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Evidence--Hearsay And Circumstantial--Infant As Witness--Indecent Liberties, Rosemary Scott
Evidence--Hearsay And Circumstantial--Infant As Witness--Indecent Liberties, Rosemary Scott
Michigan Law Review
In the prosecution of the defendant for taking indecent liberties with a female under sixteen years of age, testimony respecting the features of the house and neighborhood where the offense occurred as narrated by the complaining witness to her mother was objected to as hearsay; and testimony of a second child as to advances made by the defendant in the same vicinity was objected to as putting in issue his character. Held, that the mother's testimony as to the statements, made to her by the child soon after the offense, were competent to show that the child had knowledge; …
Evidence--Recent Developments (A Service For Returning Veterans), John E. Tracy
Evidence--Recent Developments (A Service For Returning Veterans), John E. Tracy
Michigan Law Review
The developments in the law of evidence in the war years have not been great. They have been mainly along the lines of tests for witnesses, the use of confessions in criminal cases, the interpretation by the courts of the so-called "Business Entries" Act and the adoption by the American Law Institute of a proposed Code of Evidence.
Trial Practice-Demurrer Upon Evidence As A Device For Taking A Case From The Jury, Charles H. King
Trial Practice-Demurrer Upon Evidence As A Device For Taking A Case From The Jury, Charles H. King
Michigan Law Review
By far the oldest of the common law devices for taking a case away from a jury is the demurrer upon evidence. A reported instance of its use appears as early as 1456.
Evidence-Two Witnesses Rule In Action For Perjury, Milton D. Solomon S.Ed.
Evidence-Two Witnesses Rule In Action For Perjury, Milton D. Solomon S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The petitioner was convicted of perjury. The trial judge refused to give the following instruction to the jury: "The government must establish the falsity of the statement alleged to have been made by the defendant under oath, by the testimony of two independent witnesses or one witness and corroborating circumstances. Unless that has been done, you must find the defendant not guilty." The petitioner was convicted and the circuit court of appeals affirmed the district court. Held, the refusal of the district judge to instruct the jury as requested was reversible error. Weiler v. United States, (U.S. 1945) …
Federal Procedure-Appeal Under Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act--Scope Of Admiralty Appeal Compared With Appeal Under The New Federal Rules, De Witte Chatterton
Federal Procedure-Appeal Under Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act--Scope Of Admiralty Appeal Compared With Appeal Under The New Federal Rules, De Witte Chatterton
Michigan Law Review
Appellee, the United States government, by a proceeding in rem, sought to condemn two shipments of canned oysters packed by appellant, the C. C. Company, under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, on the ground that the oysters were wholly or partially decomposed. The district court found for the appellee on conflicting evidence of experts, and appellant appealed to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On the theory that procedure on appeal should conform to appeals in admiralty, the circuit court of appeals reviewed the whole case de novo, reversed the district court on the ground …
Bills And Notes--Irregular Indorsers--Parol Evidence
Bills And Notes--Irregular Indorsers--Parol Evidence
Michigan Law Review
Defendant signed a note otherwise than as maker. Held, error to exclude evidence that he was a co-maker. Glick v. Lieb, (App. Div. N.Y., 1944) 53 N.Y. Supp. (2d) 80.
Joint Tenancy-Effect Of Word "Jointly"-Parol Evidence As To Intent
Joint Tenancy-Effect Of Word "Jointly"-Parol Evidence As To Intent
Michigan Law Review
The common law rule was well settled that a conveyance to two or more, not husband and wife, made them joint tenants, not tenants in common, unless language was used to show an intent that they were not to be joint tenants. The reason for such a rule having passed, the modern rule is to the opposite effect-two or more conveyees, with certain exceptions, are presumptively tenants in common. The Illinois statute, for example, declares that "no estate in joint tenancy in any lands ... shall be held or claimed under any grant . . . unless the premises therein …
Evidence-Effect Of Presumption Against Suicide, Edwin Boos
Evidence-Effect Of Presumption Against Suicide, Edwin Boos
Michigan Law Review
Asserting that the deceased met his death by accidental drowning, appellant sued as beneficiary to recover under a double indemnity clause of an insurance policy issued to the deceased by the defendant. The defense was that the deceased committed suicide and that a clause in the policy prevents recovery of double liability under such circumstances. The jury found for the defendant and, on appeal, the beneficiary contended that the trial judge committed prejudicial error against her by refusing to instruct the jury that there was a strong presumption against suicide and in favor of accidental death. Held, the code …