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Corporate Proxies, Leonard H. Axe
Corporate Proxies, Leonard H. Axe
Michigan Law Review
The earlier forms of corporations in England seem to have been political units and the normal mode of conferring corporate rights was by an issue of a charter from the crown, whereby a body of individuals was designated a corporation with the sovereign power to exercise appropriate privileges. Since the charter was issued by the crown, the corporation was considered a part of the government and each member of the corporation was entitled to one vote if given by him in person. As one writer has so well stated, this "was the result of a political philosophy which assumed that …
Trusts - Accumulation Of Income, James L. Mccrystal
Trusts - Accumulation Of Income, James L. Mccrystal
Michigan Law Review
Testator left his estate in trust until twenty-one years after the death of two nieces, the trust income to be used first to pay several annuities and the remainder "to be re-invested by the trustee for the increase and benefit of this trust fund." At the expiration of twenty-one years after the death of both nieces the trust was to terminate and the estate to be distributed. The lower court held that, while the trust did not violate the rule against perpetuities nor the District of Columbia statute as to the suspension of the power of alienation, the trust income …
Criminal Law And Procedure - Conspiracy To Commit A Misdemeanor As A Felony, Michigan Law Review
Criminal Law And Procedure - Conspiracy To Commit A Misdemeanor As A Felony, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
The defendant was indicted for conspiring to destroy the poles and wires of an electric public utility, the destruction of such property being a statutory misdemeanor. The indictment was prosecuted under the provision of the Michigan statutes which states that all crimes indictable at common law are punishable as felonies unless specifically declared otherwise by the statute. The crime of conspiracy comes under this "common-law offense" provision. Upon denial of his motion to dismiss, defendant sought mandamus to review the ruling. Held, an agreement to do an act made a misdemeanor by statute is a common-law conspiracy, and such …
Revocation Of Wills By Subsequent Change In The Condition Or Circumstances Of The Testator, Elizabeth Durfee
Revocation Of Wills By Subsequent Change In The Condition Or Circumstances Of The Testator, Elizabeth Durfee
Michigan Law Review
Among the oldest rules in the law of wills are those by which a will is held to be revoked by implication by certain changes in the circumstances of the testator. The purpose of this paper is to investigate these rules. Special reference will be made to statutes, both those which deal generally with the subject and those which provide specifically for the effect of particular events, such as marriage; no attempt will be made, however to analyze the latter type of statute exhaustively. By way of introduction, a brief historical survey of the doctrine should be made.