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Conflicts Of Law - Extended Application Of Res Judicata In Administration Of Decedents' Estates, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed.
Conflicts Of Law - Extended Application Of Res Judicata In Administration Of Decedents' Estates, Norman A. Zilber S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The purpose of this comment is to examine the existing law and its rationale, and to see in which situations res judicata could beneficially be applied.
Federal Procedure-Venue-Use Of State Nonresident Motorist Statute To Imply Waive, Raymond R. Trombadore S.Ed.
Federal Procedure-Venue-Use Of State Nonresident Motorist Statute To Imply Waive, Raymond R. Trombadore S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
An Illinois corporation brought suit based on diversity of citizenship in a United States district court in Kentucky against a resident of Indiana, alleging a cause of action arising from a collision which occurred on a Kentucky highway. Plaintiff secured personal jurisdiction over defendant by serving process upon the Secretary of State of Kentucky who in tum gave notice to the defendant in accordance with the Kentucky nonresident motorist statute. Defendant entered a special appearance and moved that the case be dismissed on the ground of improper venue. The motion was overruled and the Court of Appeals for the Sixth …
Conflict Of Laws - Torts - Proper Party Plaintiff In Wrongful Death Actions, John M. Webb
Conflict Of Laws - Torts - Proper Party Plaintiff In Wrongful Death Actions, John M. Webb
Michigan Law Review
The purpose of this comment is to examine the differing solutions and determine the vitality of the common law rule in wrongful death actions.
Conflict Of Laws--Effect Of Forum's Statute Of Frauds On Foreign Oral Contract To Bequeath Property, David D. Dowd, Jr. S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws--Effect Of Forum's Statute Of Frauds On Foreign Oral Contract To Bequeath Property, David D. Dowd, Jr. S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff brought an action in New York for specific performance of an oral agreement allegedly made by testator in Florida not to change his will without plaintiff's consent. Defendant's motions for dismissal of the complaint and summary judgment were dismissed. The appellate division on reargument entered orders reversing the lower court. On plaintiff's appeal to the court of appeals, held, affirmed. The New York Personal Property Law, which states that oral contracts to bequeath property are void, is controlling, regardless of whether this section of the statute of frauds is procedural or substantive. If the section is procedural, the …
Conflict Of Laws - Brokerage Contracts - Out-Of-State Broker Denied Commission Because Of Isolated Acts Within Forum, Richard J. Riordan S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws - Brokerage Contracts - Out-Of-State Broker Denied Commission Because Of Isolated Acts Within Forum, Richard J. Riordan S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff was a Massachusetts real estate broker, not licensed to do business in New York. Defendants, who resided in New York, owned real estate in Massachusetts and executed a brokerage contract there with the plaintiff. The real estate was leased to a Massachusetts corporation through plaintiff's efforts. All of plaintiff's services, with the exception of several important conferences in New York, were performed in Massachusetts. On plaintiff's suit for unpaid commissions, held, for defendant. The New York brokerage laws prohibit recovery in a New York court by brokers, unlicensed in New York, who perform any brokerage services within the …
Conflict Of Laws - Full Faith And Credit - Exclusive-Remedy Provision Of Foreign Workmen's Compensation Law, Morton A. Polster S.Ed.
Conflict Of Laws - Full Faith And Credit - Exclusive-Remedy Provision Of Foreign Workmen's Compensation Law, Morton A. Polster S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a resident of Missouri, entered into an employment contract there with a Missouri painting company. He was injured while working in Arkansas on a job his employer had subcontracted from the defendant, a Louisiana contractor. The Missouri employer's insurer voluntarily began weekly payments to the plaintiff pursuant to the Missouri workmen's compensation law, although there had been no formal proceeding or award. Payments under the Missouri act were exclusive of all other rights and remedies. After receiving thirty-four payments, the plaintiff sued the defendant for negligence in the Arkansas courts. The defendant had the case removed to the federal …
Rationale Of Valuation Of Foreign Money Obligations, Charles Evan
Rationale Of Valuation Of Foreign Money Obligations, Charles Evan
Michigan Law Review
What then should a creditor of a foreign money obligation collect where there was a delay in payment? When are damages for depreciation of foreign money recoverable? As of what time and in what currency are they to be computed? How is the value of a foreign money obligation to be measured where no damages may be had? The answers to these and other incidental questions require a thorough analysis of certain features peculiar to the law of money.
It is the purpose of this article to clarify these problems, to sum up the primary principles by which they are …