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Constitutional Law-Due Process-Statutory Interpretation As Judicial Legislation
Constitutional Law-Due Process-Statutory Interpretation As Judicial Legislation
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff brought suit in Missouri to enjoin collection of taxes alleged to be discriminatory, basing his claim for equitable relief on the absence of any other remedy. The supreme court of Missouri dismissed the bill, without hearing on the substantive question, on the ground that there existed, under a state statute, an adequate remedy in appeal to the state tax commission. Previously the court had denied, in several cases, that the statute gave such a right, and had allowed equitable relief in one case on that ground. When the decision in the principal case was rendered, it was too late …
The Laws And Liberties Of Massachusetts, Randolph G. Adams
The Laws And Liberties Of Massachusetts, Randolph G. Adams
Michigan Law Review
A Review of THE LAWS AND LIBERTIES OF MASSACHUSETTS reprinted from the copy of the 1648 edition in the Henry E. Huntington Library, with an Introduction by Max Farrand.
Constitutional Law -Elections - Constitutionality Of The Corrupt Practices Act-The Kohler Case
Constitutional Law -Elections - Constitutionality Of The Corrupt Practices Act-The Kohler Case
Michigan Law Review
The relator brought an action to test the right of the defendant Kohler to the office of governor of the state of Wisconsin, asserting that his election was invalid for violation of the Corrupt Practices Act, particularly in that he had expended more than $100,000 for political purposes in violation of the provision of the act limiting such expenditures for candidates for governor to $4,000. The defendant demurred to the petition, asserting that the Corrupt Practices Act is void and unconstitutional as applied to the governor because (1) the statute seeks to prescribe either qualifications for the office of governor …
Corporations - Directors - Power Of Shareholders To Fill Vacancies
Corporations - Directors - Power Of Shareholders To Fill Vacancies
Michigan Law Review
One of a directorate of three having resigned in the middle of his term, a special stockholders' meeting was called to fill the vacancy, and defendant was elected to finish the term. The relator, a stockholder and director, brought a writ of quo warranto to oust the defendant on the ground that the Corporation Act (ch. 32, sec. 21, par. 5, Ill. Rev. Stat. Cahill, 1929) provided that "the directors shall fill all vacancies which may happen in the board * * * by death, resignation, or otherwise, until the next annual meeting of the stockholders," and that therefore the …