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Torts In English And American Conflict Of Laws: The Role Of The Forum, S. I. Shuman, S. Prevezer
Torts In English And American Conflict Of Laws: The Role Of The Forum, S. I. Shuman, S. Prevezer
Michigan Law Review
''Private international law owes its existence to the fact that there are in the world a number of separate territorial systems of law that differ greatly from each other in the rules by which they regulate the various legal relations arising in daily life." Where the systems are those of member states of a federal union, there should be less difference in their laws than where they are those of sovereign nations divided by strong cultural, social and political barriers. Interstate conflicts and international conflicts are likely to give rise to somewhat different considerations and rules, and it is surely …
Rhyne: Municipal Law, Robert E. Fryer
Rhyne: Municipal Law, Robert E. Fryer
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Municipal Law. By Charles S. Rhyne.
Municipal Corporations - Contracts - Ratification And Estoppel In Contracts Made By Unauthorized Agent, Edward M. Heppenstall
Municipal Corporations - Contracts - Ratification And Estoppel In Contracts Made By Unauthorized Agent, Edward M. Heppenstall
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff's infant daughter, admitted to Newark City Hospital as an emergency case, received hospitalization and medical treatment worth $1,190 during her seventy-day period of confinement. The medical director of the hospital had made an agreement with the Hospital Service Plan of New Jersey which provided that regardless of the amount or quality of the hospitalization required, payment of the flat sum of $100 for any subscriber-patient would constitute payment in full to the city. The city accepted the $100 check paid by the Plan as billed by the hospital for the care of the child. In order to facilitate settlement …
Municipal Corporations - Financial Powers - Power To Expend Public Funds In Aid Of Industry, Paul K. Gaston
Municipal Corporations - Financial Powers - Power To Expend Public Funds In Aid Of Industry, Paul K. Gaston
Michigan Law Review
Taxpayers and voters of Frostburg, Maryland, sought to restrain the holding of an election under enabling legislation to obtain authority both to issue municipal bonds and to devote the proceeds to acquiring a site and contributing to the cost of construction of a building for sale to a private manufacturing company. The chancellor issued an injunction against the holding of such election on the ground that the enabling act, in authorizing the use of public funds for private purposes, was unconstitutional. On appeal, held, reversed. The location of new industry in furnishing employment and increasing the financial well being …
Municipal Corporations - Tort Liability - Liability For Torts Committed By Municipal Employees In Exercise Of Governmental Functions, Ralph E. Boches
Municipal Corporations - Tort Liability - Liability For Torts Committed By Municipal Employees In Exercise Of Governmental Functions, Ralph E. Boches
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff sued the Town of Cocoa Beach for damages for the alleged wrongful death of her husband. Plaintiff's husband had died of smoke suffocation after being locked in a jail which was left unattended by the city jailor. The lower court dismissed plaintiff's complaint. On appeal, held, reversed. A person injured by the negligence of a municipal employee acting within the scope of his employment may recover against the municipal corporation. Hargrove v. Town of Cocoa Beach, (Fla. 1957) 96 S. (2d) 130.