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Federal Practice - Appeal And Error - Necessity For Findings Of Fact And Conclusions Of Law In Interlocutory Proceedings
Michigan Law Review
The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin issued a temporary order reducing telephone rates, setting forth its reasons and the facts in an elaborate opinion. A temporary restraining order was issued by a federal district court, which was followed by an application for an interlocutory injunction. A hearing on this application was held before three judges who granted an injunction on the same day upon the giving of a bond. Meanwhile the temporary restraining order continued in force. No opinion was rendered other than a general statement in the decree that the Commission's order "would result in the confiscation of the …
Federal Practice - Appeal And Error - Single Appeal From State Court Involving Consolidated Suits
Federal Practice - Appeal And Error - Single Appeal From State Court Involving Consolidated Suits
Michigan Law Review
Three national banks brought separate suits in a state court against the same defendants to annul a tax assessment, claiming that the act authorizing such assessment violated a federal statute. The suits were consolidated for the trial of this main issue but a separate judgment was rendered in favor of each bank. The defendants took three separate appeals to the state supreme court, but only one transcript was sent up and the appeals were docketed and argued as one case. In a single opinion the court annulled the judgments appealed from. The plaintiffs took a single appeal to the Supreme …
Appeal And Error - Authentication Of Bills Of Exceptions By Judge's Initials
Appeal And Error - Authentication Of Bills Of Exceptions By Judge's Initials
Michigan Law Review
The records on two appeals contained what purported to be bills of exceptions. The trial judge used only his initials in allowing the bills as follows: "Allowed August 20, 1930, J. A. L., D. J." Held, this was sufficient to satisfy the requirement that a bill of exceptions be signed by the trial judge. Ohl & Co. v. Smith Iron Works (two cases), 53 Sup. Ct. 340, 77 L. ed. 485 (1933).
Appeal And Error - Raising Insufficiency Of Defense For First Time On Appeal
Appeal And Error - Raising Insufficiency Of Defense For First Time On Appeal
Michigan Law Review
In defense to plaintiff's action for wages defendant pleaded facts showing an agreement whereby plaintiff was to accept $4,000 in full satisfaction of her claim. The jury found that no such agreement had been made and rendered a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $7,500. On appeal by defendant the case was sent back for a new trial because of an error in the admission of evidence offered by plaintiff as to the existence of the alleged agreement. Appellee contended that notwithstanding the error the judgment should be affirmed because the agreement pleaded, even if proved, would not constitute …
Equity- Contempts - Purgation By Sworn Answer - Doctrine Of Variance
Equity- Contempts - Purgation By Sworn Answer - Doctrine Of Variance
Michigan Law Review
At the suit of X Traction Company defendants had been enjoined from operating busses along streets upon which plaintiff operated its cars. The latter .filed an information in the name of the State charging the defendants with wilful violation of the restraining order, and moved for an attachment for contempt, and for the infliction of "such penalties as are or may be necessary to compel observance." Defendants filed motions to discharge, and also answers for the purpose of purging themselves of the alleged contempt. Upon trial, at which evidence was received, the court found defendants guilty, and levied fines. Defendants …
Federal Practice -Venue - Plaintiff's Privilege In Respect To Defendant's Counterclaim On An Unrelated Patent
Michigan Law Review
Petitioners brought suit in the federal court for the northern district of Ohio against defendant corporations having regular and established places of business in that district and against two individual defendants resident there alleging infringement of patent rights and asking for injunction, damages, and an accounting. Defendants' answer denied infringement and set up a counterclaim based on a patent granted one of the defendants praying for an injunction against infringement and an accounting. Defendants' counterclaim did not allege that petitioners were inhabitants of the district where the counterclaim was to be tried or that they had regular and established places …
Federal Practice - Appeal And Error - Dismissal Of Counterclaim Because Of Improper Venue Appealable As Interlocutory Order Denying Injunction
Michigan Law Review
To plaintiffs' suit for patent infringement defendants counterclaimed upon an unrelated patent asking for an injunction and an accounting. Plaintiffs' motion to dismiss on the ground of improper venue was sustained by the district court. Defendants appealed and plaintiffs moved to dismiss on the ground that dismissal of a counterclaim was not a refusal of an injunction and therefore not appealable under Sec. 129, Judicial Code. The circuit court of appeals allowed the appeal and this decision was affirmed by the Supreme Court. General Electric Co. et al. v. Marvel Rare Metals Co. et al., 287 U.S. 430, 53 …
Fraudulent Concealment And Statutes Of Limitation, John P. Dawson
Fraudulent Concealment And Statutes Of Limitation, John P. Dawson
Michigan Law Review
In a recent article the writer has discussed a common exception to statutes of limitation - the exception for claims based on undiscovered "fraud." It was there pointed out how useful this exception has been made through the wide definition of "fraud" that is now fully established. By judicial decision "fraud" has been extended far beyond the field of misrepresentation of fact into the twilight zones of "constructive fraud" and out toward the open spaces of naked tort. But some boundaries had to be fixed even to the extension of substantive principles by the painless process of definition. There remained …
Federal Practice - Mandamus -Power Of Supreme Court To Issue
Federal Practice - Mandamus -Power Of Supreme Court To Issue
Michigan Law Review
An indictment having been returned against one Wingert, the district court refused to issue a bench warrant for his arrest. The United States petitioned the United States Supreme Court for a writ of mandamus. Held that without considering the right of the government to a direct review in certain cases adverse to it, and though the immediate appellate power is in the circuit court of appeals, the Supreme Court has power to issue the writ of mandamus on the ground that ultimate power to review by certiorari to the circuit court of appeals exists. Ex Parte United States, 53 …
Actions-Single Injury To Person And Property As One Cause Of Action
Actions-Single Injury To Person And Property As One Cause Of Action
Michigan Law Review
The plaintiff suffered personal injuries and damage to his truck when the truck which he was driving collided with an automobile driven by the defendant's intestate, the latter being killed instantly by the collision. The plaintiff then brought this action alleging that the collision was caused by the intestate's negligence and asking damages for both personal and property injuries. The defendant contended that since his intestate was killed by the very blow which caused damage to the plaintiff no action lay against the intestate in his lifetime and since there was no statute giving an action against his administrator, the …
Practice And Procedure-Special Appearance-Waiver Of Objections To Service Of Process
Practice And Procedure-Special Appearance-Waiver Of Objections To Service Of Process
Michigan Law Review
The plaintiff brought suit in a South Dakota court against residents of Nebraska. The defendants, in what they designated as a special appearance, objected to the jurisdiction of the court both over their persons and over the subject-matter. The trial court held that by objecting to the jurisdiction over the subject-matter, the defendants waived the right to attack the jurisdiction over their persons and so had made a general appearance. The defendants elected to stand upon their jurisdictional pleas. A default judgment was entered against them and from that judgment they appealed. Held, that an appearance objecting to the …
Pleading-Election Between Express Contract And Quantum Meruit
Pleading-Election Between Express Contract And Quantum Meruit
Michigan Law Review
The plaintiff's complaint was twofold. It first set forth an express, written building-contract. The second "cause of action" was based on the quantum meruit theory and alleged what the plaintiff's services were reasonably worth. In his answer the defendant set up a counterclaim for damages due to the plaintiff's delay and faulty construction. During the trial the court, on motion of the defendant, required the plaintiff to elect on which of the two counts it would stand. The plaintiff elected the express contract. From a judgment in its favor for a fraction of the damages demanded, the plaintiff appealed. Held …
Practice And Procedure -Appeal And Error-Duplicitous Appeal
Practice And Procedure -Appeal And Error-Duplicitous Appeal
Michigan Law Review
Appellant attempted in one appeal and with a single notice of appeal to have reviewed two separate and disconnected appealable orders of the lower court made prior to final judgment, namely, an order granting a temporary injunction and an order overruling a demurrer to the complaint. Respondent moved to dismiss the appeal. Held, the appeal was duplicitous and therefore must be dismissed without leave to amend because the time for appeal was past. Grieves v. Danaher, (S. D. 1932) 243 N. W. 916.
Practice And Procedure -The Effect Of Plaintiff's Pleading On The Doctrine Of Res Ipsa Loquitur
Practice And Procedure -The Effect Of Plaintiff's Pleading On The Doctrine Of Res Ipsa Loquitur
Michigan Law Review
The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, originating as an exception to the requirement that the plaintiff must prove the particular acts of negligence causing his injury, is applied at the discretion of the trial judge in cases where the acts of negligence are unknown to plaintiff or proof of them is not available to him. Since the doctrine permits of an inference of negligence from the circumstances of the case, these circumstances must be such as will warrant the inference, and various rules have been evolved to determine this.
Equity-Intervention
Michigan Law Review
A Kansas statute forbids the operation of theatres on Sunday. Appellee obtained an interlocutory injunction restraining "the Attorney General of the State of Kansas, and his subordinates . . . and every other person acting or attempting to act for said defendants" from enforcing the statute. Following this temporary injunction the appellee continued to operate his theatres on Sunday, and when the municipal authorities of Winfield and Eldorado threatened to enforce municipal ordinances prohibiting Sunday shows, the appellee served them with copies of the preliminary order against the attorney general, and warned them that contempt proceedings would be instituted if …
Practice And Procedure - Declaratory Judgments In The Federal Courts
Practice And Procedure - Declaratory Judgments In The Federal Courts
Michigan Law Review
The declaratory judgment by that name is comparatively new in legal procedure in this country. But it is in reality simply an extension of an old process. The power to declare the rights of the parties is inherent in courts of equity and has been exercised since ancient times in action to quiet title, to declare marriages valid or void, to annul divorces, to declare legitimacy or illegitimacy or determine heirship, to construe wills and trusts, and in other actions. A suit for a declaratory judgment in no wise differs from other suits save in the single respect of the …
Appeal And Error - Application For Separate Trials - Nature Of Order Denying
Appeal And Error - Application For Separate Trials - Nature Of Order Denying
Michigan Law Review
The decedent was riding with his brother as a guest when a collision with another automobile caused his death. The executrix of his estate sued his brother and the driver of the other car jointly. The defendants were suable jointly for their concurring negligences but a statute authorized the court in its discretion to allow separate trials. Upon an appeal from an order overruling an application by the defendants for separate trials the court held that it was an "intermediate order involving the merits or materially affecting the final decision" and thus directly appealable. Manley v. Paysen, (Iowa 1932) …
Equity - Supplemental Decrees
Michigan Law Review
Appellant sold a trade name to the appellee which the latter was to use on "crayons, pastels, oil and water color paints, pens and erasers." Appellee used the name on other commodities and the appellant obtained an injunction forbidding the use of the name on any articles not mentioned in the contract. A year later, and in another term of court, the appellant moved for a supplemental decree, representing that the appellee was violating the spirit of the injunction by drafting advertising so that through association of the commodities upon which the name could be used with those upon which …
Equity - Contempt - Enforcement Of Decree To Pay Money
Equity - Contempt - Enforcement Of Decree To Pay Money
Michigan Law Review
The defendant became the beneficiary in a life insurance policy by undue influence. The court decree ordered her to pay the proceeds, most of which she had spent, to the plaintiff, the original beneficiary. Upon commitment for contempt in disobedience of the decree the defendant brought habeas corpus. Held, that attachment for contempt for non-compliance with an order to pay money lies only when payment is unenforceable by execution. Since defendant had available his remedy of execution, contempt proceedings were unjustifiable. Klimek v. Borkowski, 259 Mich. 383,243 N. W. 313 (1932).
Practice And Procedure - Conditional Judgments At Law - Validity And Advantages
Practice And Procedure - Conditional Judgments At Law - Validity And Advantages
Michigan Law Review
Some modern courts have asserted and many lawyers have assumed that in common law actions a court can not render a judgment conditional in form. It is argued that the court is without jurisdiction so to decide a case, and that in any event the common law has never recognized such a form of judgment as valid. The first point is not so difficult to disprove, and the second, so far as actual decision is concerned, is clearly incorrect." In several early cases common law courts were willing not only to stay execution of judgments until conditions were performed, but …
Federal Practice -- Appeal And Error -- Non-Joinder Of Plaintiffs In Error
Federal Practice -- Appeal And Error -- Non-Joinder Of Plaintiffs In Error
Michigan Law Review
Judgment was rendered by the trial court against appellant and another, and upon appeal to the Supreme Court of Mississippi, judgment was affirmed against the appellant and also given against the surety on the appeal bond. Appellant alone appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States. Held, that all the parties against whom a joint judgment has been rendered must join in an appeal and no amendment is allowable after the period for appeal has expired. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company v. Bunn, 285 U. S. 169, 52 Sup. Ct. 354, 76 L. ed. 456 (1932).
Practice And Procedure - Declaratory Judgment
Practice And Procedure - Declaratory Judgment
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff brought an action under the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act to be adjudged the lawful child of J. C., deceased. A demurrer upon the grounds that no cause of action was stated and that the court lacked jurisdiction of the subject matter was sustained. On appeal, held, error. The question of status can be determined under the Act independent of any controversy relating to other rights. Miller v. Currie, (Wis. 1932) 242 N. W. 570.
Torts - Malicious Prosecution - Termination Of Previous Proceeding In Favor Of Plaintiff
Torts - Malicious Prosecution - Termination Of Previous Proceeding In Favor Of Plaintiff
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff gave a note with power of attorney to confess judgment, to X who assigned to defendant. Plaintiff paid the note before maturity. On maturity, defendant got a judgment by confession and levied on plaintiff's property. Thereupon plaintiff asked the court to set aside the judgment, and a hearing was granted for the purpose, but the evidence showed that instead of proceeding to a hearing the parties agreed that defendant should mark the judgment satisfied. This was done. Plaintiff later sued for malicious prosecution. Held, that since the prior suit did not terminate in his favor plaintiff could not …