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Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Recent Cases, Law Review Staff
Vanderbilt Law Review
Recent Cases --
Criminal Law--Habitual Criminal--Right of Accused to Counsel under Fourteenth Amendment
Divorce--Alimony Decree Terminating upon Remarriage of Wife--Effect of Annulment of Subsequent Marriage
Divorce--Statutory Modification of Domiciliary Jurisdiction--Congressional Limitation of Power of Territorial Legislature
Labor Law--Unfair Labor Practice--Primary Jurisdiction in NLRB
Life Insurance--Good Health Clause--Existence of Malady Unknown to Insured
Nuisance--Liability for Non-Trespassory Interference with the Use and Enjoyment of Land--Intentional Invasion
Wills--Holographic Codicil--Publication of an Invalid Typewritten Will
Wills - Revocation By Change In Circumstances - Effect Of A Separation And Property Settlement Agreement, Paul R. Haerle
Wills - Revocation By Change In Circumstances - Effect Of A Separation And Property Settlement Agreement, Paul R. Haerle
Michigan Law Review
Testator's will, executed in 1944, named his wife executrix and sole devisee. One month before his death in 1952 he entered into a detailed separation and property settlement agreement with her in which, though not referring directly to the will, the wife released any present, future or after-acquired interest in the same realty as was devised in the will. The widow's offering of the will for probate was contested by the heirs. The lower court directed a verdict for the contestants on the ground that the agreement operated to revoke the will. On appeal, held, reversed. Since neither a …