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Champerty And Maintenance - Validity Of Contingent Fee - Contracts By Laymen To Prosecute And Collect Claims Against The Government, Charles R. Moon Jr.
Champerty And Maintenance - Validity Of Contingent Fee - Contracts By Laymen To Prosecute And Collect Claims Against The Government, Charles R. Moon Jr.
Michigan Law Review
It has often been said by the American courts in recent years that the doctrine of champerty, due to changes in the law of assignment of choses in action and other changes of conditions from those prevailing in England at the time of the origin of the doctrine, is no longer applicable in all its stringency. That conditions have changed cannot be denied; however, neither can it be denied that champerty is a very live doctrine today. The real basis for the doctrine of champerty is that certain contracts are contrary to public policy. When we realize this, we see …
The Non-Recognition Law Of The United States, Kimon A. Doukas
The Non-Recognition Law Of The United States, Kimon A. Doukas
Michigan Law Review
We speak of nations as being equal, independent and sovereign within the fixed confines of their physical boundaries. As aptly stated by our Supreme Court, in the civilized world of today, "Every sovereign State is bound to respect the independence of every other sovereign State, and the courts of one country will not sit in judgment on the acts of the government of another done within its own territory."
Stockholders' Suits: A Possible Substitute, Harris Berlack
Stockholders' Suits: A Possible Substitute, Harris Berlack
Michigan Law Review
With the rapid expansion in the use of the corporate form of organization for business enterprise which has taken place during the last few decades, increasing attention has been paid by legal scholars to the question of the respective positions, rights and duties of the various components of the corporate structure. The functions, rights, obligations and liabilities of managers, officers, directors and stockholders, both majority and minority, have been analyzed and defined. Mr. Berle's analysis of corporate authority as power held in trust for the benefit of the stockholders has found wide acceptance as a comprehensive synthesis of the conclusions …
Automobiles - Statutory Liability Of Owner - Registered Titleholder Estopped To Deny Ownership, Michigan Law Review
Automobiles - Statutory Liability Of Owner - Registered Titleholder Estopped To Deny Ownership, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiffs, injured in New York by an automobile driven by defendant's minor son, sued under a New York statute which makes the owner of an automobile liable for damages for injuries resulting from negligence of its operator. The automobile was registered in Connecticut in defendant's name to avoid compliance with the Connecticut statute which requires proof of financial responsibility as a prerequisite of registration for minors over sixteen years of age. Held, defendant estopped to prove ownership of the automobile in his son. Shuba v. Greendonner, 271 N. Y. 189, 2 N. E. (2d) 536 (1936), reversing 245 …
Negligence - Wrongful Death Act-Wife's Death Resulting From Husband's Negligence, Virginia M. Renz
Negligence - Wrongful Death Act-Wife's Death Resulting From Husband's Negligence, Virginia M. Renz
Michigan Law Review
The Pennsylvania wrongful death statute provides that whenever death shall be occasioned by unlawful violence or negligence and no suit has been brought by the party injured during his or her life, the husband, widow, children, or parents of the deceased shall be entitled to recover for damages for injuries causing the death. Under this statute a father sued to recover damages for the death of his daughter which resulted from an automobile accident caused by the negligence of her husband. Held, the wife's disability to sue her husband for tort is personal; it does not bar recovery of …