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Bankruptcy-Voluntary Petition By Incompetent On Court Order
Bankruptcy-Voluntary Petition By Incompetent On Court Order
Michigan Law Review
A state court adjudged B to be insane, committed him to an asylum, appointed G as guardian of his estate, and later authorized G to file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy on behalf of B. Such a petition was filed by G, the schedule of liabilities showing debts contracted before B was adjudicated insane. The federal district court adjudicated B a bankrupt and appointed a trustee in bankruptcy, who sued C to recover an alleged preference paid to C by B. C then sought to set aside the adjudication of bankruptcy on the ground that an insane person could not …
Master And Servant-Parent And Child-Liability Of Master When Servant Negligently Injures His Own Son
Master And Servant-Parent And Child-Liability Of Master When Servant Negligently Injures His Own Son
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff was injured through the negligence of his father who was employed by the defendant. The parent was acting within the scope of his employment at the time of the injury. Held, plaintiff could recover from his father's employer, even though the child could not have sued his father. Chase v. New Haven Waste Material Corporation (Conn. 1930) 150 Atl. 107.
Bills And Notes -- Principal And Agent--Payment To Agent Of Drawer Upon Indorsement Forged By The Agent
Michigan Law Review
A was an agent of P for the purpose of securing applications for loans and disbursing the money to the borrowers. The custom was for P, after approving the application, to send to A a check drawn on D bank, payable to the joint order of A and the borrower. It was also the custom for A, in following out the course of dealing outlined by P, to secure the borrower's indorsement, add his own, deposit the check to an agency account in X bank, and then pay out the money to the borrower by personal checks on his agency …
Reformation-Trusts-Stranger To The Instrument
Reformation-Trusts-Stranger To The Instrument
Michigan Law Review
Defendant was an agent with authority to purchase land for his principal, the plaintiff, and to take options in his own name. Instead, he took contract title in his own name. Plaintiff furnished the entire consideration. In a suit in which the vendor was joined as plaintiff, held, that the land contract be reformed by inserting the name of the plaintiff as purchaser. Goss v. McKinney (Mich. 1930) 229 N.W. 450.