Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Articles 1 - 13 of 13

Full-Text Articles in Law

Adverse Possession--What Constitutes--Occupancy Under A Parol Gift, W. F. B. Nov 1920

Adverse Possession--What Constitutes--Occupancy Under A Parol Gift, W. F. B.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Injunction Against Use Of Compressors And Pumps On Gas Wells, J. W. S. Nov 1920

Injunction Against Use Of Compressors And Pumps On Gas Wells, J. W. S.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mines And Minerals--Right Of Lessee Under An Oil And Gas Lease To Retain The Use Of Gas Compressors And Pumps Nov 1920

Mines And Minerals--Right Of Lessee Under An Oil And Gas Lease To Retain The Use Of Gas Compressors And Pumps

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Is There An Implied Obligation To Develop For Oil And Gas When There Is An Agreement To Pay Delay Rental?, J. W. S. Jun 1920

Is There An Implied Obligation To Develop For Oil And Gas When There Is An Agreement To Pay Delay Rental?, J. W. S.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Right Of Remainderman To Compel Life Tenant To Permit Development Of Oil And Gas, James W. Simonton Jun 1920

Right Of Remainderman To Compel Life Tenant To Permit Development Of Oil And Gas, James W. Simonton

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Rule In Shelley's Case In West Virginia, James W. Simonton Apr 1920

The Rule In Shelley's Case In West Virginia, James W. Simonton

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Joinder Of Parties And The Doctrine Of Survivorship, L. C. Apr 1920

Joinder Of Parties And The Doctrine Of Survivorship, L. C.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Property In Oil And Gas, W. L. Summers Jan 1920

Property In Oil And Gas, W. L. Summers

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Changes In Eminent Domain In Illinois, William E. Britton Jan 1920

Constitutional Changes In Eminent Domain In Illinois, William E. Britton

Articles by Maurer Faculty

The purpose of this article is (1) to review the constitutional changed that have taken place in 'the law of eminent domain in Illinois; (2) to discuss the proposals which have been introduced in the present Constitutional Convention; and (3) to indicate some of the more important constitutional changed which, in recent years, have occurred in other states.


Escheat - How State Acquires Title, Edwin C. Goddard Jan 1920

Escheat - How State Acquires Title, Edwin C. Goddard

Articles

Escheat is of feudal origin, and properly applied only to land which on failure of heirs or for certain other reasons, "fell in" to the lord under whom it had been held. Personal property without an owner, as bona vacantia, became the property of the crown. In re Bond [1901] 1 Ch. 15. In the United States escheat is used more broadly, but usually arises when the owner of property dies intestate without heirs. Our alienage laws have generally removed disabilities of aliens to take, but in some jurisdictions there may still be escheat because of alienage, see 5 MICH. …


Epithetical Jurisprudence And The Annexation Of Fixtures, Joseph H. Drake Jan 1920

Epithetical Jurisprudence And The Annexation Of Fixtures, Joseph H. Drake

Articles

If we begin with all the facts of a controversy and proceed inductively to determine the rights of the parties litigant, we thus arrive at a jurisprudence of rights, whereas, if we reason deductively from a rule, a definition, or a maxim of law to its application in the facts of our case, we can at best attain only a jurisprudence of rules, which has been so aptly characterized as an epithetical jurisprudence. The subject of fixtures is one in which we have great difficulty in applying the inductive method because the courts have been slower in approaching the subject …


Continuous Trespass And Repeated Wrong, Joseph H. Drake Jan 1920

Continuous Trespass And Repeated Wrong, Joseph H. Drake

Articles

In the recent case of Perkins v. Trueblood, (Cal., May, 1919), 191 Pac. 642, the facts were that, in March, 1912, the defendant, a surgeon, set the leg of the plaintiff, but as the fracture did not heal satisfactorily "the defendant separated the surfaces of the bone during the month of April, 1912, and again set the plaintiff's leg." In a suit for malpractice, begun on April 9, 1913, it was held, that the cause of action "was not barred by the CODE OF PROCEDURE, Article 340, subd. 3, prescribing a one year limitation period in such cases." It is …


Does A Provision That An Oil And Gas Lease Shall Be Void Unless The Leasee Drills Or Pays Rental Create A Condition?, J. W. S. Jan 1920

Does A Provision That An Oil And Gas Lease Shall Be Void Unless The Leasee Drills Or Pays Rental Create A Condition?, J. W. S.

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.