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Mortgages - Recording - Effect Of A Mortgage Recorded In The Book Of Deeds, Paul M. Oberndorf
Mortgages - Recording - Effect Of A Mortgage Recorded In The Book Of Deeds, Paul M. Oberndorf
Michigan Law Review
An interest in certain land was mortgaged by the owners to the plaintiff in October, 1933. This same interest was subjected to a lien of certain judgment creditors recovered against the owners in July, 1936. The defendant, as assignee of the claim of the judgment creditors, claimed priority over the mortgagee by reason of the fact that the mortgage was delivered to the register for the purpose of being recorded as a deed and was in fact so recorded. The judgment creditors disclaimed all notice of this prior mortgage. The statutes of New Jersey provide that mortgages should be registered …
Principal And Surety - Effect Of Release Of Principal Debtor With Reservation Of Rights Against Surety, Raymond H. Rapaport
Principal And Surety - Effect Of Release Of Principal Debtor With Reservation Of Rights Against Surety, Raymond H. Rapaport
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff leased property to defendant, who in turn assigned his rights under the lease to one Garber, the latter assuming the covenants to pay rent and against commission of waste. Plaintiff did not release defendant from the lease. After the expiration of the lease plaintiff recovered judgment for $2,844.75 against defendant, for breaches of the covenants, and then recovered a similar judgment against Garber. Subsequently Garber paid the plaintiff $2,000, and plaintiff gave him a receipt acknowledging "full satisfaction of the judgment rendered against me in the within action. The receipt of said sum is not a release of any …
Bills And Notes - Rule Of Price V. Neal - Application To Nonnegotiable Instruments And Money Orders, Edward W. Adams
Bills And Notes - Rule Of Price V. Neal - Application To Nonnegotiable Instruments And Money Orders, Edward W. Adams
Michigan Law Review
From a Mississippi post office, B stole fifty-five postal money order blanks. Notice of the theft was sent by the Post Office Department to all post offices. B filled in twelve of the blanks, making them appear genuine in all respects, and presented them to be cashed at defendant bank. In reliance on a confirmation of the validity of the money orders, received by calling a branch post office, defendant cashed them, giving B cash and travelers checks and starting a bank account for the balance. Defendant presented the orders at the main post office, and they were paid without …
Exemptions - Loss Of Homestead Exemption, Felicia I. Hmiel
Exemptions - Loss Of Homestead Exemption, Felicia I. Hmiel
Michigan Law Review
Due to inability to make a living, the defendant and his family left their homestead in 1932 with the intention of re-occupying it as soon as they secured enough money to buy the necessary equipment to maintain themselves on the farm. In October, 1937, a judgment was recovered by plaintiff against defendant, execution was issued and levy made on the still vacant homestead, and a date of sale set for June, 1939. Defendant claimed homestead exemption. Held, that since it did not appear when, if ever, defendant would return to the homestead, the removal and seven years' absence was …
Douglas On Democracy And Finance -- A Review, Arthur A. Ballantine
Douglas On Democracy And Finance -- A Review, Arthur A. Ballantine
Michigan Law Review
A book by a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States would be important under any circumstances. Such a publication is of special significance when its author is the youngest member of the Court, with many years of service ahead, and is endowed with unusual character, ability and earnestness of purpose. In these days of change such a book supplies valuable insight into the mental processes and attitude that will enter deeply into the shaping of our institutions.
Banks And Banking - Right Of National Bank To Sue On Personal Guaranty To State Bank After Consolidation L Of State Bank With National Bank, William C. Whitehead
Banks And Banking - Right Of National Bank To Sue On Personal Guaranty To State Bank After Consolidation L Of State Bank With National Bank, William C. Whitehead
Michigan Law Review
Defendants guaranteed payment to a state bank of the notes and renewals made by a borrower. Shortly thereafter the state bank was consolidated with a national banking association. The borrower issued a renewal note to the consolidated bank for the indebtedness owing the state bank. This was followed by a consolidation with another state bank, the appointment of a receiver, and the sale of the consolidated bank's assets to plaintiff. In answer to the claim on the guaranty for payment of the renewal note, defendants declared that the obligation was not assignable and that the identity of the obligee was …
Fraudulent Conveyances - Executory Consideration As "Fair Consideration" Under The Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, Robert Kneeland
Fraudulent Conveyances - Executory Consideration As "Fair Consideration" Under The Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, Robert Kneeland
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a purchaser of mortgaged realty, claimed that there had been a series of conveyances of this property originating with a remote grantor, fraudulent as to said grantor's creditors. At the time plaintiff learned of this, he had already paid taxes on the property and paid $4605 on the purchase price, leaving a balance of $2986 due on his contract. Since, allegedly, plaintiff would have been subject to an action of the creditors to have the conveyance to him set aside/ plaintiff sought to join all creditors and defrauders in an attempt to clear the title, or, if the transaction …
Bills And Notes - Effect On Negotiability Of Recital Of Transaction Giving Rise To Note, Michigan Law Review
Bills And Notes - Effect On Negotiability Of Recital Of Transaction Giving Rise To Note, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
For Mighty King #14468 Saddle Horse was inscribed on the face of the note upon which the plaintiff, the holder of the note, brought suit against the maker. At the trial it was discovered that the payee of the note still held title to the horse, and the sale for which the note was given was a conditional one depending on whether or not one hoof of Mighty King healed. The plaintiff had been given no notice of this condition. Held, the mere statement of the consideration giving rise to the note did not serve as notice of the …
Instalment Payment Of Judgments, Frederick Woodbridge
Instalment Payment Of Judgments, Frederick Woodbridge
Michigan Law Review
This article is concerned primarily with a discussion of satisfaction of judgments by instalment payments where the judgment debtor is the typical American wage earner. It is based upon an analysis of the applicable statutes, the experience recorded in decided cases, interviews with numerous judges administering the statutes, and observations in certain of the courts where that method is used.
Glenn On Fraudulent Conveyances And Preferences, Fred T. Hanson
Glenn On Fraudulent Conveyances And Preferences, Fred T. Hanson
Michigan Law Review
Professor Glenn's new two volume work on Fraudulent Conveyances and Preferences is much more than a revised edition of his previous book. The treatment of preferences is new and the material in the old book is revised and expanded. This expansion is particularly evident in his dealing with commercial financing devices--consignments, trust receipts, after-acquired property clauses, and freehanded mortgages of goods and accounts--which he now views also from the standpoint of preference.
Banks And Banking -Trusts - Right Of Bank To Sell Participating Trust Certificates In Self-Owned Property, Michigan Law Review
Banks And Banking -Trusts - Right Of Bank To Sell Participating Trust Certificates In Self-Owned Property, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
In 1923 the trust company entered into a transaction with the land company by which the land company borrowed $130,000 with which it purchased a city property for slightly less than that amount and gave title to the trust company as security for the loan. Through a series of loans later negotiated the trust company came to have an investment of $150,000 in the property. In 1926 the trust company made an agreement with the land company pursuant to which the trust company declared itself trustee of the property at an appraised value almost fifty per cent above the purchase …