law: 1947, Edson R. Sunderland Dec 1948

A Review Of Annual Survey Of American Law: 1947, Edson R. Sunderland

Michigan Law Review

This is the sixth annual volume in which the faculty of the New York University School of Law has published its summary of the important developments in American law. The magnitude of the task required to produce these volumes would be considered beyond the capacity of the teaching staff of any single law school if the actual publication, year by year, of these monumental surveys did not prove that it could be accomplished.


The Law School 1948-1949, E. Blythe Stason Dec 1948

The Law School 1948-1949, E. Blythe Stason

Michigan Law Review

Oversized enrollment again characterizes the student body of the University of Michigan Law School for the year 1948-49. Somewhat reduced from last year's record of 1107 prospective lawyers, this year the William W. Cook Law Quadrangle is accommodating 1057 future members of the bar. The beginning class of 426 students, together with 279 second year students, 339 seniors, 10 candidates for the graduate degrees, and 3 special students all add up to 1057 total. In the total are included 24 future Portias of the bar. These figures should be compared and contrasted with pre-war enrollments approximating 600-650 students. The demand …


Labor Law-Compulsory Arbitration Of Labor Disputes, James A. Sprunk S.Ed. Dec 1948

Labor Law-Compulsory Arbitration Of Labor Disputes, James A. Sprunk S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In 1947, seven states adopted legislation for compulsory arbitration of labor disputes in public utilities. Four more provide for seizure of such industries in cases of strikes or lockouts, and one prohibits picketing or interference with the service of a public utility. In addition, procedures for conciliation, mediation, or voluntary arbitration with suspension of the right to strike or lockout during such procedures, are provided by still others. Such legislative activity reflects the growing public concern regarding labor disputes and indicates that many state legislators are convinced that to secure industrial peace more is required than the mere imposition of …


Mortgages--"Depression Jurisprudence" --Remaining Effects In Statutory Law, John F. Buchman, Iii S.Ed. Dec 1948

Mortgages--"Depression Jurisprudence" --Remaining Effects In Statutory Law, John F. Buchman, Iii S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Periods of economic depression, to a far greater degree than more prosperous times, bring into sharp conflict the competing interests of debtor and creditor. This conflict becomes especially apparent in the field of mortgage law. The mortgagee-creditor wants to enforce payment of the debt according to the terms of the contract, taking advantage of the security for which he bargained. The mortgagor-debtor is anxious to protect, if possible, his own investment in the mortgaged property. Because of the vast number of cases which occurred during the 1930's in which it appeared unduly harsh and inequitable to accord mortgagees their traditional …


New Trial - Use Of Testimony Of Jurors To Set Aside Verdict, R. J. Nordstrom S.Ed. Dec 1948

New Trial - Use Of Testimony Of Jurors To Set Aside Verdict, R. J. Nordstrom S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Whether or not testimony of a juror is admissible for the purpose of setting aside a verdict is a question upon which the cases are in conflict. Much of the contrariety of opinion is due to a failure of courts to distinguish between the two basic factual situations which present the problem. The juror's testimony may be sought to be introduced to show either: (1) that, due to some misunderstanding, his own thought processes were misdirected in arriving at his final vote; or, (2) that he observed the open misconduct of a fellow juror. At the outset it should be …


Bailments-Delivery Of Possession-Liability Of Shopkeeper For Loss Of Article Left In Reception Room, Myron J. Nadler Dec 1948

Bailments-Delivery Of Possession-Liability Of Shopkeeper For Loss Of Article Left In Reception Room, Myron J. Nadler

Michigan Law Review

Without the knowledge of defendants, plaintiff hung her coat on a hook provided for wraps in the unattended reception room of defendants' beauty shop. Upon leaving, plaintiff returned to the reception room but was unable to find her coat. Judgment for its value was recovered in the lower court upon the theory that defendants were bailees of the coat and had been negligent in caring for it. Held, reversed. No bailment existed because there was no change of possession of the coat sufficient to constitute a delivery. Theobald v. Satterthwaite, (Wash.1948) 190P. (2d) 714.


Constitutional Law-Privilege Against Self-Incrimination-Use Against Defendant Of Records Required To Be Kept By Federal Law, C. C. Grunewald S.Ed. Dec 1948

Constitutional Law-Privilege Against Self-Incrimination-Use Against Defendant Of Records Required To Be Kept By Federal Law, C. C. Grunewald S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner Shapiro, a produce wholesaler, was served under the authority of the Emergency Price Control Act with a subpoena duces tecum ordering him to produce certain duplicate sales invoices required to be kept by government regulation. The petitioner produced the records but claimed a constitutional privilege. When subsequently tried in the district court on charges of making tie-in sales in violation of the price regulations, petitioner pleaded immunity under section 202 (g) of the Emergency Price Control Act. His plea was overruled; conviction followed and was affirmed by the circuit court of appeals. On certiorari to the Supreme Court, held …


Courts-Jurisdiction-Constitutionality Of Statute Establishing Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Conducting Business In State Through Resident Agent, David D. Ring Dec 1948

Courts-Jurisdiction-Constitutionality Of Statute Establishing Jurisdiction Over Nonresident Conducting Business In State Through Resident Agent, David D. Ring

Michigan Law Review

Defendant, a resident of Utah, sued petitioner, a resident of California, to recover construction costs and contractor's fee for the erection of a building at petitioner's Utah place of business. In accordance with a statute of Utah providing that jurisdiction over a nonresident individual doing business in the state could be obtained in all actions arising out of the conduct of the business by serving process on the resident agent managing the business, summons was served on the petitioner's Utah manager. Petitioner appeared specially and moved to quash the summons for lack of jurisdiction, which motion was denied. He then …


Labor Law--Labor-Management Relations Act--Union Unfair Labor Practices--Strike To Force Employer To Agree To Union Hiring Hall, L. B. Lea S.Ed. Dec 1948

Labor Law--Labor-Management Relations Act--Union Unfair Labor Practices--Strike To Force Employer To Agree To Union Hiring Hall, L. B. Lea S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In negotiating collective bargaining contracts for 1948, respondents (National Maritime Union and its officers) insisted, as a condition precedent to entering into any agreement, upon continuation of existing hiring hall provisions. After refusal of the employers to agree to such proposal, respondents called a strike. Upon filing of charges of union unfair labor practice with the N.L.R.B., held, respondents' activities constituted violations of sections 8 (b) ( 2) and 8 (b) (3), but not of section 8 (b) (1) (A) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended by the Labor-Management Relations Act. Member Gray dissented from the 8(b) …


The Committee To Frame A World Constitution: Preliminary Draft Of A World Constitution, Michigan Law Review Dec 1948

The Committee To Frame A World Constitution: Preliminary Draft Of A World Constitution, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF A WORLD CONSTITUTION. By The Committee to Frame a World Constitution.