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Powers-Execution By A General Residuary Clause, John E. Grosboll S.Ed.
Powers-Execution By A General Residuary Clause, John E. Grosboll S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Testatrix was given a general testamentary power of appointment over the corpus of a trust by her deceased husband's will. His will further directed that "a general residuary clause in her will shall not be deemed to be an exercise of said power of appointment." Plaintiff was named as a taker in default of appointment. The testatrix died eight years later leaving a will which expressly provided that it was exercising the power of appointment. One paragraph of her will gave several specific bequests from the said trust estate; the paragraph following provided: "All the rest, residue and remainder of …
Jury-Determination Of Damages By Appellate Court As Denial Of Right To Trial By Jury Given By Federal Law, William B. Harvey
Jury-Determination Of Damages By Appellate Court As Denial Of Right To Trial By Jury Given By Federal Law, William B. Harvey
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff's cause of action arose under the federal Merchant Marine Act, which grants a right to trial by jury. Plaintiff recovered judgment and on appeal defendant asked the court to determine the damages pursuant to provision in the Oregon Constitution vesting in the supreme court the power to determine from the evidence the extent of a plaintiff's damages and to direct the entry of a final judgment for the amount thereof, on appeal from a jury's verdict awarding damages claimed by the defendant to be excessive. Held, the provision is inapplicable in cases arising under the federal Merchant Marine …
Some Income Tax Aspects Of Community Property Law, Paul R. Trigg, Jr.
Some Income Tax Aspects Of Community Property Law, Paul R. Trigg, Jr.
Michigan Law Review
The recent enactment of community property law in Michigan and other states has created new problems for lawyers. Not the least of these is the question of the income tax consequences which flow from the existence of a community between the spouses. Nor is this the type of problem which can be shrugged off by reference to tax counsel. Local community property law and federal .income tax law are too closely enmeshed to be intelligently divided. No authority is needed for the statement that recently enacted community property laws are a product of high surtaxes. At the same time, these …
Judgments--Criteria Of Finality Of State Court Decrees For The Purpose Of Federal Review, John M. Veale S.Ed.
Judgments--Criteria Of Finality Of State Court Decrees For The Purpose Of Federal Review, John M. Veale S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
At the suit of the plaintiff, an incorporated religious organization, a permanent injunction issued from a lower state court enjoining the enforcement of certain ordinances of the defendant City of Los Angeles on the ground that they violated the plaintiff's religious liberty under the Constitutions of California and the United States. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court of California which sustained the ordinances as Constitutional and entered a judgment which provided " . . . the Judgment . . . in the above cause . . . is hereby reversed." On plaintiff's appeal, defendant questioned the jurisdiction of …
Municipal Corporations-Validity Of "Piecemeal" Zoning As Applied To Building Under Construction, Robert J. Walsh S.Ed.
Municipal Corporations-Validity Of "Piecemeal" Zoning As Applied To Building Under Construction, Robert J. Walsh S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Shortly after plaintiff obtained a building permit and commenced work on the excavation for a laundry and dry-cleaning plant in an unzoned section of the City of Huntsville, the city adopted a new zoning ordinance which limited to residential uses an area of approximately two blocks in which plaintiff's property was situated. On appeal from a decree dismissing a bill to enjoin enforcement of the new zoning ordinance, held, reversed. Since the enabling statute required that zoning regulations should be adopted in accordance with a comprehensive plan, an ordinance which did not zone the whole municipality was void. Johnson …
Constitutional Law-Establishment Of Religion, Due Process, And Equal Protection-Public Aid To Parochial Schools, P. F. Westbrook, Jr. S.Ed.
Constitutional Law-Establishment Of Religion, Due Process, And Equal Protection-Public Aid To Parochial Schools, P. F. Westbrook, Jr. S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose of this comment to examine the validity of conclusions reached on the facts of the Everson case. But what was said in the majority opinion and in the two dissenting opinions in the Everson case may also forecast developments in the future. Consequently, there will be occasion to comment upon the broader implications of the decision. First, however, it will be helpful to trace the development of the case law dealing with state and federal constitutional provisions bearing on public aid to parochial schools.
Constitutional Law-A Federal Commercial Code-Some Possibilities Under The Constitution, Merrill N. Johnson
Constitutional Law-A Federal Commercial Code-Some Possibilities Under The Constitution, Merrill N. Johnson
Michigan Law Review
It is the purpose of this comment to examine various possibilities of federal action which would help to bring about unification, simplification and clarification in the field of commercial law. The term "commercial law" has no commonly accepted connotation; it is taken here to ·include the law of transfers of personal property by commercial methods, of negotiable instruments, of chattel securities, of agency and of business associations; in short, all those fields of law which a Continental lawyer would term "private commercial law."
Res Judicata---State Court's Dismissal As A Bar To A New Suit On The Same Cause In A Federal Court Exercising Diversity Jurisdiction, Richard J. Archer
Res Judicata---State Court's Dismissal As A Bar To A New Suit On The Same Cause In A Federal Court Exercising Diversity Jurisdiction, Richard J. Archer
Michigan Law Review
A citizen of Virginia brought suit in a North Carolina court against a citizen of North Carolina for a deficiency judgment on a note executed in Virginia ·for the purchase of land in Virginia. Defendant's demurrer to the complaint on the ground that a North Carolina statute precluded recovery was - overruled; defendant appealed. In spite of plaintiff's contention that the statute was an invalid abridgment of the full faith and credit clause of Article IV of the Constitution of the United States, the North Carolina Supreme Court held that the statute effectively barred the action from the state courts …
Evidence-Uncontradicted Testimony, Robert L. Cardon S.Ed.
Evidence-Uncontradicted Testimony, Robert L. Cardon S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The great majority of jurisdictions in the United States recognize the rule that in civil cases "clear, positive, direct and undisputed testimony, not improbable or contradictory, given by an unimpeached witness, cannot be rejected or disregarded by either court or jury, unless the evidence discloses facts and circumstances which furnish a reasonable ground for so doing." It is the purpose of this comment to discuss (1) the reasons underlying this rule, and the extent to which it is recognized, rejected or limited in various jurisdictions; (2) the application of the rule to fact situations in jurisdictions where it is recognized.
Torts-Right Of Privacy-Invasion Of Privacy Through Fictional Works, Ira M. Price, Ii
Torts-Right Of Privacy-Invasion Of Privacy Through Fictional Works, Ira M. Price, Ii
Michigan Law Review
The New York Civil Rights Law prohibits the use of a person's name, portrait, or picture without his consent in writing, for advertising or trade purposes, under penalty of civil and criminal liability. Plaintiff, senior civil affairs officer of the American Military Government in the town of Licata, Sicily, during its occupation by Allied Armies of World War II, brought suit under the statute against the author of the book "A Bell for Adana," and others, alleging that he occupied the position of the book's and play's principal character, "Major Victor Jappolo" in the fictitiously named town of Adano; and …
Sunday Laws-Illegality Of Sunday Contracts, Robert O. Hancox S.Ed.
Sunday Laws-Illegality Of Sunday Contracts, Robert O. Hancox S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
The concept of the Sabbath, the setting apart of one day in seven as a day of rest, was derived from the Mosaic code, the Fourth Commandment directs abstention from labor on the seventh day of the week, and although there is nothing in the New Testament relating to Sunday, the Christian world adopted the first day of the week as a day of rest. Constantine, by an edict in 321 A.D., ordered the suspension on Sunday of all business in the courts of law, except the manumission of slaves, and all other- business except agricultural labor.
Application Of Federal Income, Estate And Gift Tax Laws To Community Property, Willard S. Pedersen
Application Of Federal Income, Estate And Gift Tax Laws To Community Property, Willard S. Pedersen
Michigan Law Review
The ganancial or community concept of property ownership, by which husband and wife have equal, vested, undivided, one-half interests in property held by them as tenants in community, has been a thorn in the side of federal tax laws ever since some tax-conscious community income earner decided to report as taxable only one-half of the community income, leaving the other half to be reported by and taxed to his wife upon her separate return. Such procedure first became authorized in community property jurisdictions recognizing the wife's interest as "vested" in 1920. Not long thereafter the realization began to dawn upon …
Constitutional Law-Interstate Commerce-Congressional Consent To Discriminatory State Taxation, George Brody S.Ed.
Constitutional Law-Interstate Commerce-Congressional Consent To Discriminatory State Taxation, George Brody S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
South Carolina statutes imposed upon foreign insurance companies a tax of 3 per cent of the aggregate premiums received from business done within the state, without reference to its interstate or local character, as a condition to receiving a certificate of authority to do business within the state. No similar tax was imposed upon domestic insurance companies. The Prudential Life Insurance Company, a New Jersey corporation doing business in South Carolina, refused to pay, contending that since it was a discriminatory tax it was unconstitutional. Furthermore, Prudential challenged the power of Congress to consent to the levying of such discriminatory …
Declaratory Judgment Where Criminal Action Is Pending, Robert E. Walsh S.Ed.
Declaratory Judgment Where Criminal Action Is Pending, Robert E. Walsh S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Subsequent to the filing of an information against him before a Justice of the Peace by the Secretary of Agriculture of the State of Iowa for violation of the Iowa Cream Grading Act, plaintiff applied to the District Court for an injunction against the proceeding before the Justice, and requested a declaration that he was not subject to the act. The District Court denied the injunction, but issued a decree declaring that plaintiff was not subject to the Cream Grading Act. On appeal, held, affirmed. Where complicated legal issues cannot be determined with equal facility by a Justice of …
Constitutional Law-Interstate Commerce-State Regulation Of Insurance, Eugene H. Lattin
Constitutional Law-Interstate Commerce-State Regulation Of Insurance, Eugene H. Lattin
Michigan Law Review
The California Insurance Code forbids a person to act as agent for an insurance company until a license is obtained from the commissioner, and forbids acting as agent for any non-admitted insurer in the transaction of insurance business in the state. Summarily stated, the provisions for the admission of insurance companies forbid either foreign or domestic companies to do a life insurance business in California other than on a legal reserve basis, thereby excluding the company represented by appellant as its agent. Appellant was convicted for violations of both provisions of the law. He contended that these sections, as applied …
States-Waiver Of State Immunity To Suit With Special Reference To Suits In Federal Courts, Richard C. Scatterday S.Ed.
States-Waiver Of State Immunity To Suit With Special Reference To Suits In Federal Courts, Richard C. Scatterday S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
Although deriving its force and effect from the medieval period, the doctrine of sovereign immunity retains much of its original influence. Historically, the doctrine is based upon the rule that no suit may be brought against the King without his consent. This concept found its way into international law, and from this source was derived the freedom from suit that our individual states enjoy in their own courts. With the development of the federal union, new problems arose and many were resolved by the adoption of the Eleventh Amendment, which forbids suit against a state in a federal court by …