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Ehrenzweig: Conflict Of Laws Part One Jurisdiction And Judgments, Charles D. Kelso Dec 1959

Ehrenzweig: Conflict Of Laws Part One Jurisdiction And Judgments, Charles D. Kelso

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Conflict of Laws Part One Jurisdiction and Judgments. By Albert A. Ehrenzweig


International Conflict Of Laws - Title To Chattels "Act Of State" Doctrine, John C. Peters S.Ed. Nov 1959

International Conflict Of Laws - Title To Chattels "Act Of State" Doctrine, John C. Peters S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

In order to clarify the use of terms, a "confiscation" when used in this comment will mean an expropriation by a foreign state without compensation. This writer will not go into the question of what is considered fair compensation in international law. Nor will the present comment consider confiscations made in time of war or the question of extraterritorial expropriations.


Conflict Of Laws - Custody Decrees - Jurisdiction To Modify And Effect In Sister States, Donald R. Jolliffe S.Ed. Nov 1959

Conflict Of Laws - Custody Decrees - Jurisdiction To Modify And Effect In Sister States, Donald R. Jolliffe S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Husband and wife were divorced in Wisconsin in 1956 by a judgment which awarded alimony, custody of the children, and support money to W. The custody decree provided that W be permitted to remove the children to California but that they be allowed to visit H each summer. While H was visiting California in October 1957, he was served in an action commenced by W seeking absolute custody. H returned to Wisconsin and on November 5 asked the Wisconsin court to modify its divorce judgment by awarding custody of the children to him. That court set a hearing and …


Conflict Of Laws - Tort - Lex Loci Or Lex Domicilii To Determine Interspousal Capacity To Sue?, E. Roger Frisch S.Ed. Apr 1959

Conflict Of Laws - Tort - Lex Loci Or Lex Domicilii To Determine Interspousal Capacity To Sue?, E. Roger Frisch S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Husband and wife, Wisconsin domiciliaries, were involved in an automobile accident in Illinois. W brought suit in Wisconsin against H's insurer for alleged injuries resulting from the accident. The trial court dismissed the complaint on the ground that Illinois law was applicable and did not give one spouse a cause of action against the other for tort. On appeal to the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, held, reversed, one judge dissenting. The Illinois Married Women's Act should be strictly construed as destroying only the remedy in the Illinois courts, but not the substantive right to relief; hence, the Wisconsin …


Conflict Of Laws- Foreign Executors And Administrators - Constitutionality Of Nonresident Motorist Statute Providing For Jurisdiction Over Personal Representatives, Thomas E. Kauper Jan 1959

Conflict Of Laws- Foreign Executors And Administrators - Constitutionality Of Nonresident Motorist Statute Providing For Jurisdiction Over Personal Representatives, Thomas E. Kauper

Michigan Law Review

Decedent was killed when his car collided with another on a Missouri highway. Both the driver of the second car and its owner, residents of Nebraska, were also killed. Decedent's widow brought a wrongful death action. in Missouri against the Nebraska-appointed adminstratrixes of the estates of the driver and the owner of the second car. Summonses were served on the Secretary of State of Missouri in compliance with the Missouri Long Arm Statute which specifically provides for service upon and jurisdiction over the administrators of the estates of nonresident motorists. The trial court overruled defendants' motions to quash: On petition …